Reducing Nuclear Danger

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Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 99oReducing nuclear danger, published in 2023.

What other versions does this mandate have?

28 versions · 1999–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/37

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What subjects does this mandate have?

6 topics

Conferences Disarmament Negotiations Nuclear Accidents Nuclear Disarmament Nuclear Non-Proliferation Nuclear Weapons Use

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

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

2024A/79/137Nuclear disarmament; follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons; reducing nuclear danger report of the Secretary-General

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What does this mandate say?

6 operative paragraphs

Calls for a review of nuclear doctrines and, in this context, immediate and urgent steps to reduce the risks of unintentional and accidental use of nuclear weapons, including through de-alerting and de-targeting nuclear weapons;

Requests the five nuclear-weapon States to take measures towards the implementation of paragraph 1 above;

Calls upon Member States to take the measures necessary to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons in all its aspects and to promote nuclear disarmament, with the objective of eliminating nuclear weapons;

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General submitted pursuant to paragraph 5 of its resolution 77/74 of 7 December 2022;

Requests the Secretary-General to intensify efforts and support initiatives that would contribute to the full implementation of the seven recommendations identified in the report of the Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters that would significantly reduce the risk of nuclear war, and also to continue to encourage Member States to consider the convening of an international conference, as proposed in the United Nations Millennium Declaration, to identify ways of eliminating nuclear dangers, and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its seventy-ninth session;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-ninth session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub-item entitled “Reducing nuclear danger”.

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