Joint Courses of Action and Future-Oriented Dialogue Towards a World without Nuclear Weapons

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 98aa United action with renewed determination towards the total elimination of nuclear weapons, published in 2019.

What other versions does this mandate have?

3 versions · 2019–2021

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/76/54

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2021	A/RES/76/54	Joint courses of action and future-oriented dialogue towards a world without nuclear weapons	1,803	68%Compare
2020	A/RES/75/71	Joint courses of action and future-oriented dialogue towards a world without nuclear weapons	1,668	76%Compare
2019	A/RES/74/63	Joint courses of action and future-oriented dialogue towards a world without nuclear weapons	1,406	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

7 subjects

Democratic People's Republic of Korea Disarmament Negotiations Non-Nuclear-Weapon States Nuclear Disarmament Nuclear Non-Proliferation Nuclear Weapon States Nuclear Weapon Tests

What’s in this document?

15 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms that all States parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons1 are committed to the ultimate goal of eliminating nuclear weapons, including through the easing of international tension, as well as the strengthening of trust between States and of the international regime for nuclear non-proliferation, and to the full and steady implementation of the Treaty in all its aspects, including article VI of the Treaty, towards the realization of a world without nuclear weapons;

Calls upon all States parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons to identify concrete measures to put the commitments into practice towards the 2020 Review Conference;

Encourages the following, inter alia, as joint courses of action:

All States, in particular the nuclear-weapon States, to immediately take concrete measures to enhance transparency and mutual confidence, including, inter alia, by providing frequent and detailed reporting on the implementation of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and opportunities for discussion of these reports;

All States possessing nuclear weapons to take actions to reduce the risks of nuclear detonation occurring either by miscalculation or by misunderstanding;

All States to immediately make every effort, including declaring and maintaining moratoriums on the production of fissile material for use in nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices, as well as deepening substantive discussions in the Conference on Disarmament, to start negotiations on a treaty banning the production of fissile material for use in nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices;

All States, including the eight remaining States in annex 2 to the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty,6 to immediately make every effort, including maintaining all existing moratoriums on nuclear-weapon test explosions or any other nuclear explosions and declaring their political will to do so, as well as through continued support for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, to sign and ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty;

All States to continue to make practical contributions to nuclear disarmament verification, including through concrete exercises, at the United Nations and the Conference on Disarmament, and in the framework of the International Partnership for Nuclear Disarmament Verification;

All States to facilitate efforts on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation education, inter alia, efforts in which the young generation can actively engage, as well as to raise awareness of the realities of the use of nuclear weapons, including through, among others, visits by leaders, youth and others to and interactions with communities and people, including the hibakusha (those who have suffered the use of nuclear weapons) who pass on their experiences to future generations;

Also encourages, for the purpose of facilitating future-oriented dialogues in order to advance nuclear disarmament, the following:

Nuclear-weapon States to clearly set out their nuclear policies and doctrines at international forums, including the Review Conference and Preparatory Committees of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, the Conference on Disarmament and the First Committee of the General Assembly, and all States to conduct interactive discussions, based on such nuclear policies and doctrines;

All States to conduct dialogue regarding the possible impacts of developments in science and technology on arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation;

All States to conduct candid dialogue on the relationship between nuclear disarmament and security;

Reaffirms the commitment to strengthening the international regime for nuclear non-proliferation and to achieving the complete, verifiable and irreversible dismantlement of all nuclear weapons, ballistic missiles of all ranges and related nuclear and ballistic missile programmes of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, in accordance with relevant Security Council resolutions, and the responsibility of all States for the full implementation of all relevant Security Council resolutions, and calls upon the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to return at an early date to full compliance with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, including that of the International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-fifth session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, a sub-item entitled “Joint courses of action and future-oriented dialogue towards a world without nuclear weapons”.

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