A/RES/60/78
Acknowledging the consideration of issues relating to terrorism and weapons
of mass destruction by the Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters, 4
Taking note of resolution GC(49)/RES/10, adopted on 30 September 2005 by
the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency at its forty-ninth
regular session, 5
Taking note also of the report of the Policy Working Group on the United
Nations and Terrorism, 6
Taking note further of the report of the Secretary-General, submitted pursuant
to paragraphs 2 and 4 of resolution 59/80, 7
Mindful of the urgent need for addressing, within the United Nations
framework and through international cooperation, this threat to humanity,
Emphasizing that progress is urgently needed in the area of disarmament and
non-proliferation in order to help to maintain international peace and security and to
contribute to global efforts against terrorism,
Calls upon all Member States to support international efforts to prevent
1.
terrorists from acquiring weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery;
2.
Invites all Member States to consider signing and ratifying the
International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism1 in order
to bring about its early entry into force;
3.
Urges all Member States to take and strengthen national measures, as
appropriate, to prevent terrorists from acquiring weapons of mass destruction, their
means of delivery and materials and technologies related to their manufacture, and
invites them to inform the Secretary-General, on a voluntary basis, of the measures
taken in this regard;
Encourages cooperation among and between Member States and relevant
4.
regional and international organizations for strengthening national capacities in this
regard;
Requests the Secretary-General to compile a report on measures already
5.
taken by international organizations on issues relating to the linkage between the
fight against terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, to seek
the views of Member States on additional relevant measures for tackling the global
threat posed by the acquisition by terrorists of weapons of mass destruction and to
report to the General Assembly at its sixty-first session;
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-first session the item
6.
entitled “Measures to prevent terrorists from acquiring weapons of mass destruction”.
61st plenary meeting
8 December 2005
_______________
4
See A/59/361.
See International Atomic Energy Agency, Resolutions and Other Decisions of the General Conference,
Forty-ninth Regular Session, 26–30 September 2005 (GC(49)/RES/DEC(2005)).
6
A/57/273-S/2002/875, annex.
7
A/60/185 and Add.1.
5
2