A/RES/62/25 GA

United Nations A/RES/62/25 General Assembly Distr.: General 10 January 2008 Sixty-second session Agenda item 98 (k) 07-46527 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 2007 [on the report of the First Committee (A/62/391)] 62/25. Towards a nuclear-weapon-free world: accelerating the implementation of nuclear disarmament commitments The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 61/65 of 6 December 2006, Expressing its grave concern at the danger to humanity posed by the possibility that nuclear weapons could be used, Reaffirming that nuclear disarmament and nuclear non-proliferation are mutually reinforcing processes requiring urgent irreversible progress on both fronts, Recalling the decisions and the resolution on the Middle East of the 1995 Review and Extension Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons1 and the Final Document of the 2000 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons,2 Recalling also the unequivocal undertaking by the nuclear-weapon States to accomplish the total elimination of their nuclear arsenals, leading to nuclear disarmament, in accordance with commitments made under article VI of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons,3 Urging States parties to exert all possible efforts to ensure a successful and productive preparatory process for the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty, 1. Welcomes the first session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, held in Vienna from 30 April to 11 May 2007, and looks forward to a constructive and successful preparatory process leading to the 2010 Review Conference which should contribute to strengthening the Treaty and achieving its full implementation and universality; _______________ 1 See 1995 Review and Extension Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Final Document, Part I (NPT/CONF.1995/32 (Part I) and Corr.2), annex. 2 2000 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Final Document, vols. I–III (NPT/CONF.2000/28 (Parts I–IV)). 3 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 729, No. 10485. A/RES/62/25 2 2. Continues to emphasize the central role of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons3 and its universality in achieving nuclear disarmament and nuclear non-proliferation, and calls upon all States parties to respect their obligations; 3. Reaffirms that the outcome of the 2000 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty sets out the agreed process for systematic and progressive efforts towards nuclear disarmament;2 4. Reiterates its call upon the nuclear-weapon States to accelerate the implementation of the practical steps towards nuclear disarmament that were agreed upon at the 2000 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty, thereby contributing to a safer world for all; 5. Calls upon all States to comply fully with all commitments made regarding nuclear disarmament and nuclear non-proliferation and not to act in any way that may compromise either cause or that may lead to a new nuclear arms race; 6. Again calls upon all States parties to spare no effort to achieve the universality of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, and urges India, Israel and Pakistan, which are not yet parties to the Treaty, to accede to it as non-nuclear-weapon States promptly and without conditions; 7. Urges the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to rescind its announced withdrawal from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons; 8. Recognizes the vital importance of the early entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty 4 to the achievement of nuclear disarmament and nuclear non-proliferation, and takes note of the Final Declaration and Measures to promote its entry into force, adopted by consensus at the Fifth Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test- Ban Treaty, held in Vienna on 17 and 18 September 2007; 9. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-third session the item entitled “Towards a nuclear-weapon-free world: accelerating the implementation of nuclear disarmament commitments” and to review the implementation of the present resolution at that session. 61st plenary meeting 5 December 2007 _______________ 4 See resolution 50/245.

UN Project. “A/RES/62/25.” UN Project, https://un-project.org/votes/resolution/A-RES-62-25/. Accessed .

Copy citation