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Related issues, including information and outreach
called upon all States parties to the Convention on the Physical Protection
of Nuclear Material to ratify the amendment to the Convention as soon as
possible and encouraged them to act in accordance with the objectives and
purposes of the amendment until it enters into force. It encouraged all member
States that have not yet done so to adhere to the Convention and to adopt its
amendment as soon as possible.
The Conference recognized the Secretariat’s continued coordination
with its member States and its constructive and coordinated role in nuclear
security–related initiatives, inter alia, the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear
Terrorism. It encouraged the Secretariat to continue working jointly, as
appropriate, with relevant international and regional organizations. 54 The
Secretariat was further invited to provide assistance to its member States,
upon request, in fulfilling their obligations under United Nations Security
Council resolution 1540 (2004) and to the 1540 Committee, provided that the
requests were within the scope of the Agency’s statutory responsibilities. 55
Relationship between disarmament and development
In 2011, progress continued to be made towards strengthening the
central role of the United Nations system in highlighting the relationship
between disarmament and development, as stressed by the General Assembly
in paragraph 1 of resolution 65/52 of 8 December 2010.
The Organization, through its existing coordination mechanisms—such
as the United Nations Mine Action Team, the Coordinating Action on Small
Arms and the Inter-Agency Working Group on Disarmament, Demobilization
and Reintegration—was able to ensure that the relationship between
disarmament and development was adequately and effectively addressed
through the involvement of relevant actors from within the United Nations
system.
In paragraphs 6 and 7 of its resolution 65/52, the General Assembly
reiterated its invitation to Member States to provide the Secretary-General
with information regarding measures and efforts to devote part of the
resources made available by the implementation of disarmament and arms
limitation agreements to economic and social development, with a view to
reducing the ever-widening gap between developed and developing countries.
The replies received from the Governments of Cuba, Ecuador,
Guatemala, Guyana, Lebanon, Mexico, Portugal, Qatar, Ukraine and Zambia
are contained in the Secretary-General’s report56 on the subject.
54 Ibid., para. 9.
55 Ibid., para. 11.
56 A/66/168.
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