A/RES/64/47
Recognizing that the enhancement of international peace and security and the
promotion of nuclear disarmament are mutually reinforcing,
Reaffirming that further advancement in nuclear disarmament will contribute
to consolidating the international regime for nuclear non-proliferation, which is,
inter alia, essential to international peace and security,
Welcoming the recent global momentum of nuclear disarmament towards a
world without nuclear weapons, which has been strengthened by concrete proposals
and initiatives from political leaders of Member States, in particular by the Russian
Federation and the United States of America, which currently together hold most of
the nuclear weapons in the world,
Welcoming also the United Nations Security Council Summit on Nuclear
Non-proliferation and Nuclear Disarmament, held on 24 September 2009, which
confirmed the vision for a world without nuclear weapons,
Expressing deep concern regarding the growing dangers posed by the
proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, inter alia, nuclear weapons, including
that caused by proliferation networks,
Recognizing the importance of implementing Security Council resolution
1718 (2006) of 14 October 2006 with regard to the nuclear test proclaimed by the
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on 9 October 2006 and Council resolution
1874 (2009) of 12 June 2009 with regard to the nuclear test conducted by the
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on 25 May 2009, while calling upon the
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to return immediately and without
preconditions to the Six-Party Talks, and reiterating strong support for the early
resumption of the Talks,
Reaffirms the importance of all States parties to the Treaty on the
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Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons1 complying with their obligations under all
the articles of the Treaty;
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Stresses the importance of an effective Treaty review process, and calls
upon all States parties to the Treaty to work together so that the 2010 Review
Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
can successfully strengthen the Treaty regime and can establish effective and
practical measures in all the Treaty’s three pillars;
Reaffirms the importance of the universality of the Treaty, and calls upon
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States not parties to the Treaty to accede to it as non-nuclear-weapon States without
delay and without conditions and, pending their accession to the Treaty, to adhere to
its terms as well as to take practical steps in support of the Treaty;
Encourages further steps leading to nuclear disarmament, in accordance
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with article VI of the Treaty, including deeper reductions in all types of nuclear
weapons, and emphasizes the importance of applying the principles of irreversibility
and verifiability, as well as increased transparency, in a way that promotes
international stability and undiminished security for all, in the process of working
towards the elimination of nuclear weapons;
Calls upon all nuclear-weapon States to undertake reductions of nuclear
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weapons in a transparent manner, and invites all nuclear-weapon States to agree on
transparency and confidence-building measures, while noting in this regard the
increased transparency demonstrated by nuclear-weapon States on their nuclear
arsenals, including the current number of their nuclear warheads;
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