A/RES/73/47
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
12 December 2018
Seventy-third session
Agenda item 101 (jj)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 5 December 2018
[on the report of the First Committee (A/73/510 and A/73/510/Corr.1)]
73/47.
Humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 70/47 of 7 December 2015, 71/46 of 5 December 2016
and 72/30 of 4 December 2017,
Reiterating the deep concern about the catastrophic consequences of nuclear
weapons,
Stressing that the immense and uncontrollable destructive capability and
indiscriminate nature of nuclear weapons cause unacceptable humanitarian
consequences, as has been demonstrated through their past use and testing,
Recalling that concern about the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons
has been reflected in numerous United Nations resolutions, including the first
resolution adopted by the General Assembly, on 24 January 1946,
Recalling also that at the first special session of the General Assembly devoted
to disarmament, in 1978, the Assembly stressed that nuclear weapons posed the
greatest danger to mankind and to the survival of civilization, 1
Welcoming the renewed interest and resolve of the international community,
together with the International Committee of the Red Cross and international
humanitarian organizations, to address the catastrophic consequences of nuclear
weapons,
Recalling that the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the
Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons expressed deep concern at the catastrophic
humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons, 2
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See resolution S-10/2.
See 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non -Proliferation of Nuclear
Weapons, Final Document, vol. I (NPT/CONF.2010/50 (Vol. I)), part I, Conclusions and
recommendations for follow-on actions.
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