A/RES/35/154 GA

III. Resolutions adopted on the reports of the First Committee 73 isting Protocols, or to review the scope and operation of the Convention and the Protocols annexed thereto and to consider any proposal for amendments to the Con- vention or to the existing Protocols and any proposals for additional protocols relating to other categories of conventional weapons not covered by the existing Protocols; 6. Requests the Secretary-General, as the Depositary of the Convention and its annexed Protocols, to inform the General Assembly from time to time of the state of adherence to the Convention and its three annexed Protocols; 7. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its thirty-sixth session the item entitled "United Nations Conference on Prohibitions or Restrictions of Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects". 94th plenary meeting 12 December 1980 35/154. Conclusion of an international convention on the strengthening of the security of non-nuclear- weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons The cJeneral Assembly, Convinced of the need to take effective measures for the strengthening of the security of States and prompted by the desire shared by all nations to eliminate war and prevent nuclear conflagration, Taking into account the principle of non-use of force or threat of force enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations and reaffirmed in a number of United Nations declarations and resolutions, Noting with satisfaction the desire of States in various regions to prevent nuclear weapons from being in- troduced into their territories, including through the es- tablishment of nuclear-weapon-free zones, on the basis of arrangements freely arrived at among the States of the region concerned, and being anxious to contribute to the attainment of this objective, Considering that, until nuclear disarmament is achieved on a universal basis, it is imperative for the in- ternational community to develop effective measures to ensure the security of non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons from any quarter, Recognizing that effective measures to assure the non- nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons can constitute a positive contribution to the prevention of the spread of nuclear weapons, Mindful of the statements and com:derations made by various States on the strengthening of the security of non-nuclear-weapon States, Desirous of promoting the implementation of p_aragraJ?h 59 of the Final Document of the Tenth Spe- cial Sess10n of the General Assembly, 57 in which it urged the n~clear-weapon States to conclude, as appropriate, effective arrangements to assure non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weap- ons, Recalling its resolutions 33 /72 of 14 December 1978 and 34/84 and 34/85 of 11 December 1979, "Resolution S-10/2. Noting the consideration by the Committee on Dis- armament in 1980 of the item entitled "Effective interna- tional arrangements to assure non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weap- ons" and the setting up of an ad hoe working group to continue the negotiations on this problem, Recalling the drafts of an international convention submitted on this item to the Committee on Disarma- ment in 1979, Taking note of the report of the Committee on Dis- armament, including the report of the Ad Hoe Working Group," Noting with satisfaction that the idea of a convention has received widespread international support, Wishing to promote an early and successful comple- tion of the negotiations on the elaboration of such a convention, Noting further the examination by the Committee on Disarmament of the suggestion that, upon the recom- mendation of the General Assembly, the Security Coun- cil might consider the question of concrete measures to assure non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons which, as an interim arrangement, should not be a substitute for the indis- pensable renewed efforts to reach agreement on a com- mon approach acceptable to all which could be in- cluded in an international instrument of a legally binding character, I. Welcomes the conclusion of the Committee on Disarmament that there is continuing recognition of the urgent need to reach agreement on effective interna- tional arrangements to assure non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weap- ons: 2. Notes with satisfaction that in the Committee on Disarmament there was no objection, in principle, to the idea of an international convention; 3. Requests the Committee on Disarmament to con- tinue on a priority basis, during its session to be held in 1981, the negotiations on the question of strengthening of security guarantees of non-nuclear-weapon States; 4. Calls upon States participating in talks on the question of providing guarantees to non-nuclear States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons to make efforts for the speedy elaboration and conclusion of an international convention on this matter; 5. Calls upon all nuclear-weapon States to make solemn declarations, identical in substance, concerning the non-use of nuclear weapons against non-nuclear ~tates having no such weapons on their territories, as a first step towards the conclusion of such an interna- tional convention: 6. Recommends that the Security Council should ex- amine declarations which may be made by nuclear States regarding the strengthening of security guarantees for non-nuclear States and, if all these declarations are found consistent with the above-mentioned objective, should adopt an appropriate resolution approving them: 7. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its thirty-sixth session the item entitled "Conclusion of an int~rnational convention on the strengthening of the se- curity of non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons". 94th plenary meeting 12 December l 980 '' See Official Records of the General Assemblr. Thirty-fijih Session. Supplement No. 27 (A 35/27). paras. 4'i-49.

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