United Nations
A/RES/62/13
General Assembly
Distr.: General
8 January 2008
Sixty-second session
Agenda item 88 (b)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 2007
[on the report of the First Committee (A/62/381)]
62/13.
Objective information on military matters, including
transparency of military expenditures
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 53/72 of 4 December 1998, 54/43 of 1 December
1999, 56/14 of 29 November 2001, 58/28 of 8 December 2003 and 60/44 of
8 December 2005 on objective information on military matters, including
transparency of military expenditures,
Also recalling its resolution 35/142 B of 12 December 1980, which introduced
the United Nations system for the standardized reporting of military expenditures,
and its resolutions 48/62 of 16 December 1993, 49/66 of 15 December 1994, 51/38
of 10 December 1996 and 52/32 of 9 December 1997, calling upon all Member
States to participate in it, and its resolution 47/54 B of 9 December 1992, endorsing
the guidelines and recommendations for objective information on military matters
and inviting Member States to provide the Secretary-General with relevant
information regarding their implementation,
Noting that since then, national reports on military expenditures and on the
guidelines and recommendations for objective information on military matters have
been submitted by a number of Member States belonging to different geographical
regions,
Convinced that the improvement of international relations forms a sound basis
for promoting further openness and transparency in all military matters,
Also convinced that transparency in military matters is an essential element for
building a climate of trust and confidence between States worldwide and that a
better flow of objective information on military matters can help to relieve
international tension and is therefore an important contribution to conflict
prevention,
Noting the role of the standardized reporting system, as instituted through its
resolution 35/142 B, as an important instrument to enhance transparency in military
matters,
Conscious that the value of the standardized reporting system would be
enhanced by a broader participation of Member States,
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