Forty-ninth session
Agenda item 64
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The General Assembly,
Having considered the annual report of the Disarmament Commission,
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Recalling its resolutions 47/54 A of 9 December 1992, 47/54
G of 8 April 1993 and 48/77 A of 16 December 1993,
Considering the role that the Disarmament Commission has
been called upon to play and the contribution that it should make
in examining and submitting recommendations on various problems
in the field of disarmament and in the promotion of the implementation
of the relevant decisions adopted by the General Assembly at its
tenth special session,
Noting the various suggestions for possible consideration
by the Disarmament Commission, at an appropriate future date,
including in particular the one for reconsideration of the subject
"The role of science and technology in the context of international
security, disarmament and other related fields",
1. Takes note of the annual report of the Disarmament Commission;
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2. Notes with regret that the Disarmament Commission was
unable to achieve agreement on guidelines and recommendations
under its the agenda item entitled "The role of science and
technology in the context of international security, disarmament
and other related fields", consideration of which was concluded
in 1994;
3. Notes the continuing consideration by the Disarmament
Commission of its agenda item entitled "Process of nuclear
disarmament in the framework of international peace and security,
with the objective of the elimination of nuclear weapons",
which is to be concluded in 1995;
4. Notes also that the Disarmament Commission held a preliminary
exchange of views on its agenda item entitled "International
arms transfers, with particular reference to General Assembly
resolution 46/36 H of 6 December 1991";
5. Reaffirms the importance of further enhancing the dialogue
and cooperation among the First Committee, the Disarmament Commission
and the Conference on Disarmament;
6. Reaffirms also the role of the Disarmament Commission
as the specialized, deliberative body within the United Nations
multilateral disarmament machinery that allows for in-depth deliberations
on specific disarmament issues, leading to the submission of concrete
recommendations on those issues;
7. Encourages the Disarmament Commission to continue to
make every effort to enhance its working methods so as to enable
it to give focused consideration to a limited number of priority
issues in the field of disarmament, bearing in mind the decision
it has taken to move its agenda towards a three-item phased approach;
8. 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 resolution 37/78
H of 9 December 1982, and to that end to make every effort to
achieve specific recommendations on the items of its agenda, taking
into account the adopted "Ways and means to enhance the functioning
of the Disarmament Commission"; //
9. Recommends that the Disarmament Commission, at its 1994
organizational session, adopt the following items for consideration
at its 1995 substantive session:
(a) Process of nuclear disarmament in the framework of international peace and security, with the objective of the elimination of nuclear weapons,
(b) International arms transfers, with particular reference to General Assembly resolution 46/36 H of 6 December 1991;
10. Also recommends that, pursuant to the adopted three-item
phased approach, the Disarmament Commission, at its 1994 organizational
session, consider including in the agenda of its 1995 substantive
session a new third item, and in this context notes, inter alia,
the following proposals: "General guidelines for nonproliferation,
with special emphasis on weapons of mass destruction" and
"Review of the Declaration of the 1990s as the Third Disarmanent
Decade";
11. Requests the Disarmament Commission to meet for a period
not exceeding four weeks during 1995 and to submit a substantive
report to the General Assembly at its fiftieth session;
12. Requests the Secretary-General to transit to the Disarmanent
Commission the annual report of the Conference on Disarmement,
together with all the official records of the forty-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;
13. Also requests the Secretary-General to ensure full
provision to the Commission and its subsidiary bodies of interpretation
and translation facilities in the official language and to assign,
as a matter of priority, all the necessary resources and services,
including verbatim records, to that end;
14. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its
fiftieth session the item entitled "Report of the Disarmament
Commission".
90th plenary meeting
15 December 1994
// Official Records of the General Assembly, Forty-ninth Session,
Supplement No. 42 (A/49/42).
// Resolution S-10/2.
// A/CN.10/137 of 27 April 1990.
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