F. Promotion of justice and international law
98. Review and implementation of the Concluding Document of the Twelfth Special
At its twelfth special session, in 1982, the General Assembly approved the report of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Twelfth Special Session as the Concluding Document of that session, in which the Committee recommended that the items on which the special session had not reached decisions be taken up at the thirty-seventh session of the Assembly for further consideration (decision S-12/24).
The General Assembly considered the item at its thirty-seventh to sixty-ninth sessions (resolutions 37/100 A to J, 38/73 A to J, 39/63 A to K, 40/151 A to I, 41/60 A to J, 42/39 A to K, 43/76 A to H, 44/117 A to F, 45/59 A to E, 46/37 A to F, 47/53 A to F, 48/76 A to E, 49/76 A to E, 50/71 A to E, 51/46 A to F, 52/39 A to D, 53/78 A to G, 54/55 A to F, 55/34 A to H, 56/25 A to F, 57/87 to 57/94, 58/60 to 58/65, 59/96 to 59/103, 60/83 to 60/88, 61/90 to 61/97, 62/49 to 62/53, 63/74 to 63/81, 64/58 to 64/63, 65/78 to 65/84, 66/53 to 66/58, 67/63 to 67/70, 68/57 to 68/62 and 69/68 to 69/75 and decisions 47/421 and 62/216).
At its seventieth session, the General Assembly adopted six resolutions under the item (resolutions 70/61 to 70/66).
(a) United Nations disarmament fellowship, training and advisory services
At its twelfth special session, the General Assembly decided to include the sub -item entitled “United Nations programme of fellowships on disarmament: report of the Secretary-General” in the agenda of its thirty-seventh session (decision S-12/24).
The Assembly considered the question at its thirty-seventh to forty-first sessions (resolutions 37/100 G, 38/73 C, 39/63 B, 40/151 H and 41/60 H). At its forty-second session, it decided to rename the three programmes consolidated pursuant to paragraph 3 of resolution 40/151 H “the United Nations disarmament fellowship, training and advisory services programme” (resolution 42/39 I). The Assembly considered the question at its forty-third to fiftieth sessions and biennially from its fifty-first session (resolutions 43/76 F, 44/117 E, 45/59 A, 46/37 E, 47/53 A, 48/76 C, 49/76 B, 50/71 A, 51/46 F, 53/78 G, 55/34 C, 57/93, 59/97, 61/91, 63/79, 65/82 and 67/68).
At its sixty-ninth session, the General Assembly reaffirmed its decisions contained in annex IV to the Concluding Document of the Twelfth Special Session of the General Assembly and the guidelines approved by the Assembly in its resolution 33/71 E and requested the Secretary-General to continue to implement annually the programme within existing resources and to report thereon to the Assembly at its seventy-first session (resolution 69/75).
Document for the seventy-first session: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 69/75).
(b) United Nations Disarmament Information Programme
At its twelfth special session, the General Assembly launched the World Disarmament Campaign and decided to include the sub-item entitled “World Disarmament Campaign” in the agenda of its thirty-seventh session (decision S-12/24). The Assembly considered the question at its thirty-seventh to forty-sixth sessions (resolutions 37/100 H to J, 38/73 D and F, 39/63 A, D and J, 40/151 B and D, 41/60 A
and B, 42/39 G, 43/76 C, 44/117 A, 45/59 C and 46/37 A). At its forty-seventh session, the Assembly decided that the World Disarmament Campaign should be known thereafter as the “United Nations Disarmament Information Programme” and also decided to include in the provisional agenda of its forty-eighth session the item entitled “United Nations Disarmament Information Programme” (resolution 47/53 D), which was considered at its forty-eighth session and biennially from its forty-ninth session (resolutions 48/76 D, 49/76 A, 51/46 A, 53/78 E, 55/34 A, 57/90, 59/103, 61/95, 63/81, 65/81 and 67/67).
At its sixty-ninth session, the General Assembly recommended that the Programme focus its efforts to promote the use of the Programme as a means to provide information on the implementation of nuclear disarmament measures and requested the Secretary-General to submit to the Assembly at its seventy-first session a report covering both the implementation of the activities of the Programme by the United Nations system during the previous two years and the activities of the Programme contemplated by the system for the following two years (resolution 69/71).
Document for the seventy-first session: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 69/71).
(c) Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons
At its thirty-seventh session, the General Assembly decided to include in the provisional agenda of its thirty-eighth session the item entitled “Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons” (resolution 37/100 C), which was considered at its thirty-eighth to sixty-ninth sessions (resolutions 38/73 G, 39/63 H, 40/151 F, 41/60 F, 42/39 C, 43/76 E, 44/117 C, 45/59 B, 46/37 D, 47/53 C, 48/76 B, 49/76 E, 50/71 E, 51/46 D, 52/39 C, 53/78 D, 54/55 D, 55/34 G, 56/25 B, 57/94, 58/64, 59/102, 60/88, 61/97, 62/51, 63/75, 64/59, 65/80, 66/57, 67/64, 68/58 and 69/69).
At its seventieth session, the General Assembly, reiterated its request to the Conference on Disarmament to commence negotiations in order to reach agreement on an international convention prohibiting the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons under any circumstances, and requested the Conference to report to the Assembly on the results of those negotiations (resolution 70/62).
Document for the seventy-first session: Report of the Conference on Disarmament:
Supplement No. 27 (A/71/27).
(d) United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa
At its fortieth session, the General Assembly decided to establish as at 1 January 1986, within the framework of the Secretariat, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (resolution 40/151 G). The Assembly considered the sub-item entitled “United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa” at its forty-first to forty-fourth sessions (resolutions 41/60 D, 42/39 J, 43/76 D and 44/117 F).
The General Assembly considered the question at its forty-fifth to fifty-first sessions jointly with two other sub-items entitled “United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific” and “United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America” (resolutions 44/117 F, 45/59 E, 46/37 F, 48/76 E, 49/76 D, 50/71 C and D and 51/46 B and E and deci sion
47/421). At its fifty-third session, the Assembly, under the item entitled “Review and implementation of the Concluding Document of the Twelfth Special Session of the General Assembly”, decided to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty -fourth session the item entitled “United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa” (resolution 53/78 C), which was considered at its fifty -fourth to sixty--fourth and sixty-sixth to sixty-ninth sessions (resolutions 54/55 B, 55/34 D, 56/25 D, 57/91, 58/61, 59/101, 60/86, 61/93, 62/216, 63/80, 64/62, 66/58, 67/69, 68/61 and 69/74).
At its seventieth session, the General Assembly requested the Secretary -General to continue to facilitate close cooperation between the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa and the African Union, in particular in the areas of disarmament, peace and security, to continue to provide the Centre with the support necessary for greater achievements and results, and to report to the Assembly at its seventy-first session on the implementation of the resolution (resolution 70/66).
Document for the seventy-first session: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 70/66).
(e) United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
At its forty-first session, the General Assembly decided to establish, as at 1 January 1987, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America (resolution 41/60 J). The Assembly considered the sub-item entitled “United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America” at its forty-second session (resolution 42/39 K).
At its forty-third session, the General Assembly decided to rename the Centre
“United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean” (resolution 43/76 H). It considered the question at its forty-fourth session (resolution 44/117 F).
The General Assembly considered the sub-item at its forty-fifth to fifty-first sessions jointly with two other sub-items entitled “United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa” and “United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia” (resolutions 45/59 E, 46/37 F, 48/76 E, 49/76 D, 50/71 C and D and 51/46 E and decision 47/421).
At its fifty-fourth session, the General Assembly, under the item entitled “Review and implementation of the Concluding Document of the Twelfth Special Session of the General Assembly”, decided to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty -fifth session the item entitled “United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean” (resolution 54/55 F), which was considered at its fifty-fifth to sixty-ninth sessions (resolutions 55/34 E, 56/25 E, 57/89, 58/60, 59/99, 60/84, 61/92, 62/49, 63/74, 64/60, 65/79, 66/54, 67/66, 68/60 and 69/72).
At its seventieth session, the General Assembly invited all States of the region to continue to take part in the activities of the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, proposing items for inclusion in its programme of activities, encouraged the Regional Centre to further develop activities in all countries of the region in the
important areas of peace, disarmament and development, and requested the Secretary-General to report to the Assembly at its seventy-first session on the implementation of the resolution (resolution 70/63).
Document for the seventy-first session: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 70/63).
(f) United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific
At its forty-second session, the General Assembly decided to establish the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia (resolution 42/39 D) and considered the sub-item entitled “United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia” at its forty-third session (resolution 43/76 G).
At its forty-fourth session, the General Assembly decided to rename the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia as the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific (resolution 44/117 F).
The General Assembly considered the sub-item at its forty-fourth to fifty-first sessions jointly with two other sub-items entitled “United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean” and
“United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa” (resolutions 44/117 F, 45/59 E, 46/37 F, 48/76 E, 49/76 D, 50/71 C and D and 51/4 6 B and decision 47/421).
At its fifty-second session, the General Assembly, under the item entitled “Review and implementation of the Concluding Document of the Twelfth Special Session of the General Assembly”, decided to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-third session the item entitled “United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific” (resolution 52/39 A), which was considered at its fifty-third to sixty-ninth sessions (resolutions 53/78 B, 54/55 C, 55/34 H, 56/25 F, 57/92, 58/62, 59/100, 60/85, 61/94, 62/52, 63/77, 64/63, 65/83, 66/56, 67/65, 68/59 and 69/68).
At its seventieth session, the General Assembly invited all States of the region to continue to support the activities of the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific, including by continuing to take part in them and by proposing items for inclusion in the programme of activities of the Centre, and requested the Secretary-General to make arrangements for the early resumption of the operations of the Centre from Kathmandu and to report to the Assembly at its seventy-first session on the implementation of the resolution (resolution 70/65).
Document for the seventy-first session: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 70/65).
(g) Regional confidence-building measures: activities of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa
On 28 May 1992, the Secretary-General established the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa, pursuant to the request made by the General Assembly at its forty-sixth session (resolution 46/37 B).
At its seventieth session, the General Assembly urged Member States and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to support the activities of the Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa through voluntary contributions to the Trust Fund of the Committee and called upon the Secretary-General to submit to the Assembly at its seventy-first session a report on the implementation of the resolution (resolution 70/64).
Document for the seventy-first session: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 70/64).
(h) United Nations regional centres for peace and disarmament
At its fifty-third session, the General Assembly decided to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-fourth session the item entitled “United Nations regional centres for peace and disarmament” (resolution 53/78 F), which was considered at its fifty -fourth to sixty-ninth sessions (resolutions 54/55 E, 55/34 F, 56/25 C, 57/87, 58/63, 59/98, 60/83, 61/90, 62/50, 63/76, 64/58, 65/78, 66/53, 67/63, 68/57 and 69/70).
At its seventieth session, the General Assembly requested the Secretary -General to provide all support necessary, within existing resources, to the regional centres in carrying out their programmes of activities (resolution 70/61).
No advance documentation is expected.
References for the sixty-ninth session (agenda item 97) Reports of the Secretary-General:
United Nations Disarmament Information Programme (A/69/134) United Nations disarmament fellowship, training and advisory services programme (A/69/168)
Verbatim records A/C.1/69/PV.2-19 and 22
Report of the First Committee A/69/441
Plenary meeting A/69/PV.62
Resolutions 69/71 and 69/75
References for the seventieth session (agenda item 98)
Report of the Conference on Disarmament: Supplement No. 27 (A/70/27) Reports of the Secretary-General:
United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific (A/70/114)
United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (A/70/116) United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (A/70/138)
Regional confidence-building measures: activities of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa (A/70/165)
Verbatim records A/C.1/70/PV.2-12 and 14-26 Report of the First Committee A/70/461
Plenary meeting A/70/PV.67
Resolutions 70/61 to 70/66