A/RES/77/53
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
13 December 2022
Seventy-seventh session
Agenda item 99 (ll)
General and complete disarmament: humanitarian
consequences of nuclear weapons
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 7 December 2022
[on the report of the First Committee (A/77/385, para. 110)]
77/53.
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 and 76/30 of 6 December 2021,
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 civili zation, 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,
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See resolution S-10/2.
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