Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Urges the nuclear-weapon States to stop immediately the qualitative improvement, development, production and stockpiling of nuclear warheads and their delivery systems; also urges the nuclear-weapon States, as an interim measure, to de-alert and deactivate immediately their nuclear weapons and to take other concrete measures to reduce further the operational status of their nuclear-weapon systems; urges the nuclear-weapons States to carry out further reductions on non-strategic nuclear weapons; urges the Conference on Disarmament to agree on a programme of work which includes the immediate commencement of negotiations on such a treaty with a view to their conclusion within 5 years; calls for the conclusion of an international legal instrument and for the early entry into force and strict observance of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban-Treaty.

Adopted 107-41-21, 57th plenary meeting

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