Implementation of the collective security provisions of the Charter of the United Nations for the maintenance of international peace and security.

  The General Assembly, Reaffirming that the primary function of the United Nations is the maintenance of international peace and security, Reaffirming further the fundamental principle of the Charter of the United Nations that all States have the duty not to threaten or use force against the sovereignty, political independence or territorial integrity of other States, Noting the primary responsibility of the Security Council for the maintenance of international peace and security, Stressing that the purposes and principles of the United Nations can be achieved only under conditions in which States enjoy sovereign equality and comply fully with the requirements of these purposes and principles in their international relations, Gravely concerned over the growing tendency by States to resort to the use of force in international relations, thus ignoring the Charter and the Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Co-operation among States, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, Further concerned that the Security Council has not been able to take decisive action for the maintenance of international peace and for resolving international problems, Recognizing that fundamental approaches to genuine security include, inter alia, the strengthening of the Charter system of collective security, the establishment of the new international economic order and promotion of general and complete disarmament under effective international control, in conformity with the principles and priorities agreed upon in the Final Document of the Tenth Special Session of the General Assembly, the first special session devoted to disarmament, reaffirmed in the Concluding Document of the Twelfth Special Session, the second special session devoted to disarmament, Conscious of the important role that collective security measures can play in enhancing the role of the Security Council in carrying out its responsibility to promote and maintain international peace and security in accordance with the Charter, Regretting that the collective security measures provisions of the Charter have not been fully implemented, Taking into account, in this connexion, the report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization, Having considered the item entitled "Implementation of the collective security provisions of the Charter of the United Nations for the maintenance of international peace and security", Convinced that a study on collective security is timely and necessary,

1. Requests the Security Council as a matter of high priority to study the question of implementation of the collective security provisions of the Charter of the United Nations, with a view to strengthening international peace and security, and to report to the General Assembly at its thirty-eighth session;

2. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its thirty-eighth session the item entitled "Implementation of the collective security provisions of the Charter of the United Nations for the maintenance of international peace and security".