United Nations Disarmament Yearbook 2017. Part I

United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs

• Publisher: United Nations
• Year: 2018
• ISBN:
  9789213582541
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Intergovernmental Organizations
• Index: Politics & International Relations

The The United Nations Disarmament Yearbook, Volume 42 (Part I): 2017 is a compilation of the resolutions and decisions of the previous General Assembly, their voting patterns in the General Assembly and the First Committee, lead sponsors, sponsors and co-sponsors, references to First Committee report and dates of adoption.

Quick view of votes by cluster (54 resolutions and 4 decisions)*

No.	Title	GA action, 4 Dec. (vote)	First Cttee action (vote, date)
Cluster 1: Nuclear weapons
72/22	African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty	w/o vote	w/o vote 27 Oct.
72/24	Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the Middle East	w/o vote	w/o vote 27 Oct.
72/25	Conclusion of effective international arrangements to assure non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons	125-0-62	118-0-59 27 Oct.
72/29	Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995, 2000 and 2010 Review Conferences of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons	118-44-17 125-5-47, p.p. 6	112-44-15 115-5-47, p.p. 6 27 Oct.
72/30	Humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons	141-15-27	134-15-25 27 Oct.
72/31	Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations	125-39-14	118-39-11 27 Oct.
72/37	Ethical imperatives for a nuclear-weapon-free world	130-36-15 125-37-13, p.p. 11	122-36-14 118-37-11, p.p. 11 27 Oct.
72/38	Nuclear disarmament	119-41-20 123-38-11, p.p. 32 172-1-5, o.p. 16	110-41-18 114-37-11, p.p. 32 159-1-6, o.p. 16 1 Nov.
72/39	Towards a nuclear-weapon-free world: accelerating the implementation of nuclear disarmament commitments	137-31-16 127-37-11, p.p.10 169-4-6, o.p.14 128-37-11, o.p. 22	127-32-14 118-37-10, p.p.10 157-4-6, o.p.14 121-37-10, o.p. 22 27 Oct.
72/41	Reducing nuclear danger	124-49-11	116-49-10 27 Oct.
72/45	Nuclear-weapon-free southern hemisphere and adjacent areas	149-5-29 128-35-12, p.p. 6	142-4-29 121-35-11, p.p. 6 27 Oct.
72/50	United action with renewed determination towards the total elimination of nuclear weapons	156-4-24 158-1-17, p.p. 19 166-1-8, p.p. 20 142-7-27, o.p. 2 169-4-5, o.p. 5 157-2-16, o.p. 8 164-3-11, o.p. 20 154-4-19, o.p. 21 164-1-11, o.p. 28	144-4-27 147-1-19, p.p. 19 155-2-10, p.p. 20 128-7-27, o.p. ...

Table of contents

• The United Nations: Disarmament Yearbook
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Preface
• Quick view of votes by cluster (54 resolutions and 4 decisions)
• Resolutions
• 72/21 Implementation of the Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace
• 72/22 African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty
• 72/23 Prohibition of the development and manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons: report of the Conference on Disarmament
• 72/24 Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the Middle East
• 72/25 Conclusion of effective international arrangements to assure non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons
• 72/26 Prevention of an arms race in outer space
• 72/27 No first placement of weapons in outer space
• 72/28 Role of science and technology in the context of international security and disarmament
• 72/29 Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995, 2000 and 2010 Review Conferences of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
• 72/30 Humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons
• 72/31 Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations
• 72/32 Compliance with non-proliferation, arms limitation and disarmament agreements and commitments
• 72/33 Confidence-building measures in the regional and subregional context
• 72/34 Regional disarmament
• 72/35 Conventional arms control at the regional and subregional levels
• 72/36 Countering the threat posed by improvised explosive devices
• 72/37 Ethical imperatives for a nuclear-weapon-free world
• 72/38 Nuclear disarmament
• 72/39 Towards a nuclear-weapon-free world: accelerating the implementation of nuclear disarmament commitments
• 72/40 Assistance to States for curbing the illicit traffic in small arms and light weapons and collecting them
• 72/41 Reducing nuclear danger
• 72/42 Measures to prevent terrorists from acquiring weapons of mass destruction
• 72/43 Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction
• 72/44 The Arms Trade Treaty
• 72/45 Nuclear-weapon-free southern hemisphere and adjacent areas
• 72/46 Relationship between disarmament and development
• 72/47 Observance of environmental norms in the drafting and implementation of agreements on disarmament and arms control
• 72/48 Promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation
• 72/49 Convening of the fourth special session of the General Assembly devoted to disarmament
• 72/50 United action with renewed determination towards the total elimination of nuclear weapons
• 72/51 International Day against Nuclear Tests
• 72/52 Prohibition of the dumping of radioactive wastes
• 72/53 Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction
• 72/54 Implementation of the Convention on Cluster Munitions
• 72/55 Problems arising from the accumulation of conventional ammunition stockpiles in surplus
• 72/56 Transparency and confidence-building measures in outer space activities
• 72/57 The illicit trade in small arms and light weapons in all its aspects
• 72/58 Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons
• 72/59 Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons
• 72/60 United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa
• 72/61 United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
• 72/62 United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific
• 72/63 Regional confidence-building measures: activities of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa
• 72/64 United Nations regional centres for peace and disarmament
• 72/65 Report of the Conference on Disarmament
• 72/66 Report of the Disarmament Commission
• 72/67 The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East
• 72/68 Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects
• 72/69 Strengthening of security and cooperation in the Mediterranean region
• 72/70 Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
• 72/71 Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction
• 72/250 Further practical measures for the prevention of an arms race in outer space
• 72/251 Follow-up to the 2013 high-level meeting of the General Assembly on nuclear disarmament
• Decisions
• 72/513 Treaty banning the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices
• 72/514 Nuclear disarmament verification
• 72/515 Treaty on the South-East Asia Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone (Bangkok Treaty)
• Annex
• List of reports and notes of the Secretary-General