Calls upon Member States and relevant intergovernmental organizations to intensify and extend such activities and to keep UN informed about progress in this field; invites all Member States and relevant international organizations to develop international cooperation in this area, with a view to using scientific and technological achievements for disarmament-related purposes, inter alia, in the fields of verification and of compliance, by parties, with agreements on arms control and disarmament and application of technologies for improved means of verification and for weapons disposal; recommends that UN should give appropriate attention to the collection and dissemination of information on scientific and technological developments in these fields.

Adopted without vote, 54th meeting

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Adopted at the 54th plenary meeting, 4 Dec. 1990.
In: Resolutions and decisions adopted by the General Assembly during its 45th session, Volume 1, 18 September-21 December 1990. - A/45/49. - 1991. - p. 74-75. - (GAOR, 45th sess., Suppl. no. 49).