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United Nations Disarmament Yearbook 2011: Part II
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66/52. Prohibition of the dumping of radioactive wastes
In this biennial resolution, the General
Assembly took note of the Declaration of
the IAEA Ministerial Conference on Nuclear
Safety, the Action Plan on Nuclear Safety and
the High-level Meeting on Nuclear Safety and
Security, convened by the Secretary-General.
66/57. Convention on the Prohibition
of the Use of Nuclear Weapons
By this annual resolution, the General
Assembly again reiterated its request to
the CD 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 to report to the General Assembly on the
results of those negotiations.
First Committee. Brazil explained that it voted in favour of the draft resolution
in spite of its well-known position on the need to eliminate nuclear weapons, not
merely to prohibit their use. Brazil understood that a gradual, phased programme
working towards the complete elimination of nuclear weapons could be a realistic
approach to the goal of nuclear disarmament.
Having voted against the draft resolution, Australia pointed out that it
placed the greatest importance on implementation of the consensus outcome of
the 2010 NPT Review Conference, including actions 7, 8 and 9 relating to security
assurances. Australia, however, did not support the draft resolution on the Convention
on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons, which did not refer to relevant
non-proliferation norms.
66/61. The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East
In this annual resolution, the General
Assembly once again called upon Israel
to accede to the NPT, and not to develop,
produce, test or acquire nuclear weapons,
to renounce possession of nuclear weapons,
and to place all of its unsafeguarded nuclear
facilities under full-scope IAEA safeguards.
First Committee. In a general statement
before voting in favour and speaking on
Introduced by: Nigeria, on behalf of the
States Members of the United Nations that are
members of the Group of African States (27 Oct.)
GA vote: w/o vote (2 Dec.)
1st Cttee vote: w/o vote (27 Oct.)
For text and sponsors, see Yearbook, Part I,
pp. 146-148.
Submitted by: sponsors (26 Oct.) c
GA vote: 117-48-12 (2 Dec.)
1st Cttee vote: 113-48-10 (26 Oct.)
For text, sponsors and voting pattern, see
Yearbook, Part I, pp. 161-163.
Introduced by: Egypt (24 Oct.)
GA vote: 167-6-5; 170-2-2, p.p. 5; 171-2-2, p.p.
6; 173-1-2, p.p. 7 (2 Dec.)
1st Cttee vote: 157-5-6; 155-2-4, p.p. 5;
160-2-2, p.p. 6; 163-1-2, p.p. 7 (26 Oct.)
For text, sponsors and voting pattern, see
Yearbook, Part I, pp. 172-178.
behalf of the Arab Group, Qatar noted that, although no tangible progress had been
c Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Chile, Congo, Cuba, Democratic Republic
of the Congo, Ecuador, Egypt, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic
of), Libya, Malaysia, Mauritius, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicaragua, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Viet Nam
and Zambia.