A/C.1/59/L.1 (A/RES/59/95)
"Improving the effectiveness of the methods of work
of the First Committee"
Lead Sponsor: United States of America
30 September 2004 WITHDRAWN
A/C.1/59/L.2/Rev.1 (A/RES/59/61)
"Developments in the field of information and telecommunications
in the context of international security"
Lead Sponsor: Russian Federation
Adopted in the First Committee without a vote
Adopted in the General Assembly without a vote
A/C.1/159/L.3 (A/RES/59/96)
"Regional confidence-building measures: activities
of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions
in Central Africa"
Lead Sponsors: Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad,
Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon
Adopted in the First Committee without a vote
Adopted in the General Assembly without a vote
A/C.1/59/L.4/Rev.1 (A/RES/59/97)
"United Nations disarmament fellowship, training
and advisory services"
Lead Sponsor: Nigeria
Adopted in the First Committee without a vote
Adopted in the General Assembly without a vote
A/C.1/59/L.5 (A/RES/59/66)
"National legislation on transfer of arms,
military equipment and dual-use goods and technology"
Lead Sponsor: Netherlands
Adopted in the First Committee without a vote
Adopted in the General Assembly without a vote
A/C.1/59/L.6/Rev.1 (A/RES/59/67)
"Missiles"
Lead Sponsors: Egypt, Indonesia and Iran Voting result
in the First Committee: 98-2-60 Voting result in the General Assembly:
119-4-60 Explanations of vote: EU,
Cuba
A/C.1/59/L.7: draft decision
"Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in Central
Asia"
Lead Sponsors: Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan
Adopted in the First Committee without a vote
Adopted in the General Assembly without a vote
A/C.1/59/L.8 (A/RES/59/63)
"Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the
region of the Middle East"
Lead sponsor: Egypt
Adopted in the First Committee without a vote
Adopted in the General Assembly without a vote Explanations of vote: Israel,
United Arab Emirates
A/C.1/59/L.9 (A/RES/59/98)
"United Nations regional centres for peace and
disarmament"
Lead sponsor: Malaysia
Adopted in the First Committee without a vote
Adopted in the General Assembly without a vote
A/C.1/59/L.11 (A/RES/59/69)
"Promotion of multilateralism in the area
of disarmament and nonproliferation"
Lead sponsor: Malaysia Voting result in
the First Committee: 109-9-49 Voting result in the General Assembly:
125-9-49 Explanations of vote: EU,
Canada (on behalf also of
Australia and New Zealand)
A/C.1/59/L.13 (A/RES/59/95)
"Improving the effectiveness of the methods of work
of the First Committee"
Lead sponsor: Malaysia WITHDRAWN
A/C.1/59/L.14 (A/RES/59/71)
"Convening of the fourth special session of the General
Assembly devoted to disarmament"
Lead sponsor: Malaysia
Adopted in the First Committee without a vote
Adopted in the General Assembly without a vote
A/C.1/59/L.15: draft decision
"United Nations conference to identify ways of eliminating
nuclear dangers in the context of disarmament"
Lead sponsor: Mexico Voting result in
the First Committee: 119-6-41 Voting result in the Genera Assembly:
138-5-38 Explanation of vote: Germany
A/C.1/59/L.16 (A/RES/59/84)
"Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the
Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical
Weapons and on Their Destruction"
Lead sponsor: Poland
Adopted in the First Committee without a vote
Adopted in the General Assembly without a vote
A/C.1/59/L.17 (A/RES/59/110)
"Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production
and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin
Weapons and on Their Destruction"
Lead sponsor: Hungary
Adopted in the First Committee without a vote
Adopted in the General Assembly without a vote
A/C.1/59/L.18 (A/RES/59/101)
"United Nations Regional Centre for Peace,
Disarmament and Development in Latin American and the Caribbean"
Lead sponsor: Mexico
Adopted in the First Committee without a vote
Adopted in the General Assembly without a vote
A/C.1/59/L.19/Rev.1 (A/RES/59/73)
"Mongolia's international security and nuclear-weapon-free
status"
Lead sponsor: Mongolia
Adopted in the First Committee without a vote
Adopted in the General Assembly without a vote Explanation of vote: India
A/C.1/59/L.20 (A/RES/59/100)
"United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament
in Asia and the Pacific"
Co-sponsors
Adopted in the First Committee without a vote
Adopted in the General Assembly without a vote
A/C.1/59/L.21/Rev.1 (A/RES/59/74)
"Assistance to States for curbing the illicit traffic
in small arms and collecting them"
Lead sponsors: ECOWAS
Adopted in the First Committee without a vote
Adopted in the General Assembly without a vote
A/C.1/59/L.24 (A/RES/59/101)
"United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament
in Africa"
Lead sponsor: Nigeria
Adopted in the First Committee without a vote
Adopted in the General Assembly without a vote
A/C.1/59/L.27/Rev.1 (A/RES/59/104)
"Report on the Conference on Disarmament"
Lead sponsor: Myanmar
Adopted in the First Committee without a vote
Adopted in the General Assembly without a vote Explanation of vote: Israel
A/C.1/59/L.30 (A/RES/59/79)
"Reducing nuclear danger"
Lead sponsor: India Voting result in
the First Committee: 106-46-16 Voting resultin the General Assembly:
116-46-18
A/C.1/59/L.31 (A/RES/59/80)
"Measures to prevent terrorists from acquiring
weapons of mass destruction"
Lead sponsor: India
Adopted in the First Committee without a vote
Adopted in the General Assembly without a vote Explanation of vote: Pakistan
A/C.1/59/L.33 (A/RES/59/60)
"Verification in all its aspects, including
the role of the United Nations in the field of verification"
Lead sponsor: Canada
Adopted in the First Committee without a vote
Explanations of vote: Pakistan,
Republic of Korea, Iran,
India
Adopted in the General Assembly without a vote
A/C.1/59/L.34 (A/RES/59/81)
"The Conference on Disarmament decision (CD/1547) of 11 August
1998 to establish, under item 1 of its agenda entitled, 'Cessation
of the nuclear arms race and nuclear disarmament', an ad hoc committee
to negotiate, on the basis of the report of the Special Coordinator
(CD/1299) and the mandate contained therein, a non-discriminatory,
multilateral and internationally and effectively verifiable treaty
banning the production of fissile material for
nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices"
Lead sponsor: Canada Voting result
in the First Committee: 147-1-2 Voting result in the General Assembly:
179-2-2 Explanations of vote: Egypt, France,
UK, US, Israel
A/C.1/59/L.35 (A/59/464)
"Strengthening of security and cooperation in the Mediterranean
region"
Co-sponsors
Adopted in the First Committee without a vote
Adopted in the General Assembly without a vote Explanation of vote: EU
A/C.1/59/L.38 (A/RES/59/82)
"Consolidation of peace through practical disarmament
measures"
Co-sponsors
Adopted in the First Committee without a vote
Adopted in the General Assembly without a vote
A/C.1/59/L.42 (A/RES/59/105)
"Report of the Disarmament Commission"
Lead sponsor: Georgia Explanations of vote: EU,
Canada, Cuba, Egypt
Adopted in the First Committee without a vote
Adopted in the General Assembly without a vote *Note that the US did not participate in this vote
A/C.1/59/L.43/Rev.1 (A/RES/59/86)
"The illicit trade in small arms and light weapons
in all its aspects"
Co-sponsors
Adopted in the First Committee without a vote
Adopted in the General Assembly without a vote Explanation of vote: Republic
of Congo, Iran
A/C.1/59/L.45/Rev.2 (A/RES/59/87)
"Confidence-building measures in the regional
and subregional context"
Lead sponsor: Pakistan
Adopted in the First Committee without a vote
Adopted in the General Assembly without a vote Explanation of vote: India
A/C.1/59/L.47 (A/RES/59/89)
"Regional disarmament"
Co-sponsors
Adopted in the First Committee without a vote
Adopted in the General Assembly without a vote
A/C.1/59/L.48: draft decision
"Problems arising from the accumulation of conventional
ammunition stockpiles in surplus"
Co-sponsors: Bulgaria, France and Netherlands
Adopted in the First Committee without a vote
Adopted in the General Assembly without a vote
A/C.1/59/L.49/Rev.2 (A/RES/59/90)
"Prevention of the illicit transfer and unauthorized access
to and use of man-portable air defence systems"
Lead sponsor: Australia
Adopted in the First Committee without a vote
Adopted in the General Assembly without a vote
A/C.1/59/L.51 (A/RES/59/103)
"United Nations Disarmament Information Programme"
Co-sponsors
Adopted in the First Committee without a vote
Adopted in the General Assembly without a vote
A/C.1/59/L.52 (A/RES/59/92)
"Information on confidence-building measures in
the field of conventional arms"
Co-sponsors
Adopted in the First Committee without a vote
Adopted in the General Assembly without a vote
A/C.1/59/L.53/Rev.1 (A/RES/59/93)
"United Nations study on disarmament and non-proliferation
education"
Co-sponsors
Adopted in the First Committee without a vote
Adopted in the General Assembly without a vote Explanation of vote: Mexico
A/C.1/59/L.54 (A/RES/59/107)
"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"
Lead sponsor: Sweden
Adopted in the First Committee without a vote
Adopted in the General Assembly without a vote
A/C.1/59/L.55/Rev.2 (A/RES/59/59)
"Maintenance of international security — good-neighbourliness,
stability and development in South-Eastern Europe"
Co-sponsors
Adopted in the First Committee without a vote
Adopted in the General Assembly without a vote
A/C.1/59/L.56 (A/RES/59/94)
"Bilateral strategic nuclear arms reductions
and the new strategic framework"
Co-sponsors: Russian Federation and the United States of America
Adopted in the First Committee without a vote Explanations of vote: New
Agenda, Indonesia, Cuba
Adopted in the General Assembly without a vote
A/C.1/59/L.60 (A/RES/59/95)
"Improving the effectiveness of the methods of work
of the First Committee"
Lead sponsors: Indonesia, United States of America
Adopted in the First Committee without a vote
Adopted in the General Assembly without a vote Explanations of vote: Malaysia (on behalf of NAM)
(Drafts L.57- L.59 are Programme Budget Implications
submitted by the Secretariat)
