A/RES/69/65
United Nations
Distr.: General
11 December 2014
General Assembly
Sixty-ninth session
Agenda item 96 (h)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 2 December 2014
[on the report of the First Committee (A/69/440)]
69/65.
United Nations study on disarmament and
non-proliferation education
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 55/33 E of 20 November 2000, 57/60 of 22 November
2002, 59/93 of 3 December 2004, 61/73 of 6 December 2006, 63/70 of 2 December
2008, 65/77 of 8 December 2010 and 67/47 of 3 December 2012,
Welcoming the report of the Secretary-General on disarmament and
non-proliferation education, 1 in which the Secretary-General reported on the
implementation of the recommendations contained in the United Nations study on
disarmament and non-proliferation education, 2 and recalling that 2014 marks the
twelfth anniversary of that report,
Recognizing the usefulness of the disarmament and non-proliferation education
website “Disarmament education: resources for learning”, which was reorganized
and updated in September 2011 by the Office for Disarmament Affairs of the
Secretariat to include the six official languages of the United Nations and a new
interactive presentation, and encouraging the use of new communication
technologies and social media for the promotion of disarmament and
non-proliferation education,
Recognizing also the launch of the “Disarmament today” series of podcasts, in
which experts are interviewed about present-day disarmament issues, such as
education, disarmament and non-proliferation in the context of space security, as
well as the experiences of the hibakusha, the atomic bomb survivors,
Emphasizing that the Secretary-General concludes in his report that efforts
need to be continued to implement the recommendations of the study and follow the
good examples of how they are being implemented to stimulate even further longterm results,
Desirous of stressing the urgency of promoting concerted international efforts
at disarmament and non-proliferation, in particular in the field of nuclear
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A/69/113 and Add.1.
A/57/124.
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