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dialogue to strengthen the human security linkages with other thematic areas
of its activity.
Other issues
Compliance with non-proliferation and disarmament
agreements
By its resolution 66/49 of 2 December 2011 entitled “Compliance
with non-proliferation, arms limitation and disarmament agreements and
commitments”, the General Assembly urged all States to implement and
comply fully with their respective obligations and called upon all Member
States in a position to do so to encourage and appropriately assist other States
at their request to increase their capacity to implement fully their obligations.
The General Assembly also called upon concerned States to take
concerted action, consistent with relevant international law, to encourage
the compliance by all States with their respective non-proliferation, arms
limitation and disarmament agreements and with other agreed obligations, and
to hold those not in compliance with such agreements accountable for their
non-compliance in a manner consistent with the United Nations Charter.
In addition, the resolution urged those States not currently in compliance
with their respective obligations and commitments to make the strategic
decision to come back into compliance, and encouraged action by all States,
the United Nations and other international organizations, pursuant to their
respective mandates and consistent with the Charter, to safeguard international
security and stability from any serious damage arising from non-compliance
by States with their existing non-proliferation, arms limitation and
disarmament obligations.
For more information on the subject, refer to appendix VIII.
Developments in the field of information technology and
security
In continuation of its annual requests since 1998, the General Assembly
by its resolution 65/41 of 8 December 2010 invited all Member States to
inform the Secretary-General of their views and assessments on the following
questions: (a) general appreciation of the issues of information security;
(b) efforts taken at the national level to strengthen information security and
promote international cooperation in this field; (c) the content of the concepts
mentioned in paragraph 2 of the resolution; and (d) possible measures that
could be taken by the international community to strengthen information
security at the global level. The Assembly had also requested that a group of
governmental experts be established in 2012 to continue studying existing and