Confidence-Building Measures in the Regional and Subregional Context

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 73General and complete disarmament, published in 2003.

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23 versions · 2003–2025

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13 topics

Arbitration Conciliation Confidence-Building Measures Consultations Conventional Weapons Disarmament Agreements Dispute Settlement Force in International Relations Mediation Negotiation Regional Cooperation War Prevention Weapons Systems

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9 operative paragraphs

Calls upon Member States to refrain from the use or threat of use of force in accordance with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations;

Reaffirms its commitment to the peaceful settlement of disputes under Chapter VI of the Charter, in particular Article 33, which provides for a solution by negotiation, enquiry, mediation, conciliation, arbitration, judicial settlement, resort to regional agencies or arrangements or other peaceful means chosen by the parties;

Calls upon Member States that have not already done so to open consultations and dialogue in the regions of tension without preconditions;

Urges States to comply strictly with all bilateral, regional and international agreements, including arms control and disarmament agreements, to which they are party;

Urges also, in the context of confidence-building measures, the maintenance of military balance between States in the regions of tension consistent with the principle of undiminished security at the lowest level of armaments;

Encourages the promotion of unilateral, bilateral and regional confidence-building measures to avoid conflict and prevent the unintended and accidental outbreak of hostilities;

Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States with a view to exploring possibilities of furthering efforts towards confidence-building measures in the regional and subregional context, particularly in the regions of tension;

Also requests the Secretary-General to report on the subject to the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-ninth session an item entitled “Confidence-building measures in the regional and subregional context”.

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