Requests the Secretary-General, as further follow-up to the study on the role of UN in the field of verification and in view of significant developments in international relations since that study, to undertake with the assistance of a group of qualified governmental experts, an in-depth study that would: (a) examine the lessons from recent UN verification experiences, as well as other relevant international developments, for future activities by UN and by the Conference on Disarmament in the field of verification in all its aspects, taking into consideration its specific experience, and with particular attention to the ways verification can facilitate UN activities with respect to confidence-building and conflict management and disarmament; (b) explore the further development of guidelines and principles for the involvement of UN in verification; (c) review the conclusions of the 1990 study group with particular attention to the ways that UN might facilitate verification through relevant procedures, processes and bodies for acquiring, integrating and analysing verification information from a variety of sources; also requests the Secretary-General to submit a report on the subject to the General Assembly at its 50th session.

Adopted 145-0-22, 81st meeting

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Adopted at the 81st plenary meeting, 16 Dec. 1993.