United Nations
A/RES/58/45
General Assembly
Distr.: General
8 January 2004
Fifty-eighth session
Agenda item 73 (g)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 8 December 2003
[on the report of the First Committee (A/58/462)]
58/45.
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 and 57/64 of 22 November 2002,
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, 1
Mindful of the detrimental environmental effects of the use of nuclear
weapons,
1.
Reaffirms that international disarmament forums should take fully into
account the relevant environmental norms in negotiating treaties and agreements on
disarmament and arms limitation and that all States, through their actions, should
contribute fully to ensuring compliance with the aforementioned norms in the
implementation of treaties and conventions to which they are parties;
Calls upon States to adopt unilateral, bilateral, regional and multilateral
2.
measures so as to contribute to ensuring the application of scientific and
technological progress in the framework of international security, disarmament and
other related spheres, without detriment to the environment or to its effective
contribution to attaining sustainable development;
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A/58/129 and Add.1.