A/RES/72/38
Nuclear disarmament
Recognizing the urgent need to take concrete practical steps towards achieving
the establishment of a world free of nuclear weapons,
Bearing in mind paragraph 50 of the Final Document of the Tenth Special
Session of the General Assembly, the first special session devoted to disarmament, 3
calling for the urgent negotiation of agreements for the cessation of the qualitative
improvement and development of nuclear-weapon systems and for a comprehensive
and phased programme with agreed time frames, wherever feasible, for the
progressive and balanced reduction of nuclear weapons and their means of delivery,
leading to their ultimate and complete elimination at the earliest possible time,
Reaffirming the conviction of the States parties to the Treaty on the
Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons 4 that the Treaty is a cornerstone of nuclear
non-proliferation and nuclear disarmament, and the importance of the decision on
strengthening the review process for the Treaty, the decision on principles and
objectives for nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament, the decision on the
extension of the Treaty and the resolution on the Middle East, ado pted by the 1995
Review and Extension Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the
Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 5
Stressing the importance of the 13 steps for the systematic and progressive
efforts to achieve the objective of nuclear disarmament leading to the total
elimination of nuclear weapons, as agreed to by the States parties in the Final
Document of the 2000 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the
Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 6
Recognizing the important work done at the 2010 Review Conference of the
Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 7 and affirming
its 22-point action plan on nuclear disarmament as an impetus to intensify work
aimed at beginning negotiations for a nuclear weapons convention,
Expressing deep concern that the 2015 Review Conference of the Parties to the
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, held from 27 April to 22 May
2015, did not reach agreement on a substantive final document,
Reaffirming the continued validity of agreements reached at the 1995 Review
and Extension Conference and the 2000 and 2010 Review Conferences until all their
objectives are achieved, and calling for their full and immediate fulfilment,
including the action plan on nuclear disarmame nt adopted at the 2010 Review
Conference,
Reiterating the highest priority accorded to nuclear disarmament in the Final
Document of the Tenth Special Session of the General Assembly and by the
international community,
Reiterating its call for an early entry into force of the Comprehensive NuclearTest-Ban Treaty, 8
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Resolution S-10/2.
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 729, No. 10485.
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
NPT/CONF.1995/32 (Part I)/Corr.2), annex.
2000 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non -Proliferation of Nuclear
Weapons, Final Document, vol. I (NPT/CONF.2000/28 (Parts I and II)), part I, section entitled
“Article VI and eighth to twelfth preambular paragraphs”, para. 15.
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 (Vol. I),
NPT/CONF.2010/50 (Vol. II) and NPT/CONF.2010/50 (Vol. III)).
See resolution 50/245 and A/50/1027.
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