United Nations
A/RES/67/37
General Assembly
Distr.: General
4 January 2013
Sixty-seventh session
Agenda item 94 (q)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 3 December 2012
[on the report of the First Committee (A/67/409)]
67/37. Observance of environmental norms in the drafting
and implementation of agreements on disarmament
and arms control
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 50/70 M of 12 December 1995, 51/45 E of
10 December 1996, 52/38 E of 9 December 1997, 53/77 J of 4 December 1998,
54/54 S of 1 December 1999, 55/33 K of 20 November 2000, 56/24 F of 29 November
2001, 57/64 of 22 November 2002, 58/45 of 8 December 2003, 59/68 of 3 December
2004, 60/60 of 8 December 2005, 61/63 of 6 December 2006, 62/28 of 5 December
2007, 63/51 of 2 December 2008, 64/33 of 2 December 2009, 65/53 of 8 December
2010 and 66/31 of 2 December 2011,
Emphasizing the importance of the observance of environmental norms in the
preparation and implementation of disarmament and arms limitation agreements,
Recognizing that it is necessary to take duly into account the agreements
adopted at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, as
well as prior relevant agreements, in the drafting and implementation of agreements
on disarmament and arms limitation,
Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General submitted pursuant to
resolution 66/31, 1
Noting that the Sixteenth Conference of Heads of State or Government of NonAligned Countries, held in Tehran from 26 to 31 August 2012, welcomed the
adoption by the General Assembly, without a vote, of resolution 66/31, on the
observance of environmental norms in the drafting and implementation of
agreements on disarmament and arms control, 2
Mindful of the detrimental environmental effects of the use of nuclear
weapons,
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A/67/130 and Add.1.
See A/67/506-S/2012/752, annex I.
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