A/RES/73/59
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
13 December 2018
Seventy-third session
Agenda item 101 (u)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 5 December 2018
[on the report of the First Committee (A/73/510 and A/73/510/Corr.1)]
73/59.
United Nations study on disarmament and
non-proliferation education
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 55/33 E of 20 November 2000, 57/60 of 22 November
2002, 59/93 of 3 December 2004, 61/73 of 6 December 2006, 63/70 of 2 December
2008, 65/77 of 8 December 2010, 67/47 of 3 December 2012, 69/65 of 2 December
2014 and 71/57 of 5 December 2016,
Welcoming the report of the Secretary-General on disarmament and
non-proliferation education, 1 in which the Secretary-General reported on the
implementation of the recommendations contained in the United Nations study on
disarmament and non-proliferation education, 2 and recalling that 2018 marks the
sixteenth anniversary of that report,
Recognizing the usefulness of the disarmament and non-proliferation education
website “Disarmament education: resources for learning”, which is updated on a
regular basis by the Office for Disarmament Affairs of the Secretariat, including to
provide information in all its sections, such as presentations, interviews in the
Disarmament Today series of podcasts, which include the experiences of the
hibakusha, the atomic bomb survivors, films and publications on disarmament issues,
and encouraging the use of new communications technologies and social media for
the promotion of disarmament and non-proliferation education,
Emphasizing that the Secretary-General concludes in his report that efforts need
to be continued to implement the recommendations of the study and follow the good
examples of how they are being implemented to stimulate even further long -term
results,
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