A/RES/73/48 GA

United Nations A/RES/73/48 General Assembly Distr.: General 12 December 2018 18-21250 (E) 141218 *1821250* Seventy-third session Agenda item 101 (oo) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 2018 [on the report of the First Committee (A/73/510 and A/73/510/Corr.1)] 73/48. Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 72/31 of 4 December 2017, 1. Welcomes the adoption of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons1 on 7 July 2017; 2. Notes that the Treaty has been open for signature at United Nations Headquarters in New York since 20 September 2017; 3. Welcomes that already 69 States had signed the Treaty and 19 States had ratified or acceded to it as at 17 October 2018; 4. Calls upon all States that have not yet done so to sign, ratify, accept, approve or accede to the Treaty at the earliest possible date; 5. Calls upon those States in a position to do so to promote adherence to the Treaty through bilateral, subregional, regional and multilateral contacts, outreach and other means; 6. Requests the Secretary-General, as depositary of the Treaty, to report to the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth session on the status of signature and ratification, acceptance, approval or accession of the Treaty; 7. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-fourth session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub-item entitled “Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons”. 45th plenary meeting 5 December 2018 __________________ 1 A/CONF.229/2017/8.

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