A/RES/70/47. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2015

• Resolution Number: A/RES/70/47
• Year: 2015
• Session: 70th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations A/RES/70/47

General Assembly Distr.: General

11 December 2015

Seventieth session

Agenda item 97 (b)

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 7 December 2015

[on the report of the First Committee (A/70/460)]

70/47. Humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons

The General Assembly

,

Reiterating

the deep concern about the catastrophic consequences of nuclear

weapons,

Stressing

that the immense and uncontrollable destructive capability and

indiscriminate nature of nuclear weapons cause unacceptable humanitarian

consequences, as has been demonstrated through their past use and testing,

Recalling

that concern about the humanitarian consequences of nuclear

weapons has been reflected in numerous United Nations resolutions, including the

first resolution adopted by the General Assembly, on 24 January 1946,

Recalling also

that at the first special session of the General Assembly devoted

to disarmament, in 1978, the Assembly stressed that nuclear weapons posed the

greatest danger to mankind and to the survival of civilization,

1

Welcoming

the renewed interest and resolve of the international community,

together with the International Committee of the Red Cross and international

humanitarian organizations, to address the catastrophic consequences of nuclear

weapons,

Recalling

that the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the

Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons expressed deep concern at the catastrophic

humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons,

2

Noting

the resolution of 26 November 2011 of the Council of Delegates of the

International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement entitled “Working towards the

elimination of nuclear weapons”,

Recalling

the joint statements on the humanitarian consequences of nuclear

weapons delivered to the General Assembly and during the 2010–2015 cycle of the

review of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons,

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1 See resolution S-10/2.

2 See 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons,

Final Document, vol. I (NPT/CONF.2010/50 (Vol. I)), part I, Conclusions and recommendations for

follow-on actions.

3 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 729, No. 10485.