Role of science and technology in the context of international security and disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Affirms that scientific and technological progress should be used for the benefit of all mankind to promote the sustainable economic and social development of all States and to safeguard international security, and that international cooperation in the use of science and technology through the transfer and exchange of technological know-how for peaceful purposes should be promoted; urges Member States to undertake multilateral negotiations with the participation of all interested States in order to establish universally acceptable, non-discriminatory guidelines for international transfers of dual-use goods and technologies and high technology with military applications.

Adopted 108-54-16, 67th plenary meeting

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Issued in GAOR, 61st sess., Suppl. no. 49.