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Disarmament resolutions and decisions listed by chapter
The General Assembly noted with appreciation the tangible achievements and
impact of the Regional Centre at the regional level, including its assistance to Central
African States in their elaboration of the Kinshasa Convention, to Central and West
African States in the elaboration of their respective common positions on the proposed
arms trade treaty, to West Africa on security sector reform initiatives, and to East
Africa on programmes to control brokering of small arms and light weapons. It also
noted with appreciation the contribution of the Regional Centre to the “One United
Nations” approach and to United Nations inter-agency mechanisms.
66/63. Strengthening of security and cooperation in the
Mediterranean region
In this year’s resolution, the General
Assembly again reaffirmed that security in the
Mediterranean was closely linked to that of Europe,
as well as to international peace and security. It
called upon all States of the Mediterranean region
that have not yet done so to adhere to all the
multilaterally negotiated legal instruments related
to the field of disarmament and non-proliferation. It encouraged all States of the region
to strengthen confidence-building measures by promoting openness and transparency
on all military matters, by participating, inter alia, in the United Nations system for
the standardized reporting of military expenditures and by providing accurate data and
information to the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms.
First Committee. Before the draft resolution was adopted without a vote,
the Islamic Republic of Iran explained that it would again not participate in the
Committee’s action on the draft resolution, saying that given the continuing crisis in
the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel’s imposition of a severe blockade in Gaza,
including in the Mediterranean area, the draft resolution did not reflect the reality in
the region.
Chapter V. Related issues, including information
and outreach
66/24. Developments in the field of information and
telecommunications in the context of international security
By this annual resolution, the General
Assembly requested the Secretary-General, with
the assistance of a group of governmental experts
to be established in 2012 to continue to study
existing and potential threats in the sphere of
information security and possible cooperative
measures to address them, including norms, rules
or principles of responsible behaviour of States
Introduced by: Algeria (21 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. 183-186.
Introduced by: Russian Federation
(20 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. 14-17.
and confidence-building measures with regard to information space, and to submit to
the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session a report on the results of this study.
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