A/RES/75/36 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 16 December 2020 Seventy-fifth session Agenda item 101 (a) Prevention of an arms race in outer space: prevention of an arms race in outer space Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 7 December 2020 [on the report of the First Committee (A/75/397, para. 15)] 75/36. Reducing space threats through norms, rules and principles of responsible behaviours The General Assembly, Reaffirming the applicability of international law, including the Charter of the United Nations, to activities in outer space and the right of all States to explore and use outer space without discrimination of any kind, on a basis of equality and in accordance with such law, Recalling its resolutions 68/50 of 5 December 2013 and 74/32 of 12 December 2019, Emphasizing the importance of maintaining outer space as a peaceful, safe, stable, secure and sustainable environment for the benefit of all and the significant contribution of outer space activities to social, economic, scientific and technological development, as well as to international peace and security, Reaffirming the Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, 1 and the obligations for States parties to the Treaty to explore and use outer space for the benefit and in the interests of all countries, and to be guided by the principle of cooperation and mutual assistance, Welcoming the recent adoption by the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space at its sixty-second session of the Guidelines for the Long-term Sustainability of Outer Space Activities, 2 the implementation of which may have a positive effect on international peace and security, __________________ 1 2 20-16810 (E) United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 610, No. 8843. Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-fourth Session, Supplement No. 20 (A/74/20), annex II. 211220 *2016810*