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44 General Assembly-Thi rty-scconrl Scssion Resol11tion No. Tille lt<'m Date o/ adoption Pa.~e 32/155 Declaration on the Dcepening and Consolidation of lntcrnational Déknlc (A/32/ 451) 127 19 Dccembcr 1977 59 32/195 Tenth anniversary of the entry into force of the Treaty on Principies Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Spacc, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies (A/32/418) 35 anJ 36 20 December 1977 60 32/ 196 International co-operation in the peaceful uses of outn space ( A 1321418) Resolution A 15 and 36 20 December 1977 61 Resolution B 32/75. Economic ami social consequences of the armaments race and its extremely harm- ful effects on world peace and security The General Assembly, Having considered the ítem entitled "Economic and social consequences of the armaments race and its extremely harmful effects on world peace and security", Recalling its resolutions 2667 (XXV) of 7 Decern- ber 1970, 2831 (XXVI) of 16 December 1971, 3075 (XXVIII) of 6 December 1973 and 3462 (XXX) of 11 December 1975, Deeply concerned that, despite the repeated requests by the General Assembly for the irnplementation of effective measures aimed at its cessation, the arms race, partícularly of nuclear armaments, has continued to íncrease at an alarming speed, absorbing enormous material and human resources from the econorníc and social development of all countries and constituting a grave danger for world peace and security, Considering that the cver spiralling arms race is not compatible with the efforts aimed at establishing a new international economic order, as defined in the Declara- tion and the Programme of Action on the Establish- ment of a New International Economic Order, con- tained in General Assembly resolutions 3201 (S-VI) and 3202 (S-VI) of 1 May 1974, in the Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States, contained in Assembly resolution 3281 (XXIX) of 12 December 1974, and in other resolutions of the Assembly, and that these efforts imply more than ever the resolute action of all States to achieve the cessation of the arms race and the implementation of eflective measures of dísarmament, particularly in the nuclear field, Conscious that disarmament is a mattcr of grave concern to all States and that consequently there is a pressing need for all Governments and peoples to be informed about and to understand the situation pre- vailing in the field of the arms race and disarmarnent, Recalling that the Secretary-General was requested by the General Assembly, in resolution 3462 (XXX), to bring up to date, with the assistance of qualified consultant experts appointed by him, the 1971 rcport entitled Economic and Social Consequences of the Arms Race and of Military Expenditures, 2 covering the basic topics of that report and taking into account any new developments which he would consider necessary, and to transmit it to the Assernbly in time to permit its consideration at the thirty-second session, 1. Welcomes with satisfaction the updated report of the Secretary-General entitled Economic and Social 2 A/8469/Rev.1 (United Nation, publication, Sales No. E.72.lX. l 6). 35 anJ 36 20 December 1977 62 Consequences of the Arms Race and of Military Ex- penditures3 and expresses the hope that it will help to focus future disarmament negotiations on nuclear dis- a~mament and on the goal of general and complete d1sarmament under effective international control; 2. Expresses its appreciation to the Secretary-Gen- eral and to the consultant experts as well as to the Governments and international organizations that have rcndered assistance in the updating of the report; 3. Decides to transmit the report to the General Assembly at its special session devoted to disarmament, to be held in New York between 23 May and 28 June 1978; 4. Recommends that the conclusions of the up- dated report on the economic and social consequences of the arms race and of military expenditures should be taken into account in future disarmament nego- tiations; 5. Reques_ts the Secretary-General to arrange for the reproduct10n of the report as a United Nations publication3 and to give it the widest possible publicity m as many languages as is considered desirable and practicable; 6. Recommends to all Governments the widest possible distribution of the report, including its transla- tion into the respective national languages; 7. Invites the specialized agencies as well as inter- governmental, national and non-governmental organi- zations to use their facilities to make the report widely known; 8. Reafjirms its decision to keep the item entitled "Econornic and social consequences of the armaments race and its extremely harmful eflects on world peace and security" under constant review and decides to in- elude it in the provisional agenda of its thirty-fifth session. 100th plenary meeting 12 December 1977 :t2/76. hnplnnentation of General Assemhlv re1mlution .14, 7:l (XXX) coU<·t•rning th;~ si~nature and ratification of Additional Protocol I of the Treaty for the Prohihi- tion of 1'Jurlf"ar W eapons in Lat¡n Amt•r- ira ( Trcaty of Tlatdolro) The General Assembly, Recalling its rcsolutions 2286 (XXII) of 5 Decem- ber 1967, 3262 (XXIX) of 9 Decernber 1974 and 3 A/32/88/Rev. l (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.78.IX.1 ). 111. Resolutions adopted on the reports of the First Committee 45 3473 (XXX) of 11 December 1975 concerning the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latín America (Treaty of Tlatelolco ) 4 and its Addi- tional Protocol I, Taking into account that certain territories lying within the zone of application of that Treaty which are not sovereign political entities are nevertheless in a position to receive the benefits deriving from the Treaty through its Additional Protocol I, to which the States that de jure or de facto are internationally responsible for those territories may become parties, Recalling with satisf action that the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the King- dom of the Netherlands became parties to Additional Protocol I in 1969 and 1971, respectively, l. Notes with satisfaction that Additional Protocol I of the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America (Treaty of Tlatelolco) was signed on 26 May 1977 by the President of the United States of America and that the Government of that country has decided to take the necessary steps for its ratification; 2. Again urges France to sign and ratify Additional Protocol I of the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latín America (Treaty of Tlatelolco) as soon as possible, in arder that the peoples of the terri- tories in question may receive the benefits which derive from the Treaty and which consist mainly in removing the danger of nuclear attack and sparing the squander- ing of resources on the production of nuclear weapons; 3. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its thirty-third session an ítem ent1tled "Implementation of General Assembly resolution 32/76 concerning the signature and ratification of Additional Protocol I of the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latín America (Treaty of Tlatelolco) ". 100th plenary meeting 12 December 1977 32/77. Chemical and hacteriological (hiological) weapons The General Assembly, Reaffirming its resolutions 2454 A (XXIII) of 20 December 1968, 2603 B (XXIV) of 16 December 1969, 2662 (XXV) of 7 December 1970, 2827 A (XXVI) of 16 December 1971, 2933 (XXVII) of 29 November 1972, 3077 (XXVIII) of 6 December 1973, 3256 (XXIX) of 9 December 1974, 3465 (XXX) of 11 December 1975 and 31/65 of 10 De- cember 197 6, Convinced that the continuing arrns race calls for urgent disarmament measures and that the process of international détente is conducive to the achievement of progress towards general and complete disarmament under effective international control, Reaffirming the necessity of strict observance by all States of the principies and objectives of the Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare, signed at Geneva on 17 June 1925;" 4 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 634, No. 9068, p. 326. 5 League of Nations, Treaty Series, vol. XCIV (1929), No. 2138, p. 65. Convinced that the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction6 constitutes an important step towards early agreement on the effective prohibition of the devclopment, production and stockpiling of all chemical weapons and on their elimination from ar- senals of all States, Recalling in that connexion the undertaking con- tained in article IX of the Convention to continue nego- tiations in good faith with a view to reaching early agreement on effective measures for the prohibition of the development, production and stockpiling of all chemical weapons and for their destruction, Stressing the importance of early agreement on the complete prohibition of the development, production and stockpiling of all chemical weapons and on their destruction, which would contribute to general and complete disarmament under effective international con- trol, Noting the risk of continued development, produc- tion and stockpiling of chemical weapons in the absence of such agreement, Having considered the report of the Conference of the Committee on Disarmament, 7 Noting that drafts of a convention on the prohibition of the development, production and stockpiling of all chemical weapons and on their destruction, 8 as well as other working documents, proposals and suggestions, have been submitted to the Conference of the Com- mittee on Disarmament and constitute valuable con- tributions to reaching appropriate agreement, Taking into account the comments made on this itero and relevant documents submitted to the General Assembly at its thirty-second session, Stressing the need for early submission of the joint initiative of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the United States of America to the Conference of the Committee on Disarmament in arder to assist it in achieving early agreement on the prohibition of the development, production and stockpiling of all chemical weapons and on their destruction, Noting that sustained and intensive efforts in the Conference of the Committee on Disarmament have led to increased understanding in identifying practica! ap- proaches towards the prohibition of the development, production and stockpiling of all chemical weapons and towards their destruction, Recognizing the importance of developing methods for providing adequate assurance of compliance with cffective measures for the prohibition of the develop- ment, production and stockpiling of all chemical weap- ons, including methods of verifying the destruction of stockpiles of such wcapons, Having in mind that agreement on the complete prohibition of thc development, production and 6 Resolution 2826 (XXVI), annex. 7 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-second Session, Supplement No. 27 (A/32/27). 8 See Official Records of the Disarmament Commission, Sup- plement for 1972, document DC/235, annex B, document CCD/361; Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty- ninth Session. Supplement No. 27 (A/9627), annex Ir, docu- ment CCD/420; ibid., Thirtieth Session, Supp/ement No. 27 (A/ 10027), annex II, document CCD/ 452; and ibid., Thirty- first Session, Supplement No. 27 (A/31/27), annex III, docu- ment CCD/512.

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