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Reducing Nuclear Danger

A/RES/56/24[C]View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 74n Reducing nuclear danger, published in 2002.

What other versions does this mandate have?

28 versions · 1999–2025
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/37
YearSymbolTitleWord lengthText similarity
2025
A/RES/80/37

Reducing nuclear danger

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2024
A/RES/79/33

Reducing nuclear danger

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2023
A/RES/78/44

Reducing nuclear danger

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2022
A/RES/77/74

Reducing nuclear danger

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2021
A/RES/76/27

Reducing nuclear danger

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Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

21 reports · 2002–2025
YearSymbolTitleMandate resolution
2025A/80/163Nuclear disarmament; follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons; reducing nuclear danger report of the Secretary-GeneralA/RES/79/33
2024A/79/137Nuclear disarmament; follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons; reducing nuclear danger report of the Secretary-GeneralA/RES/78/44
2023A/78/118Nuclear disarmament; follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons; reducing nuclear danger report of the Secretary-GeneralA/RES/77/74
2022A/77/123Nuclear disarmament; follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons; reducing nuclear danger report of the Secretary-GeneralA/RES/76/27
2021A/76/117Nuclear disarmament; follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons; reducing nuclear danger report of the Secretary-GeneralA/RES/75/57

What subjects does this mandate have?

6 subjects
ConferencesNuclear DisarmamentNuclear Non-ProliferationNuclear WarNuclear Weapon StatesNuclear Weapons Use

What’s in this document?

6 operative paragraphs

A/RES/56/24 [C]

C

1
Calls for a review of nuclear doctrines and, in this context, immediate and urgent steps to reduce the risks of unintentional and accidental use of nuclear weapons;
2
Requests the five nuclear-weapon States to take measures towards the implementation of paragraph 1 of the present resolution;
3
Calls upon Member States to take the necessary measures to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons in all its aspects and to promote nuclear disarmament, with the objective of eliminating nuclear weapons;
4
Takes note of the report prepared by the Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters and submitted by the Secretary-General in pursuance of paragraph 5 of General Assembly resolution 55/33 N of 20 November 2000, in particular the seven recommendations highlighted for further action;
5
Requests the Secretary-General to take steps towards the implementation of the seven recommendations identified in the report of the Advisory Board that would significantly reduce the risk of nuclear war, including the proposal contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration for convening an international conference to identify ways of eliminating nuclear dangers, and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its fifty-seventh session;
6
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-seventh session the item entitled “Reducing nuclear danger”.

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