Observance of Environmental Norms in the Drafting and Implementation of Agreements on Disarmament and Arms Control

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 89nObservance of environmental norms in the drafting and implementation of agreements on disarmament and arms control, published in 2009.

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30 versions · 1997–2025

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Arms Limitation Disarmament Disarmament Agreements Disarmament Negotiations Environmental Protection Environmental Standards Information Exchange International Security Sustainable Development Technological Change Treaty Compliance

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Reaffirms that international disarmament forums should take fully into account the relevant environmental norms in negotiating treaties and agreements on disarmament and arms limitation and that all States, through their actions, should contribute fully to ensuring compliance with the aforementioned norms in the implementation of treaties and conventions to which they are parties;

Calls upon States to adopt unilateral, bilateral, regional and multilateral measures so as to contribute to ensuring the application of scientific and technological progress within the framework of international security, disarmament and other related spheres, without detriment to the environment or to its effective contribution to attaining sustainable development;

Welcomes the information provided by Member States on the implementation of the measures they have adopted to promote the objectives envisaged in the present resolution;1

Invites all Member States to communicate to the Secretary-General information on the measures they have adopted to promote the objectives envisaged in the present resolution, and requests the Secretary-General to submit a report containing that information to the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-fourth session the item entitled “Observance of environmental norms in the drafting and implementation of agreements on disarmament and arms control”.

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