United Nations
A/RES/67/36
General Assembly
Distr.: General
4 January 2013
Sixty-seventh session
Agenda item 94 (e)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 3 December 2012
[on the report of the First Committee (A/67/409)]
67/36. Effects of the use of armaments and ammunitions containing
depleted uranium
The General Assembly,
Guided by the purposes and principles enshrined in the Charter of the United
Nations and the rules of international humanitarian law,
Recalling its resolutions 62/30 of 5 December 2007, 63/54 of 2 December 2008
and 65/55 of 8 December 2010,
Determined to promote multilateralism as an essential means to carry forward
negotiations on arms regulation and disarmament,
Taking note of the opinions expressed by Member States and relevant
international organizations on the effects of the use of armaments and ammunitions
containing depleted uranium, as reflected in the reports submitted by the SecretaryGeneral pursuant to resolutions 62/30, 63/54 and 65/55, 1
Recognizing the importance of implementing, as appropriate, the
recommendations of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the United Nations
Environment Programme and the World Health Organization to mitigate potential
hazards to human beings and the environment from the contamination of territories
with depleted uranium residues,
Considering that studies conducted so far by relevant international organizations
have not provided a detailed enough account of the magnitude of the potential longterm effects on human beings and the environment of the use of armaments and
ammunitions containing depleted uranium,
Recalling that the United Nations Environment Programme, in its report to the
Secretary-General on the subject, 2 affirms that major scientific uncertainties persist
regarding the long-term environmental impacts of depleted uranium, particularly
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A/63/170 and Add.1, A/65/129 and Add.1 and A/67/177 and Add.1.
A/65/129/Add.1, sect. III.
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