Confidence-building measures in the regional and subregional context : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Calls upon Member States to refrain from the use or threat of use of force, in accordance with the purposes and principles of the Charter of UN; reaffirms the ways and means regarding confidence- and security-building measures set out in the report of the Disarmament Commission on its 1993 session; calls upon Member States to pursue those ways and means through sustained consultations and dialogue; urges States to comply strictly with all bilateral, regional and international agreements, including arms control and disarmament agreements, to which they are party; emphasizes that the objective of confidence-building measures should be to help to strengthen international peace and security and be consistent with the principle of undiminished security at the lowest level of armament; requests the Secretary-General to submit a report to the General Assembly at its 61st session containing the views of Member States on confidence-building measures in the regional and subregional context; decides to include in the provisional agenda of its 61st session the item entitled "Confidence-building measures in the regional and subregional context".

Adopted without vote, 61st plenary meeting

2 p.

Issued in GAOR, 60th sess., Suppl. no. 49.