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Recalling also its previous resolutions on this issue and the Final
Document adopted by the Tenth Conference of Heads of State or Government of
Non-Aligned Countries, held at Jakarta from 1 to 6 September 1992, 3/ and
taking note of the proposals submitted to the General Assembly at its tenth
special session and at its regular sessions, and of the recommendations made
to the competent organs of the United Nations and to the Conference on
Disarmament,
Recognizing the grave danger for international peace and security of an
arms race in outer space and of developments contributing to it,
Emphasizing the paramount importance of strict compliance with existing
arms limitation and disarmament agreements relevant to outer space, including
bilateral agreements, and with the existing legal regime concerning the use of
outer space,
Considering that wide participation in the legal regime applicable to
outer space could contribute to enhancing its effectiveness,
Noting that bilateral negotiations, begun in 1985 between the Union of
Soviet Socialist Republics and the United States of America, were conducted
with the declared objective of working out effective agreements aimed, inter
alia, at preventing an arms race in outer space,
Welcoming the re-establishment of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Prevention
of an Arms Race in Outer Space at the 1994 session of the Conference on
Disarmament, in the exercise of the negotiating responsibilities of this sole
multilateral body on disarmament, to continue to examine and identify, through
substantive and general consideration, issues relevant to the prevention of an
arms race in outer space,
Noting also that the Ad Hoc Committee on the Prevention of an Arms Race
in Outer Space, taking into account its previous efforts since its
establishment in 1985 and seeking to enhance its functioning in qualitative
terms, continued the examination and identification of various issues,
existing agreements and existing proposals, as well as future initiatives
relevant to the prevention of an arms race in outer space, 4/ and that this
contributed to a better understanding of a number of problems and to a clearer
perception of the various positions,
Emphasizing the mutually complementary nature of bilateral and
multilateral efforts in the field of preventing an arms race in outer space,
and hoping that concrete results will emerge from those efforts as soon as
possible,
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3/
See A/47/675-S/24816, annex, chap. II, para. 45; see Official
Records of the Security Council, Forty-seventh Year, Supplement for October,
November and December 1992, document S/24816.
4/
See Official Records of the General Assembly, Forty-ninth Session,
Supplement No. 27 (A/49/27), para. 32 (para. 5 of the quoted text).
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