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Information on Confidence-Building Measures in the Field of Conventional Arms

A/RES/79/59View PDF

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 98yInformation on confidence-building measures in the field of conventional arms, published in 2024.

What other versions does this mandate have?

12 versions · 2004–2024
  • 2024A/RES/79/59Information on confidence-building measures in the field of conventional armsLatestCompare with previous version
  • 2022A/RES/77/72Information on confidence-building measures in the field of conventional armsCompare with previous version
  • 2020A/RES/75/54Information on confidence-building measures in the field of conventional armsCompare with previous version
  • 2018A/RES/73/51Information on confidence-building measures in the field of conventional armsCompare with previous version
  • 2016A/RES/71/35Information on confidence-building measures in the field of conventional armsCompare with previous version

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

iExtracted automatically from each entity’s budget submission.

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 topics
Confidence-Building MeasuresConventional WeaponsInformation Exchange

What does this mandate say?

8 operative paragraphs
1
Welcomes all confidence-building measures in the field of conventional arms already undertaken by Member States;
2
Encourages Member States to continue to adopt and apply confidence-building measures in the field of conventional arms;
3
Invites Member States to submit to the Secretariat, on a voluntary basis, information on confidence-building measures in the field of conventional arms;
4
Encourages Member States to establish or continue dialogues on confidence-building measures in the field of conventional arms;
5
Appreciates the continuing operation of the Secretariat database containing information provided by Member States, and requests the Secretary-General to keep the database updated and to assist Member States, at their request, in confidence-building activities and in the organization of seminars, courses and workshops aimed at enhancing the knowledge of new developments in this field;
6
Recalls the adoption by the Disarmament Commission in April 2017 of recommendations on practical confidence-building measures in the field of conventional weapons;
7
Notes that, in those recommendations, Member States are encouraged, as appropriate, and on a voluntary basis, to exchange information on confidence-building measures in the field of conventional weapons at the bilateral, subregional, regional and international levels;
8
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its eighty-first session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub-item entitled “Information on confidence-building measures in the field of conventional arms”.

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