A/RES/74/45. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2019

• Resolution Number: A/RES/74/45
• Year: 2019
• Session: 74th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations

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/RES /74/ 45

General Assembly

Distr. : Genera l

19 D ecember 2019

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Seventy -fourth ses sion

Agen da item 98 (b)

General and complet e disarmame nt: nuclea r disarmament

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

on 12 December 2019

[on th e report of the First Committ ee (A/74 /368 )]

74/45. Nuclea r disarmamen t

The General Assembl y,

Reca llin g i ts reso lution 49/7 5 E of 1 5 Dec ember 1 994 o n a st ep-by-ste p

redu ction of the nuclear thr eat, and its resolu tions 50/7 0 P o f 12 De cember 1995 ,

51/4 5 O o f 10 Dec ember 19 96, 52/ 38 L o f 9 Dece mber 19 97, 53/7 7 X of 4 Dec ember

1998 , 54/54 P of 1 Dece mber 1999 , 55/33 T of 20 No vember 20 00, 56/24 R of

29 Nove mber 2 001, 5 7/7 9 o f 22 Novembe r 2002 , 58/5 6 of 8 December 2003, 59/77

of 3 Dece mber 2 004, 6 0/70 o f 8 D ecember 2005, 61/78 o f 6 D ecember 2006, 62/42

of 5 Dece mber 2 007, 6 3/46 o f 2 D ecember 2008, 64/53 o f 2 D ecember 2009, 65/56

of 8 Dece mber 2 010, 66/51 of 2 Decembe r 2011, 67/60 of 3 Dec ember 2 012, 68/47

of 5 Dece mber 2 013, 6 9/48 o f 2 D ecember 2014, 70/52 o f 7 D ecember 2015, 71/63

of 5 Dece mber 2 016, 72/38 of 4 Decembe r 2017 and 73/50 of 5 Decemb er 201 8 on

nucl ear disa rmament ,

Reaf firm ing the c ommitme nt of the i nternati onal co mmunit y to t he goa l of t he

total elimin ation of nuclea r weapo ns and the esta blishme nt of a nuclear -weapo n-free

worl d,

Bear ing in mi nd that the Convent ion o n th e Pr ohibitio n of the Deve lopment ,

Prod uction and Stockpil ing o f Bac teriolog ical ( Biologi cal) a nd Toxi n Weapon s and

on Their Des truction of 1972

1

an d the Con vention on the Proh ibition of the

Deve lopment , Prod uction, Stock piling and Use of C hemical Weapons and on T heir

Dest ruction of 199 3

2

ha ve al ready estab lished lega l reg imes on the comp lete

proh ibition o f biologi cal and ch emical we apons, r especti vely, and det ermined to

achie ve a co mprehens ive nucl ear wea pons con vention on the p rohib ition of the

deve lopment , testin g, prod uction, stockpil ing, lo an, tran sfer, use and t hreat of use of

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1

Unit ed Nati ons, Tre aty Se ries, vol. 10 15, No . 1486 0.

2

Ibid. , vol. 1974, No. 33 757.