Review of the Implementation of the Recommendations and Decisions Adopted by the General Assembly at Its 10th Special Session

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda items 73Review of the implementation of the recommendations and decisions adopted by the General Assembly at its 10th special session, 73aReport of the Disarmament Commission and 73bReport of the Conference on Disarmament, published in 1999.

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2002A/RES/56/26Review of the implementation of the recommendations and decisions adopted by the General Assembly at its 10th special session resolutionsCompare with earlier document
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1999A/RES/54/56Review of the implementation of the recommendations and decisions adopted by the General Assembly at its 10th special sessionCompare with earlier document
1999A/RES/53/79Review of the implementation of the recommendations and decisions adopted by the General Assembly at its 10th special sessionCompare with earlier document
1997A/RES/52/40[C]Review of the implementation of the recommendations and decisions adopted by the General Assembly at its 10th special session resolutionsCompare with earlier document

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Agenda Conference and Meeting Services Consultations Disarmament Disarmament Agreements Disarmament Negotiations Fissionable Materials Language Services Meeting Records Members Non-Nuclear-Weapon States Nuclear Arms Race Nuclear Disarmament Recommendations Security Assurances Work Organization

What does this mandate say?

24 operative paragraphs

A

Takes note of the report of the Disarmament Commission;1

Reaffirms the importance of further enhancing the dialogue and cooperation among the First Committee, the Disarmament Commission and the Conference on Disarmament;

Reaffirms also the role of the Disarmament Commission as the specialized, deliberative body within the United Nations multilateral disarmament machinery that allows for in-depth deliberations on specific disarmament issues, leading to the submission of concrete recommendations on those issues;

Commends the Disarmament Commission for the successful conclusion of the review of its work in accordance with General Assembly resolution 52/12 B of 19 December 1997 at the resumed session of the First Committee in June 1998, resulting in the adoption of Assembly decision 52/492 of 8 September 1998;

Encourages the Disarmament Commission to continue to make every effort to enhance its working methods so as to enable it to give focused consideration to a limited number of priority issues in the field of disarmament, bearing in mind the decision it has taken to move its agenda towards a two-item phased approach;

Requests the Disarmament Commission to continue its work in accordance with its mandate, as set forth in paragraph 118 of the Final Document of the Tenth Special Session of the General Assembly, and with paragraph 3 of Assembly resolution 37/78 H of 9 December 1982, and to that end to make every effort to achieve specific recommendations on the items of its agenda, taking into account the adopted “Ways and means to enhance the functioning of the Disarmament Commission”;

Notes that the Disarmament Commission, at its 1998 organizational session, adopted the following items for consideration at its 1999 substantive session:

The establishment of nuclear-weapon-free zones on the basis of arrangements freely arrived at among the States of the region concerned;

Guidelines on conventional arms control/limitation and disarmament, with particular emphasis on consolidation of peace in the context of General Assembly resolution 51/45 N of 10 December 1996;

The fourth special session of the General Assembly devoted to disarmament;

Requests the Disarmament Commission to meet for a period not exceeding three weeks during 1999 and to submit a substantive report to the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session;

Requests the Secretary-General to transmit to the Disarmament Commission the annual report of the Conference on Disarmament, together with all the official records of the fifty-third session of the General Assembly relating to disarmament matters, and to render all assistance that the Commission may require for implementing the present resolution;

Also requests the Secretary-General to ensure full provision to the Disarmament Commission and its subsidiary bodies of interpretation and translation facilities in the official languages and to assign, as a matter of priority, all the necessary resources and services, including verbatim records, to that end;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-fourth session the item entitled “Report of the Disarmament Commission”.

B

Reaffirms the role of the Conference on Disarmament as the single multilateral disarmament negotiating forum of the international community;

Welcomes the determination of the Conference on Disarmament to fulfil that role in the light of the evolving international situation, with a view to making early substantive progress on priority items of its agenda;

Also welcomes the decisions of the Conference on Disarmament to establish an Ad Hoc Committee under item 4 of its agenda entitled “Effective international arrangements to assure non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons”, to negotiate with a view to reaching agreement on effective international arrangements to assure non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons, which could take the form of an internationally legally binding instrument, as well as an Ad Hoc Committee under item 1 of its agenda entitled “Cessation of the nuclear arms race and nuclear disarmament”, to negotiate, on the basis of the report of the Special Coordinator and the mandate contained therein, a non-discriminatory, multilateral and internationally and effectively verifiable treaty banning the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices, and takes note of the recommendations that they be re-established at the beginning of the 1999 session;

Further welcomes the decision of the Conference on Disarmament to entrust its successive Presidents with the task of pursuing intensive consultations and seeking the views of its members on appropriate methods and approaches for dealing with item 1 of its agenda entitled “Cessation of the nuclear arms race and nuclear disarmament”, and takes note of the recommendation by the last President of the 1998 session that they should resume at the start of the 1999 session;

Notes with satisfaction the desire of the Conference on Disarmament to promote substantive progress during its 1999 session, and expresses the hope that appropriate consultations during the inter-sessional period could lead to commencement of early work on various agenda items;

Encourages the Conference on Disarmament to continue its consultations on the review of its membership with a view to reaching an early agreement on its further expansion;

Also encourages the Conference on Disarmament to intensify further the ongoing review of its agenda and methods of work;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue to ensure the provision to the Conference on Disarmament of adequate administrative, substantive and conference support services;

Requests the Conference on Disarmament to submit a report on its work to the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-fourth session the item entitled “Report of the Conference on Disarmament”.

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