A/RES/72/251. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2017

• Year: 2017
• Resolution Number: A/RES/72/251
• Session: 72nd
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations

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/RES /72/ 251

General Assembly

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Seventy -second ses sion

Agen da item 99 (cc)

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

on 24 December 2017

[on th e report of the First Committ ee (A/72 /409 )]

72/251. Follow -up to the 2013 h igh-level meeting of the Ge neral Ass embly

on nuclear di sarmament

The General Assembly ,

Reca llin g its r esolutio ns 67/39 of 3 D ecember 2 012, 68/ 32 of 5 Decembe r 2013,

69/5 8 of 2 Dec ember 2014 , 7 0/34 of 7 Dece mber 2015 an d 71/71 of 5 Dec ember

2016 ,

Welcomi ng t he conven ing of the high-le vel meet ing of the General As sembly o n

nucl ear disar mament, o n 26 Sept ember 20 13, and re cognizin g its cont ribution to

furt hering th e objec tive of the tota l elimin ation of nuclea r weapon s,

Emph asiz ing the imp ortance of seeking a safer wor ld for all an d achievi ng peace

and security in a wo rld with out nuc lear wea pons,

Reaf firm ing that effe ctive measu res of n uclear disar mament have the hig hest

prior ity, as affirm ed at the first special sessio n of the General Assembl y dev oted t o

disar mament ,

Conv ince d that nu clear disar mament and the tota l eli minatio n of nucl ear

weap ons a re the only absol ute g uarantee agai nst th e use or threat of u se of nucle ar

weap ons,

Ackn owle dgin g th e signifi cant cont ributio n made by a number o f countri es

towar ds real izing th e object ive of n uclear d isarmam ent by the es tablish ment of

nucl ear-weap on-free zones , as well a s by volunta ry ren unciatio n of nuclear weapo n

prog rammes o r withdr awal of all nucle ar weap ons from their te rritorie s, and str ongly

supp orting the spe edy establi shment of a nuclea r-weapo n-free zon e in th e M iddle

East,

Reca llin g the resolve of the Hea ds of Sta te and Go vernmen t, as cont ained in the

Unit ed Nati ons Mil lennium Declar ation,

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to strive for the elimina tion o f weapo ns of

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Resolut ion 55 /2.