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United Nations Disarmament Yearbook 2011: Part II
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India explained that it voted against the draft resolution because it requested
the Conference on Disarmament to work on regional agreements on conventional
arms control, whereas the Conference was responsible for negotiating disarmament
instruments of global application. In 1993, the United Nations Disarmament
Commission had adopted guidelines for regional disarmament, so there was no need
for the Conference on Disarmament to engage in the same subject at a time when it
had other priority issues on its agenda.
The Russian Federation, which had abstained in the voting on the draft
resolution, said it was in favour of the main objectives of the draft resolution, as
they would enhance regional peace and security. It believed that the Treaty on
Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, mentioned in the sixth preambular paragraph,
was obsolete, as the world had changed significantly since that time. It therefore
proposed conducting negotiations to reach a new, legally binding treaty that could help
to enhance security in the region.
66/38. Confidence-building measures in the regional and
subregional context
By this annual resolution, the General
Assembly once again called upon Member
States to refrain from the use or threat of use
of force in accordance with the purposes and
principles of the Charter of the United Nations
and to pursue confidence- and security-building
measures through sustained consultations and
dialogue. It also urged States to comply strictly
with all bilateral, regional and international agreements, including arms control and
disarmament agreements, to which they were party, and encouraged the promotion of
bilateral and regional confidence-building measures.
66/43. Treaty on the South-East Asia Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone
(Bangkok Treaty)
Adopting this resolution on a biennial basis,
the General Assembly welcomed the resumption
of direct consultations between the States parties
to the Treaty on the South-East Asia Nuclear-
Weapon-Free Zone and the five nuclear-weapon
States, and encouraged States parties to the Treaty
to continue direct consultations with the five
nuclear-weapon States to resolve comprehensively,
in accordance with the objectives and principles of
the Treaty, existing outstanding issues on a number
of provisions of the Treaty and the Protocol
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. 69-71.
Introduced by: Indonesia, on behalf of
the States Members of the United Nations
that are members of the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations and the States
parties to the Bangkok Treaty (28 Oct.)
GA vote: w/o vote (2 Dec.)
1st Cttee vote: w/o vote (28 Oct.)
For text and sponsors, see Yearbook,
Part I, pp. 96-98.
thereto. The Assembly underlined the value of enhancing and implementing further
ways and means of cooperation among the States parties to nuclear-weapon-free zone
treaties and the protocols thereto.
First Committee. India stated that it went along with the adoption of the text
without a vote as it respected the sovereign choice of non-nuclear-weapon States to