General and complete disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.

Urges Governments to consider and adopt appropriate measures at the regional level with a view to strengthening peace and security at a lower level of forces, through the limitation and reduction of armed forces and conventional weapons, under strict and effective international control, taking into account the need of States to protect their security, bearing in mind the inherent right of self-defence; reaffirms the primary responsibility of the militarily significant States, especially the nuclear-weapon States, for halting and reversing the arms race.

Adopted 128-0-8, 113th plenary meeting

Adopted at the 113th plenary meeting, 12 Dec. 1985.
In: Resolutions and decisions adopted by the General Assembly during its 40th session, 17 September-18 December 1985, 28 April-9 May and 20 June 1986. - A/40/53. - 1986. - p. 79-86. - (GAOR, 40th sess., Suppl. no. 53).