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GENERAL

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12 Decembs l9'j6

ASSEMBLEE
GENERALE

ASSEMBLY

ORIGINAL:

~NGLISI

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FIRST COMMITTEE:

SUJ3 COMMITTEE 3

Work ng Pcipe.c

PROVISIONJ'.L J)RJ.IJi'T RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE GENERAL REGULATION ANn

REDUCTION OF ARMAMENTS

vl th a v eior to strengthen ng

nternatt nal pea::e and secUY'f ty in

confot'Dli t;;~ .;l. th the purposes and principles of the United Nations,
the Oeneral Assembl: recognizes the necessi t.

of an earlJ general

regulat on ani redu;::tion of armaments &'1d armeri forces.

Accordingl ,

the General Assembl, recommends that the Securi t,; Council give
prompt consideration to formulating the p1actical

measur~s,

ac-cording

to their priorit.;, which are esser..tial to provide for the general

reg'J.lation and reduction of armaments and forces and to assure that
.sueh regulation and l'eduction of arrr.aments and forces will be generall.:
observed

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all 11articipants and. not unilaterall.J b

participants:

The plans formulated. b.

onl

some of the

the Securi t~~ Council shall be

submitted to. the States Members for ratj_fication in accordance with

Arti,c],.e 26 .of the Charter.
2.

As an essential step towarc.a the urgent objective of eliminating

from

r~ational

a:rmaments atomic c:lnd. all other major weapons adaptable

to mass 1lestruction, and the earlJ establishment of international

control of atomic energ

and other modern scientific discoveries and

technical developments to insure their

the General Assembl.

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for peaceful purposee,

urges the oxpedit:ious fulfilment b" the Atom;c

Energ<, Commission of its terms Of refsrence as set forth in Section

of the General Assembl~/ Resolution of Januar.i 24, 1946. In order to
ensure that the gen0ral prohibition, regulation and reJ.uction of
armaments are directed towarris

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major weap. s of; modern warfare and

not merel.f towards the minor weapons, the Ge:r_eral Assembl.'i reoorrJnends

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that the Security Council

the

fcto;;~ic

c~~pedite c~nsidero.tion Ci'

:Cnergy Conm1is si er_

1 rill

the re:ports 1i:ich

rnake to the Security Council end that

it facilitate the 'Jork 'Jf U-,.t Commision, and also that the Security
Cour:cil

e~:pec.ite

'
consiC:.er:'.tion of a draft convent ion
or conventions for

the crec:.ti:::m of on internationc:.l system of control and_ insiJection,

these conventions tt:J include the prohi0ition of atomic ar..cJ all other
major -vv-eapons C:\dapta1Jle novr or in the future tc:J mass destruction.

3.

The General Assembly further

reco,r:~nises

that essential to the

feneral rer;ulation and. rec;uction of armaments is the provision of

practical a11d effective safer;ua:::'ds by 1ray of inspection 211cl other
moans to protect compl;ril:1'' states ar-ainst the haze.rds of viole.tions and
eva.sions.

Accordingly the General :'"ssembly recommends to the Security

Council that it pivo prom';t consider.3tion

,J

the workinn; out of

proposals to provide such practical and effective

col:'.necti~Dn

in

vrith- the control of a tcmic energy anci other l:L'llit<?tion or

reculation of
T~

safe~Uc'lrc' s

grJnamer~ts.

ensure the ac'o;.;tion of measures for the rec'uction of armaments

anc1 armed

f~rces

n',ilit::.cry purposes
fu.ture .. to

and prohibition of the use of atomic energy for

anc

of other major ''capons adn;:1t2ble ncyr er in the

~.ass des~.ructicn

there sh2.ll be est::<.blished

wit~in

the

fra.me-vrcrk of the Security Council, 'iho be2.r the main responsibility for
peace and security, an intcrn2.tional s=rstem, as mentioned at t:-,_e end
of

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arraph 2,

operati11C: tllrou,rrh specit'.l orrans, cnich org<"ns shall

derive their pc'.':ers enc: st: tus

tfuich they

4.

fro:~1

the convention 0r C<)Dveutions under

~re est~blishee.

The General /cssembly,

rc~;;o.rc'h,P

the problem of securitv as

clo3:ly corwe ctec' cd.th th ::.t 0f C' is,'.rr;;aner.t, recomncnd s tl" e Security
Council to accelerate ''-s much as
of the

~.rmed

possi'~>le t]l e

:rl?.cin"' at its dic:u,)sc:_:-:_

ferces mentioncc1_ in .'trticle 43 of the Cll.arter.

It

recommend,s the G-overYl..n:cn ts to uffi ertakc the pnYressive <"nd 1).--_lancod

Td.thdrc;urc.l, taking D.ccount of the needs of 0ccupaticn, of thr;ir
forces st.:.tioncd in ux-oneiJ:J;.-

t~..rri~oric s,

c:mc' the ':d_thdra 1.1 ,.dthout

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delay of forces stationed in chc territories of I1cmbcr St tcs 1'i::10ut

their consent freely and publicly expressed in trc2.tics or "Erccnonts
consistent with the Charter and not cor:traclictinr; intcrn2.ti:JlB.l
at:rec'ncn ts,

It f':,rther recomnen:}s

cor~~ssp:Jnc'inrJ"

re(ucticm of

redc;ction of these national armed force::;,

5.

The Q,_ncral Assembly calls upon the p:ovcr:J.mcnts of all st: tcs to

render every po:Jc3ible assistr.nce to the C)ecuri ty Cn;mcil and tre

/,tomic :Sncrg:r Conmd.s sion in order to promote the r:.sto.blisbmcnt of
international pc2ce and collective security '.dth the least di'rPrsioCJ.
for armaments of the

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h~.u~tan

and ccono!'1ic rec'ourccs