A/RES/55/33
3.
Also requests the Secretary-General, with the assistance of a panel of
governmental experts to be established in 2001 on the basis of equitable
geographical distribution, to prepare a report for the consideration of the General
Assembly at its fifty-seventh session on the issue of missiles in all its aspects;
4.
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-sixth session the
item entitled “Missiles”.
69th plenary meeting
20 November 2000
B
P RESERVATION OF AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE T REATY ON THE LIMITATION OF
A NTI-B ALLISTIC M ISSILE SYSTEMS
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 50/60 of 12 December 1995 and 52/30 of 9 December
1997 on compliance with arms limitation and disarmament and non-proliferation
agreements and its resolution 54/54 A of 1 December 1999 on preservation of and
compliance with the Treaty on the Limitation of Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems, 2
Recognizing the historical role of the Treaty on the Limitation of Anti-Ballistic
Missile Systems of 26 May 1972 between the United States of America and the
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics as a cornerstone for maintaining global peace
and security and strategic stability, and reaffirming its continued validity and
relevance, especially in the current international situation,
Stressing the paramount importance of full and strict compliance with the
Treaty by the parties,
Recalling that the provisions of the Treaty are intended as a contribution to the
creation of more favourable conditions for further negotiations on limiting strategic
arms,
Mindful of the obligations of the parties to the Treaty under article VI of the
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 3
Concerned that the implementation of any measures undermining the purposes
and provisions of the Treaty affects not only the security interests of the parties, but
also those of the whole international community,
Recalling the widespread concern about the proliferation of weapons of mass
destruction and their means of delivery,
1.
Calls for continued efforts to strengthen the Treaty on the Limitation of
Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems 2 and to preserve its integrity and validity so that it
remains a cornerstone in maintaining global strategic stability and world peace and
in promoting further strategic nuclear arms reductions;
2.
Calls also for renewed efforts by each of the States parties to preserve
and strengthen the Treaty through full and strict compliance;
2
3
2
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 944, No. 13446.
Ibid., vol. 729, No. 10485.