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Nuclear Disarmament Verification

A/RES/74/50View PDF

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 98hhNuclear disarmament verification, published in 2019.

What other versions does this mandate have?

3 versions · 2016–2023
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/78/239
  • 2023A/RES/78/239Nuclear disarmament verificationLatestCompare with previous version
  • 2019A/RES/74/50Nuclear disarmament verificationCompare with previous version
  • 2016A/RES/71/67Nuclear disarmament verification

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

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 topics
Groups of ExpertsNuclear DisarmamentVerification

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report of the Secretary-General submitted under this mandate, 2024.

  • 2024A/79/93Nuclear disarmament verification report of the Secretary-General

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

What does this mandate say?

10 operative paragraphs
1
Welcomes the adoption by consensus of the report of the Group of Governmental Experts on Nuclear Disarmament Verification, mandated in resolution 71/67;4
2
Requests the Secretary-General to seek the substantive views of Member States on the report of the Group of Governmental Experts on Nuclear Disarmament Verification and to report back to the General Assembly at its seventy-fifth session;
3
Encourages the Conference on Disarmament and the Disarmament Commission to address nuclear disarmament verification, including through substantive consideration of the report of the Group of Governmental Experts on Nuclear Disarmament Verification;
4
Welcomes efforts for capacity-building on nuclear disarmament verification;
5
Encourages further work on nuclear disarmament verification, taking into account the report of the Group of Governmental Experts on Nuclear Disarmament Verification;
6
Requests the Secretary-General to establish a group of governmental experts of up to 25 participants, chosen on the basis of equitable geographical representation and equitable representation of women and men, which will meet in Geneva for four sessions of one week each in 2021 and 2022, to further consider nuclear disarmament verification issues, including, inter alia, the concept of a Group of Scientific and Technical Experts, building on the report of the Group of Governmental Experts on Nuclear Disarmament Verification4 and the views of Member States referred to in paragraph 2 above;
7
Requests the Chair of the group of governmental experts to organize, in New York, two informal intersessional consultative meetings, open-ended so that all Member States can engage in interactive discussions and share their views, which the Chair shall convey to the group of governmental experts for its consideration;
8
Requests the Secretary-General to render all necessary assistance to the group of governmental experts and its Chair, including the provision of relevant documents;
9
Calls upon the Secretary-General to transmit the report of the group of governmental experts to the General Assembly at its seventy-seventh session and to the Conference on Disarmament;
10
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-fifth session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub-item entitled “Nuclear disarmament verification”.

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