Suspension of nuclear and thermo-nuclear tests

UN General Assembly, Suspension of nuclear and thermo-nuclear tests, A/RES/1577, UN General Assembly, 20 December 1960, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unga/1960/en/7256 [accessed 16 September 2024]
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XV. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FIRST COMMITTEE
1577. Suspension of nuclear and thermo-nuclear tests

The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 1252 B (XIII) of 4 November 1958 and 1402 (XIV) of 21 November 1959, Considering the importance and urgency of an agreement on the prohibition of nuclear and thermo-nuclear weapons tests, with effective international control, Noting with satisfaction that further progress with regard to such an agreement has been achieved at the negotiations in Geneva since the fourteenth session of the General Assembly and that the States concerned have voluntarily suspended such tests since the autumn of 1958,

1. Urges the States concerned to seek a solution for the few remaining questions, so that the conclusion of the agreement will be achieved at an early date;

2. Urges the States concerned in these negotiations to continue their present voluntary suspension of the testing of nuclear weapons;

3. Requests the parties concerned to report the results of their negotiations to the Disarmament Commission and to the General Assembly.

960th plenary meeting,
20 December 1960.
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