A/RES/1909(XVIII) GA

14 General Auembly-Eishteenth Seaion lution 1767 (XVII), has under consideration various proposals for other collateral measures, I 1. Calls upon the Conference of the Eighteen-Nation Committee on Disarmament to resume, with energy and determination, its negotiations on general and complete disarmament under effective international control, in accordance with the joint statement of agreed prin- ciples for disarmament negotiations2 and in a spirit of goodwill and mutual accommodation ; 2. Recommends the Eighteen-Nation Committee to continue to encourage the widening of the areas of basic agreement or similarity in the principal parties' ap- proaches to the fundamental issues of general and complete disarmament ; II Urges the Eighteen-Nation Committee to make ef- forts to seek agreement on measures which could serve to reduce international tension, lessen the possibility of war and facilitate agreement on general and complete disarmament ; III 1. Requests the Eighteen-Nation Committee to sub- mit to the General Assembly an interim report on the progress of its work at an early appropriate date, and a comprehensive report not later than 1 September 1964; 2. Commends the Secretariat of the United Nations for its services to the Eighteen-Nation Committee and requests the Secretary-General to continue to make available to the Committee the necessary assistance and services. 1265th plenary meeting, 27 November 1963. 1909 (XVffl). Question of convening a conference for the purpose of signing a convention on the pl'ohibition of. the use of nuclear and thermo-nuclear weapons The General Assembly, Recalling the declaration on the prohibition of the use of nuclear and thermo-nuclear weapons, contained in its resolution 1653 (XVI) of 24 Novembe.r 1961, Cognizant that the subject can be speedily and effec- tively studied by the Conference of the Eighteen-Nation Committee on Disarmament in Geneva, 1. Requests the Conference of the Eighteen-N"ation Committee on Disarmament to study urgently the ques- tion of convening a conference for the purpose of signing a convention on the prohibition of the use of nuclear and thermo-nuclear weapons, and to report to the General Assembly at its nineteenth session; 2. Requests the Secretary-General to transmit the text of the present resolution and all other relevant documents to the Eighteen-Nation Committee. 1265th plenary meeting, 2 7 November 1963. 2 Ibid., Sixteenth Session, Annexes, agenda item 19, docu- ment A/4879. 1910 (XVffl). Urgent need for 1u1pen1ion of nuclear and thermo-nuclear teell Th,· General Assembly, Fully aware of its reponsibility with regard to the question of nuclear weapon testing and of the views of world public opinion on this matter, Noting 'With approval the Treaty banning nuclear weapon tests in the atmosphere, in outer space and under water, signed on 5 August 1963 by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America, and subsequently by a great number of other countries, Noting further 'With satisfaction that in the preamble of that Treaty the parties state that they are seeking to achieve the discontinuance of all test explosions of nuclear weapons for all time and are determined to continue negotiations to this end, 1. Calls upon all States to become parties to the !reaty banning nuclear weapon tests in the atmosphere, m outer space and under water, and to abide by its spirit and provisions ; 2. Requests the Conference of the Eighteen-Nation Committee on Disarmament to continue with a sense of urgency its negotiations to achieve the objectives set forth in the preamble of the Treaty ; 3. Requests the Eighteen-Nation Committee to re- port to t~e General Assembly at the earliest possible date and, m any event, not later than at the nineteenth session; 4. Requests the Secretary-General to make available to the Eighteen-Nation Committee the documents and records of the plenary meetings of the General As- sembly and the meetings of the First Committee at which the item relating to nuclear testing was discussed. 1265th plenary meeting, 27 November 1963. 1911 (XVIII). Denuelearization of Latin America The General Assembly, Bearing in mind the vital necessity of sparing present and future generations the scourge of a nuclear war, Recalling its resolutions 1380 (XIV) of 20 Novem- ber 1959, 1576 (XV) of 20 December 1960 and 1665 (XVI) of 4 December 1961, in which it recognized the danger that an increase in the number of States possessing nuclear weapons would involve, &ince such an increase would necessarily result in an intensification of the arms race and an aggravation of the difficulty of maintaining world peace, thus rendering more difficult the attainment of a general disarmament agreement, Observing that in its resolution 1664 (XVI) of 4 December 1961 it stated explicitly that the countries not possessing nuclear weapons had a grave interest and an important part to fulfil in the preparation and implementation of measures that could halt further nuclear weapon tests and prevent the further spread of nuclear weapons, Considering that the recent conclusion of the Treaty banning nuclear weapon tests in the atmosphere, in outer space and under water, signed on 5 August 1963, has created a favourable atmosphere for parallel prog- ress towards the prevention of the further spread of nuclear weapons, a problem which, as indicated in General Assembly resolutions 1649 (XVI) of 8 Novem-

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