No First Placement of Weapons in Outer Space

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Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 98bNo first placement of weapons in outer space, published in 2021.

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12 versions · 2014–2025

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7 topics

Arms Limitation Arms Race Disarmament Agreements Disarmament Negotiations Outer Space Space Warfare Space Weapons

What does this mandate say?

6 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms the importance and urgency of the objective of preventing an arms race in outer space and the willingness of States to contribute to reaching this common goal;

Reiterates that the Conference on Disarmament, as the single multilateral negotiating forum on this subject, has the primary role in the negotiation of a multilateral agreement, or agreements, as appropriate, on the prevention of an arms race in outer space in all its aspects;

Urges an early commencement of substantive work based on the updated draft treaty on the prevention of the placement of weapons in outer space and of the threat or use of force against outer space objects, introduced by China and the Russian Federation at the Conference on Disarmament in 2008, under the agenda item entitled “Prevention of an arms race in outer space”;

Stresses that, while such an agreement is not yet concluded, other measures may contribute to ensuring that weapons are not placed in outer space;

Encourages all States, especially spacefaring nations, to consider the possibility of upholding, as appropriate, a political commitment not to be the first to place weapons in outer space;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-seventh session, under the item entitled “Prevention of an arms race in outer space”, the sub-item entitled “No first placement of weapons in outer space”.

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