A/RES/74/47. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2019

• Resolution Number: A/RES/74/47
• Session: 74th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations

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/RES /74/ 47

General Assembly

Distr. : Genera l

19 D ecember 2019

19-218 34 (E) 311219

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Seventy -fourth ses sion

Agen da item 98 (ff)

General and complet e disarmame nt: ethical imperatives

for a nu clear-weapon -free world

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

on 12 December 2019

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

74/47. Ethical imperatives for a nucle ar-weapon-f ree world

The General Assembly ,

Reca llin g it s resol ution 7 0/5 0 o f 7 Dec ember 2 015, a dopted o n the occasion of

the se ventieth a nnivers ary of the U nited Nat ions, whic h was esta blished to save

succ eeding ge neratio ns from th e untold s uffering o f the sco urge of war, and it s

resol ution 73/68 o f 5 Dec ember 20 18,

Reca lling al so that the Unit ed Natio ns emerg ed at th e time o f the im mense tr ail

of de ath and destruc tion res ulting f rom the Second Wor ld War, 74 years ag o,

Reca lling furth er the noble pr inciple s o f t he Charter of th e United Nat ions,

whic h enjoi n the interna tional communi ty, indiv idually and c ollectiv ely, to spare no

effor t in p romoting the ethical imperat ive of “in larger freedom ”, so that al l peopl es

may enjoy fr eedom f rom wan t, freed om from fear an d the fr eedom t o live i n dignit y,

Conv ince d that , g iven the cat astrophi c humanit arian cons equences a nd risks

asso ciated with a nuclea r we apon detona tion, Membe r St ates have long envi saged

nucl ear di sarmame nt and nucl ear non -prolif eration as ur gent a nd int erlinked ethic al

impe ratives in ach ieving the ob jective s of t he Char ter, whi ch is reflecte d in the fir st

resol ution, resol ution 1 (I ), a dopted by the G eneral Assemb ly o n 24 Janua ry 19 46,

aimed at the e liminati on from n ational armamen ts of ato mic weap ons and o f all oth er

majo r weapo ns adapt able to mass de structio n,

Ackn owle dgin g, in t his con nection, the e thical i mperati ves out lined i n the

prov isions of its resol utions a nd repor ts and th ose of oth er relate d interna tional

initi atives on th e catas trophic huma nitarian conseq uences and risks posed by a

nucl ear weap on deton ation, in cluding the decl aration t hat the u se of nuc lear wea pons

woul d cause i ndiscri minate su ffering and as s uch is a violatio n of the C harter a nd the