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Water 1/ to seek to achieve the discontinuance of all test explosions of
nuclear weapons for all time, which are recalled in the preamble to the 1968
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 2/
Welcoming the preparation of a rolling text in the Ad Hoc Committee on a
Nuclear Test Ban of the Conference on Disarmament, as reflected in the report
of the Conference and its appendix, 3/ and noting the decision of the
Conference to continue its work in inter-sessional meetings,
1.
Welcomes the multilateral negotiation on a comprehensive nucleartest-ban treaty in the Ad Hoc Committee on a Nuclear Test Ban of the
Conference on Disarmament, and the positive and substantial contributions to
the elaboration of the rolling text made by States participating in those
negotiations;
2.
Calls upon participants in the Conference on Disarmament to
advance work on the basis of the rolling text during the inter-sessional
negotiating period with a view to making substantial progress;
3.
Also calls upon the Conference on Disarmament, upon the
re-establishment of the Ad Hoc Committee at the commencement of its 1995
session and renewal of its mandate, to proceed to a new phase of negotiation;
4.
Urges all States participating in the Conference on Disarmament,
in particular the nuclear-weapon States, to negotiate intensively, as a high
priority task, and to conclude a universal and multilaterally and effectively
verifiable comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty which contributes to nuclear
disarmament and the prevention of the proliferation of nuclear weapons in all
its aspects;
5.
Calls once more upon all States to support the multilateral
negotiations in the Conference on Disarmament for a comprehensive nucleartest-ban treaty and their conclusion without delay;
6.
Requests the Secretary-General to ensure the provision to the
Conference on Disarmament of adequate administrative, substantive and
conference support services for these negotiations;
7.
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fiftieth
session the item entitled "Comprehensive test-ban treaty".
90th plenary meeting
15 December 1994
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1/
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 480, No. 6964.
2/
Ibid, vol. 729, No. 10485.
3/
Official Records of the General Assembly, Forty-ninth Session,
Supplement No. 27 (A/49/27), sect. III.A.