Report of the Disarmament Commission

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 100bReport of the Disarmament Commission, published in 2024.

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Takes note of the report of the Disarmament Commission;

Reaffirms the importance of further enhancing the dialogue and cooperation among the First Committee, the Disarmament Commission and the Conference on Disarmament;

Emphasizes the need for a focused and results-oriented discussion on the items on the agenda of the Disarmament Commission;

Notes the fact that, in accordance with General Assembly decision 52/492, at its 390th meeting, on 1 April 2024, the Disarmament Commission adopted the agenda for its substantive session of 2024;

Requests the Disarmament Commission to continue its work in accordance with its mandate, as set forth in paragraph 118 of the Final Document of the Tenth Special Session of the General Assembly, and with paragraph 3 of Assembly resolution 37/78 H of 9 December 1982, and to that end to make every effort to achieve specific recommendations on the items on its agenda, taking into account the adopted “Ways and means to enhance the functioning of the Disarmament Commission”;

Recommends that the Disarmament Commission continue consideration of the following items at its substantive session of 2025:

Recommendations for achieving the objective of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation of nuclear weapons;

Recommendations on common understandings related to emerging technologies in the context of international security;

Encourages the Disarmament Commission to invite, as appropriate, the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research to prepare background papers on the items on its agenda and, if need be, other disarmament experts to present their views, as provided for in paragraph 3 (e) of resolution 61/98, upon the invitation of the Chair and with the prior approval of the Commission;

Requests the Disarmament Commission to hold a substantive session for a period not exceeding three weeks during 2025, namely from 7 to 25 April, and an organizational session at the beginning of 2025 before the substantive session, to elect its Bureau and address other outstanding organizational matters, and to submit a substantive report to the General Assembly at its eightieth session, and stresses that the report of the Commission should contain a summary by the Chair of the proceedings to reflect different views or positions if no agreement can be reached on the specific agenda item deliberated on, as provided for in paragraph 3.4 of the adopted “Ways and means to enhance the functioning of the Disarmament Commission”;

Requests the Secretary-General to ensure full provision to the Disarmament Commission and its subsidiary bodies of interpretation and translation facilities in the official languages and to assign, as a matter of priority, all the resources and services necessary, including verbatim records, to that end, and also requests the Secretary-General to transmit to the Commission the annual report of the Conference on Disarmament on its 2024 session, together with all the official records of the seventy-ninth session of the General Assembly relating to disarmament matters, and to render all assistance that the Commission may require for implementing the present resolution;

Invites Member States to submit their views and proposals on the matter early enough to enable practical consultations among them prior to the beginning of the substantive session of 2025 of the Disarmament Commission, with a view to facilitating its constructive outcome, and in this regard encourages the Chair-designate to commence consultations and preparations for the substantive session of 2025 in a timely manner upon his or her nomination;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its eightieth 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 Disarmament Commission”.

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