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Relationship Between Disarmament and Development

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

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 74l Relationship between disarmament and development, published in 2002.

What other versions does this mandate have?

34 versions · 1983–2025
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/25
YearSymbolTitleWord lengthText similarity
2025
A/RES/80/25

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2024
A/RES/79/43

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2023
A/RES/78/23

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2022
A/RES/77/45

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2021
A/RES/76/37

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Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

22 reports · 2005–2026
YearSymbolTitleMandate resolution
2026A/81/160Relationship between disarmament and development report of the Secretary-GeneralA/RES/80/25
2025A/80/125Relationship between disarmament and development report of the Secretary-GeneralA/RES/79/43
2024A/79/124Relationship between disarmament and development report of the Secretary-GeneralA/RES/78/23
2023A/78/128Relationship between disarmament and development report of the Secretary-GeneralA/RES/77/45
2022A/77/114Relationship between disarmament and development report of the Secretary-GeneralA/RES/76/37

What subjects does this mandate have?

10 subjects
Arms LimitationDevelopment AssistanceDevelopment FinanceDisarmament AgreementsDisarmament-Development LinkEconomic GapInformation ExchangeProgramme ImplementationProgrammes of ActionReport Preparation

What’s in this document?

6 operative paragraphs

A/RES/56/24 [E]

E

1
Calls upon the high-level Steering Group on Disarmament and Development to strengthen and enhance its programme of activities, in accordance with the mandate set out in the action programme adopted at the International Conference on the Relationship between Disarmament and Development;
2
Urges the international community to devote part of the resources made available by the implementation of disarmament and arms limitation agreements to economic and social development, with a view to reducing the ever-widening gap between developed and developing countries;
3
Invites all Member States to communicate to the Secretary-General, by 15 April 2002, their views and proposals for the implementation of the action programme adopted at the International Conference on the Relationship between Disarmament and Development, as well as any other views and proposals with a view to achieving the goals of the action programme, within the framework of current international relations;
4
Requests the Secretary-General to continue to take action, through appropriate organs and within available resources, for the implementation of the action programme adopted at the International Conference on the Relationship between Disarmament and Development;
5
Also requests the Secretary-General to submit a report 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 “Relationship between disarmament and development”.

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