A/RES/69/41
United Nations
Distr.: General
11 December 2014
General Assembly
Sixty-ninth session
Agenda item 96 (bb)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 2 December 2014
[on the report of the First Committee (A/69/440)]
69/41.
Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament
negotiations
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 68/46 of 5 December 2013 on taking forward
multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations for the achievement and maintenance
of a world without nuclear weapons,
Deeply concerned about the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any
use of nuclear weapons,
Recalling the Declaration of the Tenth Special Session of the General
Assembly, the first special session devoted to disarmament,1 in which it is stated,
inter alia, that all the peoples of the world have a vital interest in the success of
disarmament negotiations and that all States have the right to participate in
disarmament negotiations,
Reaffirming the role and functions of the Conference on Disarmament and the
Disarmament Commission, as set out in the Final Document of the Tenth Special
Session of the General Assembly,2
Recalling the United Nations Millennium Declaration,3 in which it is stated,
inter alia, that responsibility for managing worldwide economic and social
development, as well as threats to international peace and security, must be shared
among the nations of the world and should be exercised multilaterally and that, as
the most universal and most representative organization in the world, the United
Nations must play the central role,
Welcoming the efforts of Member States to secure progress in multilateral
disarmament and the support of the Secretary-General for such efforts, and noting in
this regard the Secretary-General’s five-point proposal on nuclear disarmament,
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1
Resolution S-10/2, sect. II.
Ibid., sect. IV.
3
Resolution 55/2.
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