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Disarmament resolutions and decisions listed by chapter
a zone free of weapons of mass destruction was a comprehensive and durable regional
peace and compliance by regional States with their arms control, disarmament and
non-proliferation obligations. Israel pointed to the threats against its very existence
that were exacerbated by the irresponsible behaviour of certain States in the region
and beyond, and hoped that the positive implications of the democratization
processes in the region may create an atmosphere conducive to building trust among
regional parties.
The Islamic Republic of Iran had also joined the consensus, but found it ironic
that countries such as Canada, members of the EU or the United States had ignored
the unsafeguarded nuclear installations of Israel, while making baseless allegations
against its exclusively peaceful and safeguarded nuclear programme.
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, which joined the consensus,
stressed that the nuclear policy of Israel was a major obstacle to progress towards the
establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the Middle East and had been a major
source of proliferation in the region.
66/36. Regional disarmament
The General Assembly, by this annual
resolution, once again called upon States to
conclude agreements, wherever possible, for
nuclear non-proliferation, disarmament and
confidence-building measures at the regional and
subregional levels, and welcomed the initiatives
towards disarmament, nuclear non-proliferation
and security undertaken at those levels. It also
supported and encouraged efforts aimed at promoting confidence-building measures,
easing regional tensions and furthering disarmament and nuclear non-proliferation at
the regional and subregional levels.
66/37. Conventional arms control at the regional and
subregional levels
By this annual resolution, the General
Assembly again requested the Conference on
Disarmament to consider the formulation of
principles to serve as a framework for regional
agreements on conventional arms control, and
looked forward to the subsequent report on the
subject. It also requested the Secretary-General to
seek the views of Member States for submission to
the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session.
Introduced by: Pakistan (18 Oct.)
GA vote: w/o vote (2 Dec.)
1st Cttee vote: w/o vote (26 Oct.)
For text and sponsors, see Yearbook,
Part I, pp. 63-64.
Introduced by: Pakistan (18 Oct.)
GA vote: 175-1-2; 141-1-31, o.p. 2
(2 Dec.)
1st Cttee vote: 165-1-3; 133-1-31, o.p.
2 (26 Oct.)
For text, sponsors and voting pattern,
see Yearbook, Part I, pp. 65-68.
First Committee. Mexico, which voted in favour of the draft resolution
as a whole, said that it abstained in the voting on paragraph 2 because developing
conventional arms control principles was outside the purview of the Conference
on Disarmament and should be considered by the United Nations Disarmament
Commission. Mexico believed that the ongoing paralysis of the Conference on
Disarmament made it impossible to include an additional item for consideration in its
agenda, such as the issue referred to in paragraph 2.
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