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Conscious that limited steps relating to detargeting have been taken by the nuclear-weapon States to
address this concern and that further steps are necessary to contribute to the improvement in the
international climate for negotiations leading to the elimination of nuclear weapons,
Mindful that reduction of tensions brought about by a change in nuclear doctrines would positively
impact on international peace and security and improve the conditions for the further reduction and the
elimination of nuclear weapons,
Reiterating the highest priority accorded to nuclear disarmament in the Final Document of the Tenth
Special Session of the General Assembly1 and by the international community,
Recalling that the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Legality of the Threat
or Use of Nuclear Weapons25 states that there exists an obligation for all States to pursue in good faith
and bring to a conclusion negotiations leading to nuclear disarmament in all its aspects under strict and
effective international control,
1. Calls for a review of nuclear doctrines and in this context, immediate and urgent steps to reduce
the risks of unintentional and accidental use of nuclear weapons;
2. Requests the five nuclear-weapon States to undertake measures towards the implementation of
paragraph 1 of the present resolution;
3. Calls upon Member States to take the necessary measures to prevent the proliferation of nuclear
weapons in all its aspects and to promote nuclear disarmament, with the ultimate objective of eliminating
nuclear weapons;
4. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-fourth session an item entitled “Reducing
nuclear danger”.
79th plenary meeting
4 December 1998
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NUCLEAR TESTING
The General Assembly,
Reaffirming that the cessation of all nuclear testing will contribute to the non-proliferation of nuclear
weapons in all its aspects, to the process of nuclear disarmament leading to the ultimate objective of the
complete elimination of nuclear weapons and therefore to the further enhancement of international peace
and security,
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