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Verification in All Its Aspects, Including the Role of the United Nations in the Field of Verification

A/RES/59/60No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 59Verification in all its aspects, including the role of the United Nations in the field of verification, published in 2004.

What other versions does this mandate have?

8 versions · 1993–2008
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/62/21
  • 2008A/RES/62/21Verification in all its aspects, including the role of the United Nations in the field of verificationLatestCompare with previous version
  • 2004A/RES/59/60Verification in all its aspects, including the role of the United Nations in the field of verificationCompare with previous version
  • 2001A/RES/56/15Verification in all its aspects, including the role of the United Nations in the field of verificationCompare with previous version
  • 1999A/RES/54/46Verification in all its aspects, including the role of the United Nations in the field of verificationCompare with previous version
  • 1997A/RES/52/31Verification in all its aspects, including the role of the United Nations in the field of verificationCompare with previous version

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

8 topics
Arms LimitationDisarmament AgreementsGeographical DistributionGroups of ExpertsNuclear Non-ProliferationReport PreparationTreaty ComplianceVerification

What does this mandate say?

4 operative paragraphs
1
Reaffirms the critical importance of and the vital contribution that has been made by effective verification measures in non-proliferation, arms limitation and disarmament agreements and other similar obligations;
2
Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixtieth session on further views received from Member States;
3
Also requests the Secretary-General, with the assistance of a panel of government experts to be established in 2006 on the basis of equitable geographic distribution, to explore the question of verification in all its aspects, including the role of the United Nations in the field of verification, and to transmit the report of the panel of experts to the General Assembly for consideration at its sixty-first session;
4
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-first session the item entitled “Verification in all its aspects, including the role of the United Nations in the field of verification”.

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