A/RES/77/89 GA

United Nations A/RES/77/89 General Assembly Distr.: General 16 December 2022 22-28197 (E) 211222 *2228197* Seventy-seventh session Agenda item 101 (a) Review of the implementation of the recommendations and decisions adopted by the General Assembly at its tenth special session: report of the Conference on Disarmament Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 7 December 2022 [on the report of the First Committee (A/77/387, para. 11)] 77/89. Report of the Conference on Disarmament The General Assembly, Having considered the report of the Conference on Disarmament,1 Recalling its resolution 76/62 of 6 December 2021, Convinced that the Conference on Disarmament, as the single multilateral disarmament negotiating forum of the international community, has the primary role in substantive negotiations on priority questions of disarmament, Recognizing the addresses of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs and other high- level officials in the Conference on Disarmament, and referring to their various expressions of support for and concern about the endeavours of the Conference and calls for the Conference to commence negotiations without delay to advance disarmament goals through the adoption of a balanced and comprehensive programme of work, Recognizing also the need to conduct multilateral negotiations with the aim of reaching agreement on concrete issues, and emphasizing the importance of effective multilateralism in the context of the changing international climate, Noting with renewed concern that, despite the intensive efforts by States members and Presidents of the Conference on Disarmament at its 2022 session to reach consensus on a programme of work on the basis of relevant proposals and suggestions, the Conference did not succeed in commencing its substantive work by means of negotiations or agree to a programme of work, although the Conference did __________________ 1 Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-seventh Session, Supplement No. 27 (A/77/27). A/RES/77/89 Report of the Conference on Disarmament 22-28197 2/3 hold substantive discussions in the framework of subsidiary bodies established for that purpose, Recalling, in this respect, that the Conference on Disarmament has a number of priority issues for negotiation to achieve disarmament goals, Welcoming the overwhelming call for greater flexibility with respect to implementing the substantive work of the Conference on Disarmament on the basis of a balanced and comprehensive programme of work, Underlining the need for continued cooperation among the States members of the Conference on Disarmament as well as among the successive Presidents of the Conference, Noting with appreciation the efforts and contributions made at the 2022 session to promote substantive discussions on issues on the agenda, Acknowledging the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research, as a stand-alone, autonomous institution, and the contribution that its research makes, Recognizing the importance of engagement between civil society and the Conference on Disarmament according to decisions taken by the Conference, 1. Reaffirms the role of the Conference on Disarmament as the single multilateral disarmament negotiating forum of the international community; 2. Appreciates the strong support expressed for the Conference on Disarmament at its 2022 session by Ministers for Foreign Affairs and other high-level officials, while also acknowledging their concern about its ongoing impasse, and takes into account their calls for greater flexibility with respect to commencing the substantive work of the Conference without further delay; 3. Calls upon the Conference on Disarmament to further intensify consultations and to explore possibilities for overcoming its ongoing deadlock of two decades by adopting and implementing a balanced and comprehensive programme of work at the earliest possible date during its 2023 session, bearing in mind the decision on the programme of work adopted by the Conference on 29 May 2009,2 as well as other relevant present, past and future proposals; 4. Takes note with appreciation of the decision of the Conference on Disarmament, contained in document CD/2229, adopted on 22 February 2022, on the establishment of subsidiary bodies on each agenda item from 1 to 4, and one on agenda items 5, 6 and 7, for the 2022 session, and the adoption by the Conference of the substantive reports of subsidiary bodies 3 and 5; 5. Takes note of other discussions held in the course of the 2022 session; 6. Encourages the current President and the incoming President of the Conference on Disarmament to conduct consultations during the intersessional period and, if possible, to make recommendations, taking into account all relevant proposals, past, present and future, including those submitted as documents of the Conference, views presented and discussions held, and to endeavour to keep the membership of the Conference informed, as appropriate, of their consultations; 7. Requests the current President and successive Presidents of the Conference on Disarmament to cooperate with the States members of the Conference in the effort to guide the Conference to the early commencement of its substantive work, including negotiations, at its 2023 session; __________________ 2 Ibid., Sixty-fourth Session, Supplement No. 27 (A/64/27), para. 18. Report of the Conference on Disarmament A/RES/77/89 3/3 22-28197 8. Recognizes the importance of continuing consultations in 2023 on the question of the expansion of the membership of the Conference on Disarmament; 9. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to ensure and to strengthen, if needed, the provision to the Conference on Disarmament of all necessary administrative, substantive and conference support services; 10. Requests the Conference on Disarmament to submit to the General Assembly at its seventy-eighth session a report on its work; 11. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-eighth session, under the item entitled “Review of the implementation of the recommendations and decisions adopted by the General Assembly at its tenth special session”, the sub-item entitled “Report of the Conference on Disarmament”. 46th plenary meeting 7 December 2022

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