A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/50/65 9 January 1996 Fiftieth session Agenda item 65 RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [on the report of the First Committee (A/50/585 and Corr.1)] 50/65. Comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 48/70 of 16 December 1993 and 49/70 of 15 December 1994, in which the entire international community supported the multilateral negotiations on a comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty, Reaffirming that a comprehensive nuclear-test ban is one of the highest priority objectives of the international community in the field of disarmament and non-proliferation, Convinced that the most effective way to achieve an end to nuclear testing is through the conclusion of a universal and internationally and effectively verifiable comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty that will attract the adherence of all States and will contribute to the prevention of the proliferation of nuclear weapons in all its aspects, to the process of nuclear disarmament and therefore to the enhancement of international peace and security, Noting the aspirations expressed by the parties to the 1963 Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and under Water 1/ to seek to achieve the discontinuance of all test explosions of nuclear weapons for all time, which are recalled in the preamble to the 1968 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 2/ 1/ United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 480, No. 6964. 2/ Ibid., vol. 729, No. 10485. 96-76033 /...