A/RES/62/30
United Nations
Distr.: General
10 January 2008
General Assembly
Sixty-second session
Agenda item 98
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 2007
[on the report of the First Committee (A/62/391)]
62/30. Effects of the use of armaments and ammunitions
containing depleted uranium
The General Assembly,
Guided by the purposes and principles enshrined in the Charter of the United
Nations and the rules of humanitarian international law,
Determined to promote multilateralism as an essential means to carry forward
negotiations on arms regulation and disarmament,
Convinced that as humankind is more aware of the need to take immediate
measures to protect the environment, any event that could jeopardize such efforts
requires urgent attention to implement the required measures,
Taking into consideration the potential harmful effects of the use of armaments
and ammunitions containing depleted uranium on human health and the
environment,
Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States and
1.
relevant international organizations on the effects of the use of armaments and
ammunitions containing depleted uranium, and to submit a report on this subject to
the General Assembly at its sixty-third session;
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-third session an
2.
item entitled “Effects of the use of armaments and ammunitions containing depleted
uranium”.
61st plenary meeting
5 December 2007
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