A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/49/68 21 December 1994 Forty-ninth session Agenda item 55 RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [on the report of the First Committee (A/49/692)] 49/68. The role of science and technology in the context of international security, disarmament and other related fields The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 47/44 of 9 December 1992 and 48/67 of 16 December 1993, Taking note of the report of the Disarmament Commission on its 1994 substantive session, 1/ in particular on the work of Working Group II on agenda item 5, entitled "The role of science and technology in the context of international security, disarmament and other related fields", 2/ Recognizing that science and technology per se are deemed to be neutral, that scientific and technological developments can have both civilian and military applications and that progress in science and technology for civilian applications needs to be maintained and encouraged, Mindful that the application of science and technology relevant to weapons of mass destruction, as well as to conventional weapons, should not lead to excessive and destabilizing accumulation of arms through quantitative build-up or qualitative improvements of arms which threaten international peace and security, __________ 1/ Official Records of the General Assembly, Forty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 42 (A/49/42). 2/ Ibid., para. 22. 94-60195 /...