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Expressing concern that the development of missile defences could impact
negatively on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation and lead to a new arms
race on earth and in outer space,
Stressing that no actions be taken that would lead to the weaponization of outer
space,
Expressing its deep concern about emerging approaches to the broader role of
nuclear weapons as part of security strategies, including rationalizations for the use,
and the possible development, of new types of nuclear weapons,
Welcoming further the progress in the development of nuclear-weapon-free
zones,
Recalling the United Nations Millennium Declaration, 5 in which the heads of
State and Government resolved to strive for the elimination of weapons of mass
destruction, in particular nuclear weapons, and to keep all options open for
achieving this aim, including the possibility of convening an international
conference to identify ways of eliminating nuclear dangers,
Taking into consideration the unequivocal undertaking by the nuclear-weapon
States, in the Final Document of the 2000 Review Conference of the Parties to the
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, to accomplish the total
elimination of their nuclear arsenals leading to nuclear disarmament, to which all
the States parties to the Treaty are committed under article VI of the Treaty, 6
1.
Reaffirms that any possibility that nuclear weapons could be used
represents a continued risk for humanity;
2.
Calls upon all States to refrain from any action that could lead to a new
nuclear-arms race or that could impact negatively on nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation;
Calls upon all States to fulfil all their obligations under international
3.
treaties and international law in the field of nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation;
Calls upon all States parties to pursue, with determination, the full and
4.
effective implementation of the agreements reached at the 2000 Review Conference
of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 7 the
outcome of which provides the requisite plan to achieve nuclear disarmament;
5.
Agrees on the importance and urgency of signatures and ratifications
required to achieve the early entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-TestBan Treaty;4
6.
Calls for the upholding and maintenance of the moratorium on nuclearweapon-test explosions or any other nuclear explosions pending the entry into force
of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty;
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5
See resolution 55/2.
2000 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Final
Document, vol. I (NPT/CONF.2000/28 (Parts I and II)), part I, section entitled “Article VI and eighth to
twelfth preambular paragraphs”, para. 15:6.
7
See 2000 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons,
Final Document, vol. I (NPT/CONF.2000/28 (Parts I and II)), part I.
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