A/RES/79/37 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 9 December 2024 Seventy-ninth session Agenda item 98 (kk) General and complete disarmament: humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 2 December 2024 [on the report of the First Committee (A/79/408, para. 114)] 79/37. Humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 70/47 of 7 December 2015, 71/46 of 5 December 2016, 72/30 of 4 December 2017, 73/47 of 5 December 2018, 74/42 of 12 December 2019, 75/39 of 7 December 2020, 76/30 of 6 December 2021, 77/53 of 7 December 2022 and 78/34 of 4 December 2023, Reiterating the deep concern about the catastrophic consequences of nuclear weapons, Stressing that the immense and uncontrollable destructive capability and indiscriminate nature of nuclear weapons cause unacceptable humanitarian consequences, as has been demonstrated through their past use and testing, Recalling that concern about the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons has been reflected in numerous United Nations resolutions, including the first resolution adopted by the General Assembly, on 24 January 1946, Recalling also that at the first special session of the General Assembly devoted to disarmament, in 1978, the Assembly stressed that nuclear weapons posed the greatest danger to mankind and to the survival of civilization, 1 Welcoming the renewed interest and resolve of the international community, together with the International Committee of the Red Cross and international humanitarian organizations, to address the catastrophic consequences of nuclear weapons, __________________ 1 24-23052 (E) See resolution S-10/2. *2423052*