The United Nations Disarmament Yearbook

Volume 19: 1994

Table of Contents:

Editorial note

Chapter I Non-proliferation issues
Introduction
Developments and trends, 1994
Action by the Disarmament Commission, 1994
Action by the Conference on Disarmament, 1994
Preparatory Committee for the 1995 Conference of the parties to the non-proliferation Treaty
Action by the General Assembly, 1994
49/75 F—1995 Review and Extension Conference of States Parties to the Treaty on the
Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
49/73—Conclusion of effective international arrangements to assure non-nuclear-weapons
States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons
49/427—Non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and of vehicles for their delivery in
all its aspects
49/78—The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East
Conclusion
Annex: Draft Protocol on Security Assurances

Chapter II Comprehensive test-ban treaty
Introduction
Developments and trends, 1994
Action by the Conference on Disarmament, 1994
Action by the General Assembly, 1994
49/70—Comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty
49/69—Amendment of the Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere,
in Outer Space and under Water
Conclusion

Chapter III Nuclear arms limitation, disarmament and related matters
Introduction
Developments and trends, 1994
Action by the Disarmament Commission, 1994
Action by the Conference on Disarmament, 1994
Action by the Ad Hoc Committee on the Indian Ocean, 1994
Action by the General Assembly, 1994
49/75 E—Step by step reduction of the nuclear threat
49/75 H—Nuclear disarmament with a view to the ultimate elimination of nuclear weapons
49/75 L—Bilateral nuclear-arms negotiations and nuclear disarmament
49/75 P—Bilateral nuclear-arms negotiations and nuclear disarmament
49/76 E—Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons
49/75 K—Request for an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice
on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons
49/138—Establishment of an African nuclear-weapon-free zone
49/83—Consolidation of the regime established by the Treaty for the Prohibition of
Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (Treaty of Tlatelolco)
49/84—The South Atlantic region as a nuclear-weapon-free zone
49/71—Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the Middle East
49/72—Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in South Asia
49/82—Implementation of the Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace
49/75 A—Prohibition of the dumping of radioactive wastes
Conclusion

Chapter IV Special Conference of the States parties to the biological weapons Convention
Introduction
Work of the Preparatory Committee
Special Conference of the States Parties to the Convention
Consideration by the General Assembly, 1994
49/86—Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling
of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction
Conclusion
Annex: Final Declaration

Chapter V Outer space issues
Introduction
Developments and trends, 1994
Action by the Conference on Disarmament, 1994
Action by the General Assembly, 1994
49/74—Prevention of an arms race in outer space
Conclusion

Chapter VI Transparency and the Arms Register
Introduction
Developments and trends, 1994
Action by the Conference on Disarmament, 1994
Action by the General Assembly, 1994
49/75 C—Transparency in armaments
49/66—Objective information on military matters, including transparency of military
expenditures
Conclusion
Annex: Composite table of replies of Governments for the Register of Conventional Arms: 1993

Chapter VII Conventional weapons and advanced technologies
Introduction
Developments and trends, 1994
Action by the Disarmament Commission, 1994
Action by the General Assembly, 1994
49/75 M—Measures to curb the illicit transfer and use of conventional arms in small arms
and collecting them
49/68—The role of science and technology in the context of international security, disarmament
and other related fields
49/67—Scientific and technological developments and their impact on international security
49/75 J—Relationship between disarmament and development
Conclusion

Chapter VIII Convention on certain conventional weapons
Introduction
Developments and trends, 1994
Work of the Group of Governmental Experts, 1994
Action by the General Assembly, 1994
49/79—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
49/75 D—Moratorium on the export of anti-personnel land-mines
Conclusion

Chapter IX Regional approaches to disarmament
Introduction
Developments and trends, 1994
Action by the General Assembly, 1994
49/75 N—Regional disarmament
49/75 O—Conventional arms control at the regional and subregional levels
49/76 C—Regional confidence-building measures
49/81—Strengthening of security and cooperation in the Mediterranean region
49/77 D—Implementation of the guidelines for appropriate types of confidence-building
measures
49/76 D—United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa, United
Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific and
United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America
and the Caribbean
Conclusion

Chapter X Institutional aspects
Introduction
Developments and trends, 1994
Action by the Disarmament Commission, 1994
Action by the Conference on Disarmament, 1994
Action by the General Assembly, 1994
48/499—Rationalization of the work and reform of the agenda of the First Committee
49/75 I—Convening of the fourth special session of the General Assembly devoted to
disarmament
49/85—Rationalization of the work and reform of the agenda of the First Committee
49/77 A—Report of the Disarmament Commission
49/75 B—Review of the Declaration of the 1990s as the Third Disarmament Decade
49/77 C—Report of the Conference on Disarmament
49/77 B—Expansion of the membership of the Conference on Disarmament
Conclusion

Chapter XI Studies; information and training
Introduction
Disarmament studies programme
Disarmament information programme
49/76 A—United Nations Disarmament Information Programme
Disarmament fellowship, training and advisory services programme
49/76 B—United Nations disarmament fellowship, training and advisory services programme
United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research
Annex I: Members of the Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters
Annex II: Composition of the Group of Governmental Experts to Carry Out a Study on
Verification in All Its Aspects, including the Role of the United Nations in the Field
of Verification
Annex III: Publications

Appendix I Status of multilateral arms regulation and disarmament agreements
Appendix II Table of resolutions and decisions on disarmament questions
Appendix III Table of sponsorship of resolutions and decisions
Appendix IV Voting patterns of resolutions and decisions on disarmament and
related questions adopted by the General Assembly at its forty-ninth session
Appendix V Abbreviations and acronyms
Selective Index