Group of Scientific and Technical Experts on Nuclear Disarmament Verification

A/RES/79/240View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 98oo Nuclear disarmament verification, published in 2024.

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report · 2025

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2025	A/80/93	Group of Scientific and Technical Experts on Nuclear Disarmament Verification report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/79/240

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 subjects

Groups of Experts Nuclear Disarmament Verification

What’s in this document?

6 operative paragraphs

Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States, in writing, on the establishment of a Group of Scientific and Technical Experts on Nuclear Disarmament Verification within the United Nations, building on the relevant documents on the matter, particularly the reports of the groups of governmental experts referred to in the present resolution;

Encourages Member States, in providing their views, to focus on the possible merits, objectives, mandate and modalities for such a Group of Scientific and Technical Experts;

Requests the Secretary-General, with a view to ensuring that all Member States have the opportunity to engage on the matter and provide their views, to also convene three in-person informal meetings on the topic, two of which should be held at United Nations Headquarters in New York and one at the United Nations Office at Geneva;

Also requests the Secretary-General to also take into account the views of relevant intergovernmental organizations entrusted with the verification of disarmament or non-proliferation obligations;

Further requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its eightieth session for further discussion by Member States a substantive report containing possible options for the establishment of a Group of Scientific and Technical Experts on Nuclear Disarmament Verification within the United Nations, taking into account the views submitted by Member States in writing and through the three informal in-person meetings, with separate annexes containing those submissions in accordance with paragraph 1 of the present resolution;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its eightieth session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub-item entitled “Nuclear disarmament verification”.

55th (resumed) plenary meeting

24 December 2024

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