F. Promotion of justice and international law
99. Review of the implementation of the recommendations and decisions adopted by the
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
99. Review of the implementation of the recommendations and
Document for the seventy-first session: Report of the Disarmament Commission:
Supplement No. 42 (A/71/42).
References for the seventieth session (agenda item 99)
Report of the Conference on Disarmament: Supplement No. 27 (A/70/27) Report of the Disarmament Commission: Supplement No. 42 (A/70/42) Verbatim records A/C.1/70/PV.2-12, 14-21 and 25 Report of the First Committee A/70/462
Plenary meeting A/70/PV.67
Resolutions 70/67 and 70/68
100. The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East
This item, previously referred to as “Israeli nuclear armament”, was included in the agenda of the thirty-fourth session of the General Assembly at the request of Iraq (A/34/142). The Assembly considered the question at its thirty-fourth to sixty-ninth sessions (resolutions 34/89, 35/157, 36/98, 37/82, 38/69, 39/147, 40/93, 41/93, 42/44, 43/80, 44/121, 45/63, 46/39, 47/55, 48/78, 49/78, 50/73, 5 1/48, 52/41, 53/80, 54/57, 55/36, 56/27, 57/97, 58/68, 59/106, 60/92, 61/103, 62/56, 63/84, 64/66, 65/88, 66/61, 67/73, 68/65 and 69/78).
At its seventieth session, the General Assembly reaffirmed its previous position on the issue and requested the Secretary-General to report to the Assembly at its seventy-first session on the implementation of the resolution (resolution 70/70).
Document for the seventy-first session: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 70/70).
References for the seventieth session (agenda item 100)
Report of the Secretary-General A/70/153 (Part I) and (Part I)/Add.1 and (Part II)
Verbatim records A/C.1/70/PV.1-12 and 14-22 Report of the First Committee A/70/463
Plenary meeting A/70/PV.67
Resolution 70/70
101. Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects
The General Assembly first considered this question at its twenty-seventh session, in 1972, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament” (resolution 2932 A (XXVII)). At its twenty-eighth to sixty-ninth sessions, the Assembly
considered the question under agenda items relating to certain conventions (resolutions 3076 (XXVIII), 3255 A and B (XXIX), 3464 (XXX), 31/64, 32/152, 33/70, 34/82, 36/93, 37/79, 38/60, 39/56, 40/84, 41/50, 42/30, 43/67, 45/64, 46/40, 47/56, 48/79, 49/79, 50/74, 51/49, 52/42, 53/81, 54/58, 55/37, 56/28, 57/98, 58/69, 59/107, 60/93, 61/100, 62/57, 63/85, 64/67, 65/89, 66/62, 67/74, 68/66 and 69/79 and decision 44/430).
At its thirty-fifth session, the General Assembly welcomed the adoption, on 10 October 1980, of the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Us e of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects, the Protocol on Non-detectable Fragments (Protocol I), the Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby Traps and Other Devices (Protocol II) and the Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Incendiary Weapons (Protocol III) (resolution 35/153).
The Convention was opened for signature on 10 April 1981 and entered into force, with the three annexed Protocols, on 2 December 1983. The Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons (Protocol IV) entered into force on 30 July 1998. The Protocol on Explosive Remnants of War (Protocol V) entered into force on 12 November 2006.
At its seventieth session, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to continue to inform the Assembly periodically, by electronic means, of ratifications and acceptances of and accessions to the Convention, its amended article 1 and the Protocols (resolution 70/71).
No advance documentation is expected.
References for the seventieth session (agenda item 101)
Verbatim records A/C.1/70/PV.2-12, 14-21 and 24 Report of the First Committee A/70/464
Plenary meeting A/70/PV.67
Resolution 70/71
102. Strengthening of security and cooperation in the Mediterranean region
At its thirty-seventh session, the General Assembly, in the course of its consideration of the item entitled “Review of the implementation of the Declaration on the Strengthening of International Security”, decided to include the item entitled
“Strengthening of security and cooperation in the Mediterranean region” in the provisional agenda of its eighth session (resolution 37/118). At its thirty-eighth to sixty-ninth sessions, the Assembly considered the question (resolutions 38/189, 39/153, 40/157, 41/89, 42/90, 43/84, 44/125, 45/79, 46/42, 47/58, 48/81, 49/81, 50/75, 51/50, 52/43, 53/82, 54/59, 55/38, 56/29, 57/99, 58/70, 59/108, 60/94, 61/101, 62/58, 63/86, 64/68, 65/90, 66/63, 67/75, 68/67 and 69/80).
At its seventieth session, the General Assembly requested the Secretary -General to submit a report on means to strengthen security and cooperation in the Mediterranean region (resolution 70/72).
Document for the seventy-first session: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 70/72).
References for the seventieth session (agenda item 102) Report of the Secretary-General A/70/160 and Add.1
Verbatim records A/C.1/70/PV.2-12, 14-21 and 25 Report of the First Committee A/70/465
Plenary meeting A/70/PV.67
Resolution 70/72
103. Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
The question of the cessation of nuclear tests, independently of agreement on other disarmament measures, was discussed by the Assembly as early as the ninth session.
At its thirty-fifth session, the General Assembly requested the Committee on Disarmament to initiate substantive negotiations on a comprehensive test -ban treaty as a matter of highest priority at the beginning of its 1981 session (resolution 35/145 B).
The General Assembly considered this item at its thirty-sixth to sixty-ninth sessions (resolutions 36/85, 37/73, 38/63, 39/53, 40/81, 41/47, 42/27, 43/64, 44/107, 45/51, 46/29, 47/47, 48/70, 49/70, 50/65, 54/63, 55/41, 57/100, 58/71, 59/109, 60/95, 61/104, 62/59, 63/87, 64/69, 65/91, 66/64, 67/76, 68/68 and 69/81 and decisions 51/413, 52/414, 53/422 and 56/415).
At its resumed fiftieth session, on 10 September 1996, the General Assembly adopted the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, as contained in document A/50/1027 (resolution 50/245). On 24 September 1996, the Secretary-General, as its depositary, opened the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty for signature at United Nations Headquarters.
At its fifty-fourth session, under the item entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear -Test-Ban Treaty Organization”, the General Assembly approved the Agreement to Regulate the Relationship between the United Nations and the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, article IV, paragraph 1, of which stipulated that the Commission should, within its competence and in accordance with the provisions of the Treaty, keep the United Nations informed of its activities, and might submit through the Secretary-General of the United Nations reports thereon on a regular or ad hoc basis to the principal organs of the United Nations concerned (resolution 54/280, annex) (see also item 123 (k)).
At its seventieth session, the General Assembly requested the Secretary -General, in consultation with the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear -Test-Ban Treaty Organization, to prepare a report on the efforts of States that had ratified the Treaty towards its universalization and on possibilities for providing assistance on ratification procedures to States that so request it and to submit such a report to the Assembly at its seventy-first session (resolution 70/73).
Document for the seventy-first session: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 70/73).
References for the seventieth session (agenda item 103)
Report of the Secretary-General on the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (A/70/171)
Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Executive Secretary of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (A/70/159)
Verbatim records A/C.1/70/PV.2-12 and 14-22 Report of the First Committee A/70/466
Plenary meeting A/70/PV.67
Resolution 70/73
104. Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction
Various aspects of the question of chemical and bacteriological (biological) weapons have been considered by the General Assembly at different times under several items. At the twenty-first to twenty-third sessions, the question was considered under the item “General and complete disarmament” (see item 97). An item entitled “Question of chemical and bacteriological (biological) weapons” was first included in the agenda of the Assembly at its twenty-fourth session.
The Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction entered into force on 26 March 1975.
The General Assembly considered the question at its twenty-fourth to sixty-ninth sessions (resolutions 2603 (XXIV), 2662 (XXV), 2826 (XXVI), 2933 (XXVII), 3077 (XXVIII), 3256 (XXIX), 3465 (XXX), 31/65, 32/77, 33/59 B, 34/72, 35/144 A to C, 36/96 A to C, 37/98 A, C and D, 38/187 A to C, 39/65 A to E, 40/92 A to C, 41/58 A to D, 42/37 A to C, 43/74 A to C, 44/115 A to C, 45/57 A to C, 46/35 A to C, 47/39, 48/65, 49/86, 50/79, 51/54, 52/47, 53/84, 54/61, 55/40, 58/72, 59/110, 60/96, 61/102, 62/60, 63/88, 64/70, 65/92, 66/65, 67/77, 68/69 and 69/82 and decisions 56/414 and 57/516).
At its seventieth session, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to continue to render the necessary assistance to the depositary Governments of the Convention, to provide such services as might be required for the implementation of the decisions and recommendations of the review conferences and to render the necessary assistance and to provide such services as might be required for the remaining meetings of States parties during the current intersessional process and for the preparation and conduct of the Eighth Review Conference (resolution 70/74).
No advance documentation is expected.
References for the seventieth session (agenda item 104)
Verbatim records A/C.1/70/PV.2-12, 14-21 and 23 Report of the First Committee A/70/467
Plenary meeting A/70/PV.67
Resolution 70/74