A/RES/46/32 GA

UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Diatr. GENERAL A/RES/46/32 20 December 1991 Forty-aixth aeaaion Agenda item 56 RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [on the report of the Firat Committee (A/46/669)) 46/32. Concluaion of effective international arranaementa to aaaure non-nuclear-weapon Statea aqainat the uae or threat of uae of nuclear weatxjna The General Aaaemblv. Bearing in mind the need to allay the legitimate concern of the Statea of the world with regard to ensuring lasting security for their peoples, Convinced that nuclear weapons pose the greatest threat to mankind and to the survival of civilization. Welcoming the progress achieved in recent years in both nuclear and conventional disarmament. Noting that, despite recent progress in the field of nuclear disarm2Lment, further efforts are necessary towards the achievement of the goal of general and complete disarmament under effective international control. Also convinced that nuclear disarmament and the complete elimination of nuclear weapons are essential to remove the danger of nuclear war. Determined strictly to abide by the relevant provisions of the Charter of the United Nations on the non-use of force or threat of force. Recognizing that the independence, territorial integrity and sovereignty of non-nuclear-weapon States need to be safeguarded against the use or threat of use of force, including the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons. A/RES/46/32 Page 2 Conaidering that, until nuclear disarmament is achieved on a universal basis, it is imperative for the international community to develop effective measures and arrangements to ensure the security of non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons from any quarter. Recognizing also that effective measures and arrangements to assure the non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons can contribute positively to the prevention of the spread of nuclear weapons. Bearing in mind paragraph 59 of the Final Document of the Tenth Special Session of the General Assembly, 1/ the first special session devoted to disarmament, in which it urged the nuclear-weapon States to pursue efforts to conclude, as appropriate, effective arrangements to assure non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons, and desirous of promoting the implementation of the relevant provisions of the Final Document, Recalling the relevant parts of the special report of the Committee on Disarmanent, 2/ submitted to the General Assembly at its twelfth special session, 3/ the second special session devoted to disarmament, and of the special report of the Conference on Disarmament submitted to the Assembly at its fifteenth special session, 4/ the third special session devoted to disarmament, as well as of the report of the Conference on its 1991 session, 5/ Recalling also paragraph 12 of the Declaration of the 1980s as the Second Disarmament Decade, contained in the annex to its resolution 35/46 of 3 December 1980, which states, inter alia, that all efforts should be exerted by the Committee on Disarmament urgently to negotiate with a view to reaching agreement on effective international arrangements to assure non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons. Noting the in-depth negotiations undertaken in the Conference on Disarmament and its Ad Hoc Committee on Effective International Arrangements to Assure Non-Nuclear-Weapon States against the Use or Threat of Use of Nuclear Weapons, with a view to reaching agreement on this item. Taking note of the proposals submitted under that item in the Conference on Disarmament, including the drafts of an international convention. 1/ Resolution S-10/2. 2/ The Committee on Disarmament was redesignated the Conference on Disarmament as from 7 February 1984. 1/ Official Records of the General Assembly. Twelfth Special Session. Supplement No. 2 (A/S-12/2), sect. III.C. 1/ Ibid., gjfteenth Special Session, Supplement No. 2 (A/S-15/2), sect. III.F. 5/ Ibid., Forty-sixth Session. Supplement No. 27 (A/46/27), sect.III.F. /... A/RES/46/32 'Page 3 Taking note also of the final document on international security and disarm£unent- adopted, by the Ninth Conference of Heade of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries, held at Belgrade from 4 to'7 September 1989, 6/ as well as the relevant recommendations of the Organization of the Islamic Conference reiterated in the Final. Communiqué of the Twentieth Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers, held at Istanbul from 4 to 8 August 1991, 2/ calling upon the Conference on Disarmament to reach an urgent agreement on an international convention to assure non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons, ' Taking note further of the unilateral declarations made by all nuclear- weapon States on their policies of non-use or non-threat of use of nuclear weapons against non-nuclear-weapon States, . Noting the support expressed in the Conference on Disarmament and in the General Assembly for the elaboration of an international convention to assure non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons, as well as the difficulties pointed out in evolving a common approach acceptable to all, . Noting also the greater willingness to overcome the difficulties encountered in previous years. Recalling its relevant resolutions adopted in previous years, in particular resolution 45/54 of 4 December 1990, 1. Reaffirms the urgent need to reach an early agreement on effective international arrangements to assure non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons; 2. Notes with satisfaction that in the Conference on Disarmament there is no objection, in principle, to the idea of an international convention to assure non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons, although the difficulties as regards evolving a common approach acceptable to all have also been pointed out; 3. Appeals to all States, especially the nuclear-weapon States, to work actively towards an early agreement on a common approach and, in particular, on a common formula that could be included in an international instrument of a legally binding character; 4. Recommends that further intensive efforts should be devoted to the search for such a common approach or common formula and that the various alternative approaches, including, in particular, those considered in the Conference on Disarmament, should be further explored in order to overcome the difficulties; 6/ See A/44/551-S/20870, annex. 7/ See A/46/486-S/23055, annex I. . !. . . A/RES/46/32 Page 4 5. Reconunenda also that the Conference on Diearmament should actively continue intensive negotiations with a view to reaching early agreement and concluding effective international arrangements to assure non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons, taking into account the widespread support for the conclusion of an international convention and giving consideration to any other proposals designed to secure the same objective; 6. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its forty-seventh session the item entitled "Conclusion of effective international arrangements to assure non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of . nuclear weapons". 65th plenary meeting 6 December 1991

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