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UNITED
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General Assembly
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GENERAL
A/RES/54/46
23 December 1999
Fifty-fourth session
Agenda item 68
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the First Committee (A/54/555)]
54/46.
Verification in all its aspects, including the role of the United Nations in
the field of verification
The General Assembly,
Noting the critical importance of, and the vital contribution that has been made by, effective
verification measures in arms limitation and disarmament agreements and other similar obligations,
Reaffirming its support for the sixteen principles of verification drawn up by the Disarmament
Commission,1
Recalling its resolutions 40/152 O of 16 December 1985, 41/86 Q of 4 December 1986, 42/42 F of
30 November 1987, 43/81 B of 7 December 1988, 45/65 of 4 December 1990, 47/45 of 9 December 1992,
48/68 of 16 December 1993, 50/61 of 12 December 1995 and 52/31 of 9 December 1997,
Recalling also the reports of the Secretary-General of 11 July 1986, 28 August 1990, 16 September
1992, 26 July 1993, 22 September 1995, 6 August 1997 and 9 July 1999, and the addenda thereto,2
1
See Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifteenth Special Session, Supplement No.3 (A/S-15/3),
para. 60 (para. 6, sect. I, of the quoted text).
2
A/41/422 and Add.1 and 2, A/45/372 and Corr.1, A/47/405 and Add.1, A/48/227 and Add.1 and 2,
A/50/377 and Corr.1, A/52/269 and A/54/166.
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