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A p p e n d i x V i i i
Disarmament resolutions and decisions listed
by chapter
Chapter I. Nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation
66/26. Conclusion of effective international arrangements to assure
non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of
nuclear weapons
By this annual resolution, the General
Assembly recommended that further intensive
efforts be devoted to the search for a common
approach or common formula and that the
various alternative approaches, particularly those
considered in the Conference on Disarmament
(CD), be further explored. It also recommended
that the CD actively continue intensive
Introduced by: Pakistan (28 Oct.)
GA vote: 120-0-57 (2 Dec.)
1st Cttee vote: 119-0-56 (28 Oct.)
For text, sponsors and voting pattern, see
Yearbook, Part I, pp. 22-26.
negotiations to reach agreement and conclude effective international agreements on
security assurances, taking into account the widespread support for the conclusion of
an international convention and giving consideration to any other proposals designed
to secure the same objective.
First Committee. In a general statement, Cuba said that it intended to support
the draft resolution, reaffirming that security guarantees received to date had not been
effective and that a single international, legally binding judicial instrument, through
which nuclear-weapon States could provide non-nuclear-weapon States with security
guarantees against the use or threat of use of such weapons, should be created. Cuba
reiterated its call for the complete elimination of nuclear weapons and supported
the call for a high-level international conference to reach an agreement on that
matter. Furthermore, it believed that the concept of nuclear deterrence as a basis for
unsustainable and unacceptable military doctrines should be abandoned once and for
all, since, far from contributing to nuclear disarmament, it encouraged the perpetual
possession of nuclear weapons.
After voting in favour, Japan expressed its belief that deepening substantive
discussions on ways to increase the effectiveness of negative security assurances
was an important issue. However, it stressed that the draft resolution should not
prejudge the discussions in the CD. Japan strongly hoped that each member State
of the CD would demonstrate its flexibility and that the Conference would break the
long-standing stalemate and advance its substantive work on the negotiations of a
fissile material cut-off treaty (FMCT) and discussions on other important issues.
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