Nuclear Disarmament with a View to the Ultimate Elimination of Nuclear Weapons

A/RES/54/54[D]View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 76 General and complete disarmament, published in 2000.

What other versions does this mandate have?

4 versions · 1997–2000

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2000	A/RES/54/54[D]	Nuclear disarmament with a view to the ultimate elimination of nuclear weapons	—	—
1999	A/RES/53/77[U]	Nuclear disarmament with a view to the ultimate elimination of nuclear weapons	—	—
1998	A/RES/52/38[K]	Nuclear disarmament with a view to the ultimate elimination of nuclear weapons	—	—
1997	A/RES/51/45[G]	Nuclear disarmament with a view to the ultimate elimination of nuclear weapons	—	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

6 subjects

Disarmament Agreements Nuclear Disarmament Nuclear Materials Nuclear Non-Proliferation Nuclear Weapon States Signatures, Accessions, Ratifications

What’s in this document?

15 operative paragraphs

A/RES/54/54 [D]

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Reaffirms the importance of achieving the universality of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons,2 and calls upon States not parties to the Treaty to accede to it without delay and without conditions;

Also reaffirms the importance for all States parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons to fulfil their obligations under the Treaty;

Calls for the determined pursuit by the nuclear-weapon States of systematic and progressive efforts to reduce nuclear weapons globally, with the ultimate goal of eliminating those weapons, and by all States of general and complete disarmament under strict and effective international control;

Stresses that, in order to make advancements towards the ultimate goal of eliminating nuclear weapons, it is important and necessary to pursue such actions as:

The early signature and ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty15 by all States, especially by those States whose ratification is required for its entry into force, with a view to its early entry into force, as well as the cessation of nuclear tests pending its entry into force;

Intensive negotiations in the Conference on Disarmament on the early conclusion of a non-discriminatory, multilateral and internationally and effectively verifiable treaty banning the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices, on the basis of the report of the Special Coordinator of 1995 and the mandate contained therein, and, pending its entry into force, a moratorium on the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons;

Multilateral discussions on possible future steps on nuclear disarmament and nuclear non-proliferation;

The early entry into force of the Treaty on Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (START II) and the early commencement and conclusion of negotiations for START III by the Russian Federation and the United States of America, and the continuation of the process beyond START III;

Further efforts by the five nuclear-weapon States to reduce their nuclear arsenals unilaterally and through their negotiations;

Invites the nuclear-weapon States to keep the States Members of the United Nations duly informed of the progress or efforts made towards nuclear disarmament;

Welcomes the ongoing efforts in the dismantlement of nuclear weapons, notes the importance of the safe and effective management of the resultant fissile material, and calls for continued efforts by States that possess fissile material no longer required for defence purposes to make such material available for safeguards by the International Atomic Energy Agency as soon as practicable;

Calls upon all States to redouble their efforts to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, inter alia, nuclear weapons, confirming and strengthening if necessary their policies not to export equipment, materials or technology that could contribute to the proliferation of those weapons;

Stresses the importance of the Model Protocol Additional to the Agreement(s) between State(s) and the International Atomic Energy Agency for the Application of Safeguards for ensuring nuclear non-proliferation, and encourages all States that have not done so to conclude an additional protocol with the International Atomic Energy Agency as soon as possible;

Underlines the vital importance of the 2000 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons for the preservation and strengthening of the regime anchored in the Treaty, and calls upon all States parties to the Treaty to reaffirm the decisions and the resolution adopted at the 1995 Review and Extension Conference of the Parties to the Treaty and to intensify their efforts with a view to reaching an agreement on updated objectives for nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament, based on a review of the achievements since 1995;

Encourages the constructive role played by civil society in promoting nuclear non-proliferation and nuclear disarmament.

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