A/RES/72/54
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
12 December 2017
Seventy-second session
Agenda item 99 (hh)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 4 December 2017
[on the report of the First Committee (A/72/409)]
72/54.
Implementation of the Convention on Cluster Munitions
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 63/71 of 2 December 2008 on the Convention on
Cluster Munitions and 70/54 of 7 December 2015 and 71/45 of 5 December 2016 on
the implementation of the Convention,
Reaffirming its determination to put an end for all time to the suffering and
casualties caused by cluster munitions at the time of their use, when they fail to
function as intended or when they are abandoned,
Deploring the recent rise in the use of cluster munitions and related civilian
casualties, and calling upon those who continue to use cluster munitions to cease
any such activity immediately,
Conscious that cluster munition remnants kill or maim civilians, including
women and children, obstruct economic and social development, including through
the loss of livelihood, impede post-conflict rehabilitation and reconstruction, delay
or prevent the return of refugees and internally displaced persons, can have a
negative impact on national and international peacebuilding and humanitarian
assistance efforts, and have other severe consequences for many years after use,
Concerned about the dangers presented by the large national stockpiles of
cluster munitions retained for operational use, and determined to ensure their rapid
destruction,
Believing it necessary to contribute effectively in an efficient, coordinated
manner to resolving the challenge of removing cluster munition remnants located
throughout the world, and to ensure their destruction,
Mindful of the need to coordinate adequately efforts undertaken in various
forums, including through the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disa bilities, 1
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