A/RES/71/41
Conventional arms control at the regional and subregional levels
Believing that militarily significant States and States with larger military
capabilities have a special responsibility in promoting such agreemen ts for regional
security,
Believing also that an important objective of conventional arms control in
regions of tension should be to prevent the possibility of military attack launched by
surprise and to avoid aggression,
1.
Decides to give urgent consideration to the issues involved in
conventional arms control at the regional and subregional levels;
2.
Requests the Conference on Disarmament to consider the formulation of
principles that can serve as a framework for regional agreements on conventional
arms control, and looks forward to a report of the Conference on this subject;
3.
Requests the Secretary-General, in the meantime, to seek the views of
Member States on the subject and to submit a report to the General Assembly at its
seventy-second session;
4.
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-second
session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub -item
entitled “Conventional arms control at the regional and subregional levels”.
51st plenary meeting
5 December 2016
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