A/RES/76/53. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2021

• Resolution Number: A/RES/76/53
• Session: 76th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations

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/RES /76/ 53

General Assembly

Distr. : Genera l

13 D ecember 2021

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Seventy -sixth sess ion

Agen da item 100 (k)

Genera l and comple te disarmame nt: follow -up to the

adviso ry opinion o f the Intern ational Cour t of Justice on

the le gality of the threat or us e of nuclea r weapons

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

on 6 December 2021

[on th e report of the First Committ ee (A/76 /444 , pa ra. 93)]

76/53. Follow -up to the advisory op inion of the Internation al Court of

Justice on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear w eapons

The General Assembly ,

Reca llin g its res olutions 49/7 5 K o f 15 Dec ember 1994 , 51/ 45 M of

10 Dece mber 1996, 52/ 38 O of 9 Decembe r 19 97, 53/77 W of 4 D ecember 199 8,

54/5 4 Q of 1 De cember 19 99, 55/33 X of 20 No vember 2 000, 56/24 S of 29 Nov ember

2001 , 57/85 of 22 No vember 2002, 5 8/46 of 8 Decem ber 2003 , 59/83 of 3 Decem ber

2004 , 60/7 6 o f 8 D ecember 2005, 61/83 o f 6 D ecember 2006, 62/39 of 5 De cember

2007 , 63/4 9 o f 2 D ecember 2008, 64/55 o f 2 D ecember 2009, 65/76 of 8 De cember

2010 , 66/4 6 o f 2 D ecember 2011, 67/33 of 3 D ecember 2012, 68/42 o f 5 D ecember

2013 , 69/4 3 o f 2 D ecember 2014, 70/56 o f 7 D ecember 2015, 71/58 of 5 De cember

2016 , 72/58 of 4 Decembe r 2017, 73/64 of 5 D ecember 2018, 74/59 of 12 De cember

2019 and 75/ 66 of 7 Dec ember 2 020,

Conv ince d that the continui ng ex istence of nuclea r we apons poses a threat to

huma nity and al l life on Ear th, and re cognizin g that the o nly defen ce agains t a nuclear

cata strophe i s the total eliminat ion of nuc lear weap ons and th e certain ty that th ey will

neve r be pro duced ag ain,

Reaf firm ing the commitm ent of the intern ational commu nity t o the realiz ation

of the g oal of a n uclear- weapon- free world through the total elimina tion of nuc lear

weap ons,

Mind ful of the so lemn obl igation s of Stat es partie s, in par ticular the obli gations

unde rtaken i n articl e VI of t he Treat y on the Non-Pr oliferat ion of N uclear Wea pons,

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