Towards a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World : Accelerating the Implementation of Nuclear Disarmament Commitments

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 89l Towards a nuclear-weapon-free world : accelerating the implementation of nuclear disarmament commitments, published in 2009.

What other versions does this mandate have?

18 versions · 2007–2024

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/79/35

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2024	A/RES/79/35	Towards a nuclear-weapon-free world : accelerating the implementation of nuclear disarmament commitments	3,667	71%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/42	Towards a nuclear-weapon-free world : accelerating the implementation of nuclear disarmament commitments	3,280	22%Compare
2021	A/RES/76/49	Towards a nuclear-weapon-free world : accelerating the implementation of nuclear disarmament commitments	3,029	90%Compare
2020	A/RES/75/65	Towards a nuclear-weapon-free world : accelerating the implementation of nuclear disarmament commitments	3,086	92%Compare
2019	A/RES/74/46	Towards a nuclear-weapon-free world : accelerating the implementation of nuclear disarmament commitments	2,965	92%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

10 subjects

Democratic People's Republic of Korea Korean Peninsula Non-Nuclear-Weapon States Nuclear Disarmament Nuclear Non-Proliferation Nuclear Weapon States Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones Reservations and Declarations Signatures, Accessions, Ratifications Treaty Compliance

What’s in this document?

8 operative paragraphs

Continues to emphasize the central role of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons4 and its universality in achieving nuclear disarmament and nuclear non-proliferation, and calls upon all States parties to respect their obligations;

Calls upon all States to comply fully with all commitments made regarding nuclear disarmament and nuclear non-proliferation and not to act in any way that may compromise either cause or that may lead to a new nuclear arms race;

Reaffirms that the outcome of the 2000 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons3 sets out the agreed process for systematic and progressive efforts towards nuclear disarmament, and in this regard renews its call upon the nuclear-weapon States to accelerate the implementation of the practical steps towards nuclear disarmament that were agreed upon at the 2000 Review Conference, thereby contributing to a safer world for all;

Reiterates its call upon all States parties to spare no effort to achieve the universality of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, and in this regard urges India, Israel and Pakistan to accede to the Treaty as non-nuclear-weapon States promptly and without conditions;

Urges the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to rescind its announced withdrawal from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, while recognizing the efforts undertaken during 2008 within the framework of the Six-Party Talks to achieve the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula in a peaceful manner;

Stresses the need for a constructive and successful preparatory process leading to the 2010 Review Conference, which should contribute to strengthening the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons in all its aspects and achieving its full implementation and universality;

Welcomes the second session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2010 Review Conference, held in Geneva from 28 April to 9 May 2008, and calls upon the Preparatory Committee at its third session, in 2009, to identify and address specific aspects where urgent progress is required in order to advance the objective of a nuclear-weapon-free world, building on the outcomes of the 1995 and 2000 Conferences;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-fourth session the item entitled “Towards a nuclear-weapon-free world: accelerating the implementation of nuclear disarmament commitments” and to review the implementation of the present resolution at that session.

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