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Regulation, Limitation and Balanced Reduction of All Armed Forces and All Armaments: Report of the Disarmament Commission

A/RES/704(VII)No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1953.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 1953–1954
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/715(VIII)
  • 1954A/RES/715(VIII)Regulation, limitation and balanced reduction of all armed forces and all armaments: report of the Disarmament CommissionLatestCompare with previous version
  • 1953A/RES/704(VII)Regulation, limitation and balanced reduction of all armed forces and all armaments: report of the Disarmament Commission

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
Armed ForcesArms LimitationBiological WeaponsConventional DisarmamentMutual and Balanced Force ReductionsNuclear WeaponsWeapons of Mass DestructionWork Programme

What does this mandate say?

2 operative paragraphs
1
Takes note of the report.; of the Disarmament Commission ;
.2. Reaffirms General A,,,;cmbly rcsoiuti.on 502 (VI) of 11 January 1952 and requests the Disarmament Com-· mission to continue its work ior the d1.evdoi.,mc.nt by the United Nations of comprehensive and ,.o-orJinated plans J_.lroviding for:
a
The regulation,, limitatiun and balanceJ i:eduction of all armed forces and armaments;
lb) 'fhe elimiuatic.n anri prohibition of all major w_eapons, including bacteriological, adaptable to mass destruction;
( c) The effective international control of atomic energy to ensure the prohibition of atomic weapons and the use of atomic energy for peaceful purposes only; The whole programme to be carried out under effective international control in such a way that no State would have cause to fear that its security was en-- dangered;
J. Requests the Cotmmssion to report to the General Assembly and to the Security Council no later than 1 September 1953, and hopes that all the members of the Commission will co-operate in efforts to produce constr:.1ctive proposals likely to facilitate its task.

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