A/RES/55/33
Emphasizing the imperative need to adopt measures to avoid accidental,
unauthorized or unexplained incidents arising from computer anomaly or other
technical malfunctions,
Conscious that limited steps relating to detargeting have been taken by the
nuclear-weapon States and that further practical, realistic and mutually reinforcing
steps are necessary to contribute to the improvement in the international climate for
negotiations leading to the elimination of nuclear weapons,
Mindful that reduction of tensions brought about by a change in nuclear
doctrines would positively impact on international peace and security and improve
the conditions for the further reduction and the elimination of nuclear weapons,
Reiterating the highest priority accorded to nuclear disarmament in the Final
Document of the Tenth Special Session of the General Assembly31 and by the
international community,
Recalling that in the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on
the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons4 it is stated that there exists an
obligation for all States to pursue in good faith and bring to a conclusion
negotiations leading to nuclear disarmament in all its aspects under strict and
effective international control,
Welcoming the call in the United Nations Millennium Declaration6 to seek to
eliminate the dangers posed by weapons of mass destruction and the resolve to strive
for the elimination of weapons of mass destruction, particularly nuclear weapons,
including the possibility of convening an international conference to identify ways
of eliminating nuclear dangers,
1.
Calls for a review of nuclear doctrines and, in this context, immediate
and urgent steps to reduce the risks of unintentional and accidental use of nuclear
weapons;
2.
Requests the five nuclear-weapon States to take measures towards the
implementation of paragraph 1 of the present resolution;
3.
Calls upon Member States to take the necessary measures to prevent the
proliferation of nuclear weapons in all its aspects and to promote nuclear
disarmament, with the objective of eliminating nuclear weapons;
4.
Takes note of the report 48 prepared by the Advisory Board on
Disarmament Matters and submitted by the Secretary-General in pursuance of
paragraph 4 of General Assembly resolution 54/54 K of 1 December 1999, including
the need for the Board to continue its discussions on the subject;
5.
Requests the Secretary-General, within existing resources, to continue to
seek inputs from the Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters on information with
regard to specific measures that would significantly reduce the risk of nuclear war,
including the proposal contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration for
convening an international conference to identify ways of eliminating nuclear
dangers, and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session;
48
See A/55/324.
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