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Follow-Up to the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons

A/RES/63/49No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 89uFollow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons, published in 2009.

What other versions does this mandate have?

28 versions · 1999–2025
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/33
  • 2025A/RES/80/33Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weaponsLatestCompare with previous version
  • 2024A/RES/79/32Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weaponsCompare with previous version
  • 2023A/RES/78/33Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weaponsCompare with previous version
  • 2022A/RES/77/57Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weaponsCompare with previous version
  • 2021A/RES/76/53Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weaponsCompare 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?

10 topics
Advisory OpinionsCourtsDisarmament AgreementsDisarmament NegotiationsInformation ExchangeInternational ObligationsNuclear DisarmamentNuclear Weapon TestsNuclear Weapons UseWeapons Deployment

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report of the Secretary-General submitted under this mandate, 2008.

  • 2008A/64/139Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons report of the Secretary-General

iIdentified automatically from the metadata in each report’s UN Digital Library catalogue record.

What does this mandate say?

4 operative paragraphs
1
Underlines once again the unanimous conclusion of the International Court of Justice that there exists an obligation to pursue in good faith and bring to a conclusion negotiations leading to nuclear disarmament in all its aspects under strict and effective international control;
2
Calls once again upon all States immediately to fulfil that obligation by commencing multilateral negotiations leading to an early conclusion of a nuclear weapons convention prohibiting the development, production, testing, deployment, stockpiling, transfer, threat or use of nuclear weapons and providing for their elimination;
3
Requests all States to inform the Secretary-General of the efforts and measures they have taken on the implementation of the present resolution and nuclear disarmament, and requests the Secretary-General to apprise the General Assembly of that information at its sixty-fourth session;
4
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-fourth session the item entitled “Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons”.

iParagraph content is machine-extracted from UN documents. For authoritative content, please refer to the official UN document.

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