A/RES/74/24. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2019

• Resolution Number: A/RES/74/24
• Year: 2019
• Session: 74th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations

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/RES /74/ 24

General Assembly

Distr. : Genera l

18 Dec ember 2 019

19-216 72 (E) 201219

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Seventy -fourth ses sion

Agen da item 89 (b)

Reduct ion of milita ry budgets: objective information

on militar y matters, i ncluding tr ansparency of

militar y expen ditures

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

on 12 December 2019

[on th e report of the First Committ ee (A/74 /360 )]

74/24. Object ive information on military matters , incl uding transparency

of military expenditures

The General Assembly ,

Reca llin g its r esolutio ns 53/7 2 of 4 Decembe r 1998, 54 /43 of 1 D ecember 1 999,

56/1 4 of 29 Nove mber 20 01, 58/ 28 o f 8 Dec ember 20 03, 60/ 44 o f 8 Dec ember 20 05,

62/1 3 o f 5 D ecembe r 2007, 64/2 2 o f 2 Decembe r 2009 , 66/2 0 of 2 Decembe r 2011,

68/2 3 of 5 D ecember 2 013, 70/ 21 of 7 Decembe r 2015 and 72/20 of 4 Decembe r 2017

on ob jective info rmation on mi litary m atters, i ncludin g transp arenc y of mili tary

expend iture s,

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

the U nited Na tions sy stem for the stand ardized reporti ng of mil itary exp enditur es, its

resol utions 4 8/62 of 1 6 Decemb er 1993, 49/66 o f 15 Dece mber 199 4, 51/38 of

10 Dece mber 1996 a nd 52 /32 of 9 Dece mber 1 997, i n whic h the Gener al Assem bly

calle d upon a ll Membe r States to parti cipate in the syst em, and its resol ution 47/54 B

of 9 Dece mber 1992, in whic h the Ass embly end orsed the gui delines and

reco mmendat ions fo r objec tive i nformati on on militar y matte rs and invited Memb er

Stat es to provide t he Secreta ry-Gen eral with rel evant info rmation regardin g their

impl emen tati 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 ilitary matter s have

been subm itted by a numb er of Memb er St ates belongin g to differ ent g eographi cal

regi ons,

Conv ince d tha t transpa rency in mili tary matt ers is an e ssential e lement fo r

buil ding a cli mate of t rust and confide nce betwe en State s world wide and that a bet ter