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Resolutions adopted on the reports of the First Committe.- 79 C CHEMICAL AND BACTERIOLOGICAL (BIOLOGICAL) WEAPONS The General Assembly, Reaffirming the urgent necessity of strict observance by all States of the principles 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, 38 and of the adherence by all States to the Convention on the Pro- hibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction, signed in London, Moscow and Wash- ington, on lO April 1972,39 Noting with concern reports that chemical weapons have been used, as well as indications of their emergence in an increasing number of national arsenals, Expressing concern at the increasing risk that chemical weapons may be resorted to again, Noting international efforts to strengthen relevant inter- national prohibitions, including efforts to develop appro- priate fact-finding mechanisms, Recalling its resolution 39/65 A of 12 December 1984, Rededicating its efforts to protect mankind from chemi- cal and biological warfare, l . Reaffirms the need for strict observance of existing international obligations regarding prohibitions on chemi- cal and biological weapons and condemns all actions that contravene those obligations; 2. Welcomes the ongoing efforts to ensure the most effective prohibitions possible on chemical and biological weapons; 3. Urges the Conference on Disarmament to accelerate its negotiations on a multilateral convention on the com- plete and effective prohibition of the development, pro- duction and stockpiling of chemical weapons and on their destruction; 4. Calls upon all States, pending the conclusion of such a comprehensive ban, to co-operate in efforts to prevent the use of chemical weapons. 113th plenary meeting 12 December 1985 40/93. Israeli nuclear armament The General Assembly, Bearing in mind its previous resolutions on Israeli nuclear armament, the latest of which is 39/147 of 17 December I 984, Recalling resolution 39/54 of 12 December 1984, in which, inter alia, it called upon all countries of the Middle East, pending the establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the Middle East, to agree to place all their nuclear activities under International Atomic Energy Agency safe- guards, Recalling further Security Council resolution 487 ( 198 l) of 19 June 1981 in which, inter alia, the Council called upon Israel urgently to place its nuclear facilities under International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards, Noting with grave concern Israel's persistent refusal to commit itself not to manufacture or acquire nuclear weap- ons, despite repeated calls by the General Assembly, the Security Council and the International Atomic Energy 41 N40/520, annex. Agency, and to place its nuclear facilities under Agency safeguards, Aware of the grave consequences that endanger interna- tional peace and security as a result of Israel's develop- ment and acquisition of nuclear weapons and Israel's col- laboration with South Africa to develop nuclear weapons and their delivery systems, I. Takes note of the report of the United Nations Insti- tute for Disarmament Research on this question;41 2. Reiterates its condemnation of Israel's refusal to renounce any possession of nuclear weapons; 3. Requests once more the Security Council to take urgent and effective measures to ensure that Israel com- plies with Security Council resolution 487 (1981) and places all its nuclear facilities under International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards; 4. Reiterates its request to the Security Council to investigate Israel's nuclear activities and the collaboration of other States, parties and institutions in these activities; 5. Calls upon all States and organizations that have not yet done so to discontinue co-operating with and giving assistance to Israel in the nuclear field; 6. Reaffirms its condemnation of the continuing nuclear collaboration between Israel and South Africa; 1. Requests the Secretary-General to follow closely Israeli nuclear activities and to report thereon as appropri- ate to the General Assembly. 113th plenary meeting 12 December 1985 40/94. General and complete disarmament A CONVENTIONAL DISARMAMENT ON A REGIONAL SCALE The General Assemblr. Reaffirming the determination to save succeeding gener- ations from the scourge of war that is expressed in the Pre- amble to the Charter of the United Nations, Again recognizing the urgent need for the harmonizing of political wills in order to promote initiatives aimed at reducing expenditure on armaments so that the resources thus released can be devoted to the social and economic development of all peoples, Recalling paragraph 2 of the Final Document of the Tenth Special Session of the General Assembly, 10 in which it is stated, inter alia, that the nuclear and conventional arms build-up threatens to stall the efforts aimed at reach- ing the goals of development, to become an obstacle on the road of achieving the new international economic order and to hinder the solution of other vital problems facing mankind, Recallingfurther paragraphs 45 and 46 of the Final Doc- ument of the Tenth Special Session, 10 in which it declared, inter alia, that priorities in disarmament negotiations should be: nuclear weapons; other weapons of mass des- truction, including chemical weapons; conventional weap- ons, including any which may be deemed to be excessively injurious or to have indiscriminate effects; and reduction of armed forces; and that nothing should preclude States from conducting negotiations on all priority items concur- rently,

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