Recommends that all States should implement the international system for the standardized reporting of military expenditures, with the aim of achieving a realistic comparison of military budgets, facilitating the availability of objective information on, as well as objective assessment of, military capabilities and contributing to the process of disarmament; invites all Member States to communicate to the Secretary-General before 30 Apr. 1989 measures they have adopted towards these ends, for submission to the General Assembly at its 44th session; invites all Member States to communicate to the Secretary-General their views on ways and means of further consolidating the emerging trend towards greater openness in military matters, specifically with regard to the provisions of objective information on military matters, for consideration by the Disarmament Commission at its 1990 session.

Adopted 130-0-10, 73rd meeting

Adopted at the 73rd plenary meeting, 7 Dec. 1988.
In: Resolutions and decisions adopted by the General Assembly during its 43rd session, Volume 1, 20 September-22 December 1988. - A/43/49. - 1989. - p. 78-87. - (GAOR, 43rd sess., Suppl. no. 49).