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1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General entitled
"Scientific and technological developments and their impact on international
security"; 2/
2.
Takes note also of the interim report of the Secretary-General 3/
submitted in pursuance of its resolution 45/60 of 4 December 1990;
3.
Fully agrees that:
(a) The international community needs to position itself better to
follow the nature and direction of technological change;
(b) The United Nations can serve as a catalyst and a clearing-house for
ideas to this purpose;
4.
Calls upon the Disarmament Commission to conclude its work on the
agenda item entitled "The role of science and technology in the context of
international security, disarmament and other related fields" and to submit
to the General Assembly its recommendations in this regard;
5.
Requests the Secretary-General to continue to follow scientific and
technological developments in order to make an assessment of emerging new
technologies and to submit to the General Assembly at its forty-ninth session
a framework for technology assessment guided, inter alia, by the criteria
suggested in his report; 2/
6.
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its forty-ninth
session the item entitled "Scientific and technological developments and their
impact on international security".
81st plenary meeting
16 December 1993
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2/ A/45/568.
3/ A/47/355.