Report of the Conference on Disarmament

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 101aReport of the Conference on Disarmament, published in 2022.

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Consultations Disarmament Negotiations

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Reaffirms the role of the Conference on Disarmament as the single multilateral disarmament negotiating forum of the international community;

Appreciates the strong support expressed for the Conference on Disarmament at its 2022 session by Ministers for Foreign Affairs and other high-level officials, while also acknowledging their concern about its ongoing impasse, and takes into account their calls for greater flexibility with respect to commencing the substantive work of the Conference without further delay;

Calls upon the Conference on Disarmament to further intensify consultations and to explore possibilities for overcoming its ongoing deadlock of two decades by adopting and implementing a balanced and comprehensive programme of work at the earliest possible date during its 2023 session, bearing in mind the decision on the programme of work adopted by the Conference on 29 May 2009, as well as other relevant present, past and future proposals;

Takes note with appreciation of the decision of the Conference on Disarmament, contained in document CD/2229, adopted on 22 February 2022, on the establishment of subsidiary bodies on each agenda item from 1 to 4, and one on agenda items 5, 6 and 7, for the 2022 session, and the adoption by the Conference of the substantive reports of subsidiary bodies 3 and 5;

Takes note of other discussions held in the course of the 2022 session;

Encourages the current President and the incoming President of the Conference on Disarmament to conduct consultations during the intersessional period and, if possible, to make recommendations, taking into account all relevant proposals, past, present and future, including those submitted as documents of the Conference, views presented and discussions held, and to endeavour to keep the membership of the Conference informed, as appropriate, of their consultations;

Requests the current President and successive Presidents of the Conference on Disarmament to cooperate with the States members of the Conference in the effort to guide the Conference to the early commencement of its substantive work, including negotiations, at its 2023 session;

Recognizes the importance of continuing consultations in 2023 on the question of the expansion of the membership of the Conference on Disarmament;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue to ensure and to strengthen, if needed, the provision to the Conference on Disarmament of all necessary administrative, substantive and conference support services;

Requests the Conference on Disarmament to submit to the General Assembly at its seventy-eighth session a report on its work;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-eighth session, under the item entitled “Review of the implementation of the recommendations and decisions adopted by the General Assembly at its tenth special session”, the sub-item entitled “Report of the Conference on Disarmament”.

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