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bilateral agreements, and with the existing legal regime concerning the use of outer
space,
Considering that wide participation in the legal regime applicable to outer
space could contribute to enhancing its effectiveness,
Noting that the Ad Hoc Committee on the Prevention of an Arms Race in
Outer Space, taking into account its previous efforts since its establishment in 1985
and seeking to enhance its functioning in qualitative terms, continued the
examination and identification of various issues, existing agreements and existing
proposals, as well as future initiatives relevant to the prevention of an arms race in
outer space, and that this contributed to a better understanding of a number of
problems and to a clearer perception of the various positions,
Noting also that there were no objections in principle in the Conference on
Disarmament to the re-establishment of the Ad Hoc Committee, subject to
re-examination of the mandate contained in the decision of the Conference on
Disarmament of 13 February 1992,
Emphasizing the mutually complementary nature of bilateral and multilateral
efforts for the prevention of an arms race in outer space, and hoping that concrete
results will emerge from those efforts as soon as possible,
Convinced that further measures should be examined in the search for effective
and verifiable bilateral and multilateral agreements in order to prevent an arms race
in outer space, including the weaponization of outer space,
Stressing that the growing use of outer space increases the need for greater
transparency and better information on the part of the international community,
Recalling, in this context, its previous resolutions, in particular resolutions
45/55 B of 4 December 1990, 47/51 of 9 December 1992 and 48/74 A of
16 December 1993, in which, inter alia, it reaffirmed the importance of confidencebuilding measures as a means conducive to ensuring the attainment of the objective
of the prevention of an arms race in outer space,
Conscious of the benefits of confidence- and security-building measures in the
military field,
Recognizing that negotiations for the conclusion of an international agreement
or agreements to prevent an arms race in outer space remain a priority task of the
Conference on Disarmament and that the concrete proposals on confidence-building
measures could form an integral part of such agreements,
Noting with satisfaction the constructive, structured and focused debate on the
prevention of an arms race in outer space at the Conference on Disarmament in
2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012,
Taking note of the introduction by China and the Russian Federation at the
Conference on Disarmament of the draft Treaty on the Prevention of the Placement
of Weapons in Outer Space and of the Threat or Use of Force Against Outer Space
Objects,
Taking note also of the decision of the Conference on Disarmament to
establish for its 2009 session a working group to discuss, substantially, without
limitation, all issues related to the prevention of an arms race in outer space,
Reaffirms the importance and urgency of preventing an arms race in outer
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