![]() ![]() By its terms, the Assembly would stress the vital importance of signing and ratifying the Treaty without delay and without conditions to achieve its earliest entry into force. Operative paragraph 1 was retained by a separate recorded vote of 163 in favour to 2 against (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, India), with 6 abstentions (Bhutan, Egypt, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria). It did so by a recorded vote of 158 in favour to 2 against (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, India), with 10 abstentions (Bhutan, China, Cuba, Egypt, Israel, Nicaragua, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria). The Committee next retained preambular paragraph 8, by which the Assembly would recall the Final Declaration adopted by the twelfth Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the Test-Ban Treaty, as well as the joint statement by the Friends of the Treaty. ![]() The vote was 162 in favour to none against, with 7 abstentions (Bhutan, India, Israel, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria). ![]() ![]() Prior to its approval as a whole, the Committee voted to retain preambular paragraph 7, which would have the Assembly reaffirm the vital importance of the entry into force of the Treaty as a core element of the international nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation regime. The draft resolution as a whole was approved by a recorded vote of 179 in favour to 1 against (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea), with 5 abstentions (India, Mauritius, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria). It would condemn the six nuclear-weapon tests by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. In that connection, it would urge States that have not done so to sign and ratify the Treaty. Then, it retained operative paragraph 19, by a recorded vote of 150 in favour to 1 against (India), with 16 abstentions, by which the Assembly would call for the early entry into force, universalization and strict observance of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT).Īccording to a draft resolution on the CTBT (document A/C.1/77/L.52), the Assembly would urge all States not to carry out nuclear-weapon test explosions and, pending the Treaty’s entry into force, maintain their testing moratoriums. It retained that paragraph by a vote of 152 in favour to 2 against (North Macedonia, Pakistan), with 12 abstentions. Next, the Committee approved operative paragraph 16, by which the Assembly would call for the immediate commencement of negotiations in the Conference on Disarmament to ban the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons. By its terms, the Assembly would welcome the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. First, the Committee retained preambular paragraph 32, by a vote of 107 in favour to 41 against, with 13 abstentions. Prior to approving the draft as a whole, three separate recorded votes were required. It would also urge those States to stop immediately the qualitative improvement, development and stockpiling of nuclear warheads, deactivate nuclear weapons in the interim, and agree on an internationally legally binding instrument not to be the first to use nuclear weapons. Introduced by Myanmar, the draft (document A/C.1/77/L.42) required four separate recorded votes before the whole was adopted by vote of 118 in favour to 42 against, with 20 abstentions.Īmong its several provisions, the General Assembly would express deep concern about the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons, and urge nuclear-weapon States to achieve their total elimination at the earliest time possible. The First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) today approved 19 draft resolutions and one draft decision on nuclear weapons, including a draft resolution entitled “Nuclear Disarmament”, which drew extensive debate. ![]()
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