A/RES/70/34
Follow-up to the 2013 high-level meeting of the General Assembly on nuclear disarmament
Reaffirming the central role of the United Nations in the field of disarmament,
and also reaffirming the continued importance and relevance of multilateral
disarmament machinery as mandated by the General Assembly at its first special
session devoted to disarmament,
Acknowledging the important role of civil society, including non-governmental
organizations, academia, parliamentarians and the mass media, in advancing the
objective of nuclear disarmament,
Sharing the deep concern at the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of
any use of nuclear weapons, and in this context reaffirming the need for all States at
all times to comply with applicable international law, including international
humanitarian law,
Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General submitted pursuant to
resolution 69/58, 2 and welcoming the fact that a large number of Member States
contributed their views to this report,
Mindful of the solemn obligations of States parties, undertaken in article VI of
the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 3 particularly to pursue
negotiations in good faith on effective measures relating to cessation of the nuclear
arms race at an early date and to nuclear disarmament,
Expressing its deep concern that the negotiations in the Conference on
Disarmament for the conclusion of a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons
have not yet commenced,
Determined to work collectively towards the realization of nuclear
disarmament,
1.
Underlines the strong support, expressed at the high-level meeting of the
General Assembly on nuclear disarmament, held on 26 September 2013, for taking
urgent and effective measures to achieve the total elimination of nuclear weapons;
2.
Calls for urgent compliance with the legal obligations and the fulfilment
of the commitments undertaken on nuclear disarmament;
3.
Endorses the wide support expressed at the high-level meeting for a
comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons;
4.
Calls for the urgent commencement of negotiations in the Conference on
Disarmament for the early conclusion of a comprehensive convention on nuclear
weapons to prohibit their possession, development, production, acquisition, testing,
stockpiling, transfer, use or threat of use and to provide for their destruction;
5.
Recalls its decision to convene, no later than 2018, a United Nations
high-level international conference on nuclear disarmament to review the progress
made in this regard;
6.
Stresses the need to establish a preparatory committee for the United
Nations high-level international conference in New York;
7.
Takes note of the views provided by Member States with regard to
achieving the objective of the total elimination of nuclear weapons, in particular on
the elements of a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons, as reflected in the
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