A/RES/72/20. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2017

• Resolution Number: A/RES/72/20
• Year: 2017
• Session: 72nd
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations

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/RES /72/ 20

General Assembly

Distr. : Genera l

11 De cember 2017

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Seventy -secon d session

Agen da item 90 (b)

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

on 4 December 2017

[on th e report of the First Committ ee (A/72 /400 )]

72/20. Object ive i nforma tion o n mili tary matters, including trans parency

of mil itary expenditures

The General Assembly ,

Reca llin g its r esolutio ns 53/72 of 4 De cember 1 998, 54/43 of 1 De cember

1999 , 56/1 4 o f 29 Nove mber 2 001, 58/28 of 8 D ecember 2003, 60/4 4 o f

8 Dece mber 2 005, 6 2/1 3 o f 5 D ecember 2007, 64/22 o f 2 December 2009, 66/2 0 o f

2 Decemb er 2011, 68/23 of 5 D ecembe r 20 13 and 70/21 of 7 Dece mber 2015 on

obje ctive in formati on on milit ary mat ters, i ncluding t ranspare ncy of mili tary

expe nditures ,

Reca lling al so its resolut ion 35/ 142 B of 1 2 Dece mber 19 80, whi ch intro duced

the Unite d Na tions syste m for the sta ndardize d re porting of milita ry e xpenditu res,

its resol utions 48/62 of 1 6 De cember 1993, 49 /66 of 15 Decembe r 19 94, 51/38 of

10 Dece mber 1996 a nd 52 /32 of 9 Dece mber 1 997, i n whi ch the Gener al Asse mbly

calle d upon all Memb er Sta tes to part icipate in th e syste m, and its resol ution

47/5 4 B of 9 D ecember 19 92, i n wh ich the As sembly endo rsed the guideli nes a nd

reco mmendat ions fo r objec tive i nformati on on militar y matte rs and invi ted Me mber

Stat es to provide t he Secreta ry-Gene ral with rel evant infor mation re garding th eir

impl ementati on,

Noti ng that, si nce then, natio nal reports on mil itary expen ditures and on the

guid elines and re commend ations for o bjective infor mation on m ilitar y matt ers ha ve

been subm itted by a numb er of Memb er St ates belongin g to diff erent geogra phical

regi ons,

Conv ince d that th e impro vement of int ernatio nal rel ations forms a sound basis

for p romotin g furthe r openn ess and transpar ency in all mili tary ma tters,

Conv inced al so that transp arency i n milita ry matt ers is a n essent ial ele ment for

buil ding a clim ate of tru st and conf idence b etween St ates worl dwide and that a

bette r f low of o bjective in formatio n o n m ilitary matte rs c an help to rel ieve

inter nationa l ten sion and is th erefore a n im portant c ontribut ion to conf lict

prev ention,