United Nations A/C.1/77/L.

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General Assembly Distr.: Limited
12 October 2022

Original: English

Seventy-seventh session
First Committee
Agenda item 99 (a)
General and complete disarmament: treaty banning the
production of fissile material for nuclear weapons or other
nuclear explosive devices

Canada, Germany and Netherlands: draft resolution

Treaty banning the production of fissile material for nuclear

weapons or other nuclear explosive devices

The General Assembly,

Recalling its resolution 48/75 L of 16 December 1993 and all subsequent
resolutions and decisions on the subject of a treaty banning the production of fissile
material for nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices,
Mindful of the continuing importance and relevance of the Conference on
Disarmament, and recalling the past achievements of that body in successfully
negotiating non-proliferation and disarmament agreements,
Gravely concerned by the years of stalemate in the Conference on Disarmament,
regretting that negotiations have not been pursued on this issue, and look ing forward
to the Conference again fulfilling its mandate as the world’s single multilateral
disarmament negotiating forum,
Convinced that a non-discriminatory, multilateral, and effectively verifiable
treaty banning the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons or other nuclear
explosive devices would represent a significant practical contribution to nuclear
disarmament and non-proliferation efforts,
Recognizing the essential role of fissile material in the manufacture of nuclear
weapons or other nuclear explosive devices and the long-standing efforts of the
international community to negotiate a treaty that would ban its production for such
purposes,
Welcoming the declared voluntary moratoria by some nuclear-weapon States on
the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons as an important interim step
before the entry into force of a non-discriminatory, multilateral and effectively
verifiable treaty banning the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons or
other nuclear explosive devices,

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Recognizing that a future treaty should not prohibit the production of fissile
material for non-proscribed military purposes or civilian use, consistent with the
obligations of States parties, or interfere in any other way with a State’s right to
peaceful uses of nuclear energy,
Recalling action 15 of the conclusions and recommendations for follow -on
actions agreed by consensus at the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons 1 that, inter alia, the Conference
on Disarmament should, within the context of an agreed, comprehensive and balanced
programme of work, immediately begin negotiation of a treaty banning the production
of fissile material for use in nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosi ve devices in
accordance with the report of the Special Coordinator of 1995 2 and the mandate
contained therein,
Noting with appreciation the consensus report of the Group of Governmental
Experts, mandated in resolution 67/53, as contained in document A/70/81,
Noting with appreciation also the work accomplished in 2017 and 2018 by the
high-level fissile material cut-off treaty expert preparatory group convened by the
Secretary-General following resolution 71/259, on the basis of equitable geographic
distribution, to consider and make recommendations on substantial elements of a
future non-discriminatory, multilateral and effectively verifiable treaty banning the
production of fissile material for nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive de vices,
on the basis of document CD/1299 and the mandate contained therein,
Noting with concern that the tenth Review Conference of the Parties to the
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons was not able to make progress
in facilitating negotiations in the Conference on Disarmament on a treaty banning the
production of fissile material for nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices,
as called for in resolution 76/51,
Reaffirming the need to ensure the equal, full and meaningful participation of
women in the negotiation process of a future treaty,
Reaffirming also its desire to achieve substantive progress in nuclear
non-proliferation and disarmament, and in particular on a non-discriminatory,
multilateral and effectively verifiable treaty banning the production of fissile material
for nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices,
1. Urges the Conference on Disarmament to immediately commence
negotiations on a treaty banning the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons
or other nuclear explosive devices on the basis of document CD/1299 and the mandate
contained therein;
2. Calls upon Member States to make innovative contributions in all
appropriate formal and informal forums for facilitating negotiations on a treaty
banning the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons or other nuclear
explosive devices;
3. Calls upon those States that possess nuclear weapons to declare, if they
have not already done so, and uphold a voluntary moratorium on the production of
fissile material for nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices;
4. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-eighth session,
under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub -item entitled
“Treaty banning the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons or other
nuclear explosive devices”.

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1
See 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear
Weapons, Final Document, vol. I (NPT/CONF.2010/50 (Vol. I)), part I, Conclusions and
recommendations for follow-on actions.
2
CD/1299.

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