A/RES/80/66 GA

United Nations A/RES/80/66 General Assembly Distr.: General 5 December 2025 25-20004 (E) *2520004* Eightieth session Agenda item 101 (b) Review of the implementation of the recommendations and decisions adopted by the General Assembly at its tenth special session: report of the Disarmament Commission Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 1 December 2025 [on the report of the First Committee (A/80/534, para. 7)] 80/66. Report of the Disarmament Commission The General Assembly, Having considered the report of the Disarmament Commission,1 Recalling its resolutions 47/54 A of 9 December 1992, 47/54 G of 8 April 1993, 48/77 A of 16 December 1993, 49/77 A of 15 December 1994, 50/72 D of 12 December 1995, 51/47 B of 10 December 1996, 52/40 B of 9 December 1997, 53/79 A of 4 December 1998, 54/56 A of 1 December 1999, 55/35 C of 20 November 2000, 56/26 A of 29 November 2001, 57/95 of 22 November 2002, 58/67 of 8 December 2003, 59/105 of 3 December 2004, 60/91 of 8 December 2005, 61/98 of 6 December 2006, 62/54 of 5 December 2007, 63/83 of 2 December 2008, 64/65 of 2 December 2009, 65/86 of 8 December 2010, 66/60 of 2 December 2011, 67/71 of 3 December 2012, 68/63 of 5 December 2013, 69/77 of 2 December 2014, 70/68 of 7 December 2015, 71/82 of 5 December 2016, 72/66 of 4 December 2017, 73/82 of 5 December 2018, 77/90 of 7 December 2022, 78/62 of 4 December 2023 and 79/72 of 2 December 2024, and its decisions 74/511 of 12 December 2019, 74/546 of 2 April 2020, 75/519 A of 7 December 2020, 75/519 B of 25 March 2021 and 76/518 of 6 December 2021, Considering the role that the Disarmament Commission has been called upon to play and the contribution that it should make in examining and submitting recommendations on various problems in the field of disarmament and in promoting the implementation of the relevant decisions adopted by the General Assembly at its tenth special session, _______________ 1 Official Records of the General Assembly, Eightieth Session, Supplement No. 42 (A/80/42). A/RES/80/66 Report of the Disarmament Commission 25-20004 2/3 Recalling in particular General Assembly resolution 45/62 B of 4 December 1990, in which it noted with satisfaction the adoption by consensus of a set of “Ways and means to enhance the functioning of the Disarmament Commission”, 2 Assembly decision 52/492 of 8 September 1998 concerning the efficient functioning of the Commission and Assembly resolution 61/98, which contains additional measures for improving the effectiveness of the methods of work of the Commission, Reaffirming the mandate of the Disarmament Commission as the specialized, deliberative subsidiary body of the General Assembly that allows for in-depth deliberations on specific disarmament issues, leading to the submission of concrete recommendations on those issues, and recalling that the Commission shall make every effort to ensure that, insofar as possible, decisions on substantive issues be adopted by consensus, as set forth in paragraph 118 of the Final Document of the Tenth Special Session of the General Assembly,3 Emphasizing once again the important place of the Disarmament Commission within the United Nations multilateral disarmament machinery, 1. Takes note of the report of the Disarmament Commission; 2. Reaffirms the importance of further enhancing the dialogue and cooperation among the First Committee, the Disarmament Commission and the Conference on Disarmament; 3. Emphasizes the need for a focused and results-oriented discussion on the items on the agenda of the Disarmament Commission; 4. Notes the fact that, in accordance with General Assembly decision 52/492, at its 397th meeting, on 7 April 2025, the Disarmament Commission adopted the agenda for its substantive session of 2025; 5. Requests the Disarmament Commission to continue its work in accordance with its mandate, as set forth in paragraph 118 of the Final Document of the Tenth Special Session of the General Assembly, and with paragraph 3 of Assembly resolution 37/78 H of 9 December 1982, and to that end to make every effort to achieve specific recommendations on the items on its agenda, taking into account the adopted “Ways and means to enhance the functioning of the Disarmament Commission”; 6. Recommends that the Disarmament Commission continue consideration of the following items at its substantive session of 2026: (a) Recommendations for achieving the objective of nuclear disarmament and non‑proliferation of nuclear weapons; (b) Recommendations on common understandings related to emerging technologies in the context of international security; 7. Encourages the Disarmament Commission to invite, as appropriate, the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research to prepare background papers on the items on its agenda and, if need be, other disarmament experts to present their views, as provided for in paragraph 3 (e) of resolution 61/98, upon the invitation of the Chair and with the prior approval of the Commission; 8. Requests the Disarmament Commission to hold a substantive session for a period not exceeding three weeks during 2026, namely from 6 to 24 April, and an organizational session at the beginning of 2026 before the substantive session, to elect _______________ 2 Resolution 44/119 C, annex. 3 Resolution S‑10/2. Report of the Disarmament Commission A/RES/80/66 3/3 25-20004 its Bureau and address other outstanding organizational matters, and to submit a substantive report to the General Assembly at its eighty-first session, and stresses that the report of the Commission should contain a summary by the Chair of the proceedings to reflect different views or positions if no agreement can be reached on the specific agenda item deliberated on, as provided for in paragraph 3.4 of the adopted “Ways and means to enhance the functioning of the Disarmament Commission”; 9. Also requests the Disarmament Commission to dedicate three days of the substantive session of 2026, in informal plenary mode, to exploring possible adjustments to its work and working methods with a view to considering such adjustments in the Commission as early as possible; 10. Requests the Secretary-General to ensure full provision to the Disarmament Commission and its subsidiary bodies of interpretation and translation facilities in the official languages and to assign, as a matter of priority, all the resources and services necessary, including verbatim records, to that end, and also requests the Secretary-General to transmit to the Commission the annual report of the Conference on Disarmament on its 2025 session,4 together with all the official records of the eightieth session of the General Assembly relating to disarmament matters, and to render all assistance that the Commission may require for implementing the present resolution; 11. Invites Member States to submit their views and proposals on the matter early enough to enable practical consultations among them prior to the beginning of the substantive session of 2026 of the Disarmament Commission, with a view to facilitating its constructive outcome, and in this regard encourages the Chair- designate to commence consultations and preparations for the substantive session of 2026 in a timely manner upon his or her nomination; 12. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its eighty-first 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 Disarmament Commission”. 52nd plenary meeting 1 December 2025 _______________ 4 Official Records of the General Assembly, Eightieth Session, Supplement No. 27 (A/80/27).

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