Towards a nuclear-weapon-free world: accelerating the
implementation of nuclear disarmament commitments
A/RES/70/51
and developing a greater awareness of the catastrophic consequences of nuclear
weapons detonations which further reinforce the urgency of nuclear disarmament,
Emphasizing the compelling evidence presented at the Conferences on the
Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons which detailed the catastrophic
consequences that would result from a nuclear weapon detonation, reaching well
beyond national borders; the lack of capacity of States and international
organizations to deal with the aftermath, and the risk of an occurrence, due to an
accident, systems failure or human error,
Noting in particular the research findings presented to the Vienna Conference
regarding the strongly disproportionate and gendered impact of exposure to ionizing
radiation for women and girls,
Recalling the convening, on 26 September 2013, of the high-level meeting of
the General Assembly on nuclear disarmament and resolution 69/58 of 2 December
2014, entitled “Follow-up to the 2013 high-level meeting of the General Assembly
on nuclear disarmament”, and the decisions contained therein, and welcoming the
commemoration and promotion of 26 September as the International Day for the
Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons,
Welcoming resolution 69/41 of 2 December 2014 in which it encouraged
Member States, international organizations and civil society to take into account the
report of the Open-ended Working Group to develop proposals to take forward
multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations for the achievement and maintenance of
a world without nuclear weapons,2 as well as the report submitted by the SecretaryGeneral pursuant to resolution 68/46 of 5 December 2013 on how to take forward
multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations,3 which includes the steps already taken
by Member States to promote multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations,
Underlining the importance of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation
education,
Reaffirming that transparency, verifiability and irreversibility are cardinal
principles applying to nuclear disarmament and nuclear non-proliferation, which are
mutually reinforcing processes,
Recalling the decisions and the resolution adopted at the 1995 Review and
Extension Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of
Nuclear Weapons,4 the basis upon which the Treaty was indefinitely extended, and
the Final Documents of the 20005 and the 20106 Review Conferences of the Parties
to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, and in particular the
unequivocal undertaking by the nuclear-weapon States to accomplish the total
elimination of their nuclear arsenals, leading to nuclear disarmament, in accordance
with commitments made under article VI of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of
Nuclear Weapons,7
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A/68/514.
A/69/154 and Add.1.
4
See 1995 Review and Extension Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of
Nuclear Weapons, Final Document, Part I (NPT/CONF.1995/32 (Part I) and Corr.2), annex.
5
2000 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Final
Document, vols. I–III (NPT/CONF.2000/28 (Parts I–IV)).
6
2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Final
Document, vols. I–III (NPT/CONF.2010/50 (Vols. I–III)).
7
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 729, No. 10485.
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