A/RES/70/21. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2015

• Resolution Number: A/RES/70/21
• Year: 2015
• Session: 70th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations A/RES/70/21

General Assembly Distr.: General

11 December 2015

Seventieth session

Agenda item 88 (b)

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 7 December 2015

[on the report of the First Committee (A/70/451)]

70/21. Objective information on military matters, including

transparency of military expenditures

The General Assembly

,

Recalling

its resolutions 53/72 of 4 December 1998, 54/43 of 1 December 1999,

56/14 of 29 November 2001, 58/28 of 8 December 2003, 60/44 of 8 December 2005,

62/13 of 5 December 2007, 64/22 of 2 December 2009, 66/20 of 2 December 2011

and 68/23 of 5 December 2013 on objective information on military matters,

including transparency of military expenditures,

Recalling also

its resolution 35/142 B of 12 December 1980, which introduced

the United Nations system for the standardized reporting of military expenditures, its

resolutions 48/62 of 16 December 1993, 49/66 of 15 December 1994, 51/38 of

10 December 1996 and 52/32 of 9 December 1997, in which the General Assembly

called upon all Member States to participate in the system, and its resolution 47/54 B

of 9 December 1992, in which the Assembly endorsed the guidelines and

recommendations for objective information on military matters and invited Member

States to provide the Secretary-General with relevant information regarding their

implementation,

Noting

that, since then, national reports on military expenditures and on the

guidelines and recommendations for objective information on military matters have

been submitted by a number of Member States belonging to different geographical

regions,

Convinced

that the improvement of international relations forms a sound basis

for promoting further openness and transparency in all military matters,

Convinced also

that transparency in military matters is an essential element for

building a climate of trust and confidence between States worldwide and that a

better flow of objective information on military matters can help to relieve

international tension and is therefore an important contribution to conflict

prevention,

Noting

the role of the standardized reporting system, as instituted through its

resolution 35/142 B, as an important instrument to enhance transparency in military

matters,