A/RES/76/38
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
10 December 2021
Seventy-sixth session
Agenda item 100 (h)
General and complete disarmament: convening of the
fourth special session of the General Assembly devoted
to disarmament
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 6 December 2021
[on the report of the First Committee (A/76/444, para. 93)]
76/38.
Convening of the fourth special session of the General Assembly
devoted to disarmament
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 49/75 I of 15 December 1994, 50/70 F of 12 December
1995, 51/45 C of 10 December 1996, 52/38 F of 9 December 1997, 53/77 AA of
4 December 1998, 54/54 U of 1 December 1999, 55/33 M of 20 November 2000,
56/24 D of 29 November 2001, 57/61 of 22 November 2002, 59/71 of 3 December
2004, 61/60 of 6 December 2006, 62/29 of 5 December 2007, 65/66 of 8 December
2010, 72/49 of 4 December 2017, 73/42 of 5 December 2018, 74/56 of 12 December
2019 and 75/44 of 7 December 2020, as well as its decisions 58/521 of 8 December
2003, 60/518 of 8 December 2005, 60/559 of 6 June 2006, 63/519 of 2 December
2008, 64/515 of 2 December 2009 and 70/551 of 23 De cember 2015,
Recalling also that, there being a consensus to do so in each case, three special
sessions of the General Assembly devoted to disarmament were held in 1978, 1982
and 1988, respectively,
Bearing in mind the Final Document of the Tenth Special Session of the General
Assembly, adopted by consensus at the first special session devoted to disarmament, 1
Bearing in mind also the ultimate objective of general and complete
disarmament under effective international control,
Reiterating its conviction that a special session of the General Assembly devoted
to disarmament can set the future course of action in the fields of disarmament, arms
control, non-proliferation and related international security matters,
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Resolution S-10/2.
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