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Reducing Nuclear Danger

A/RES/58/47No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 73xReducing nuclear danger, published in 2004.

What other versions does this mandate have?

28 versions · 1999–2025
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/37
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iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

7 topics
ConferencesNuclear DisarmamentNuclear Non-ProliferationNuclear Weapon StatesNuclear WeaponsNuclear Weapons UseReport Preparation

What does this mandate say?

6 operative paragraphs
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 above;
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 of the Secretary-General submitted pursuant to paragraph 5 of General Assembly resolution 57/84 of 22 November 2002;
5
Requests the Secretary-General to intensify efforts and support initiatives that would contribute towards the full implementation of the seven recommendations identified in the report of the Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters that would significantly reduce the risk of nuclear war, and also to continue to encourage Member States to endeavour to create conditions that would allow the emergence of an international consensus to hold an international conference as proposed in the United Nations Millennium Declaration,3 to identify ways of eliminating nuclear dangers, and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session;
6
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-ninth session the item entitled “Reducing nuclear danger”.

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