664 Part One: Political and security questions

Republic, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Turkey, tralia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, States, Viet Nam, Zimbabwe. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darus- Against: None. salam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cam- Abstaining: Guyana. bodia, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Côte 1925 Geneva Protocol d’Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominican The 1925 Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Georgia, in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare (1925 Ge- Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, neva Protocol), which prohibits the use of chemical India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, and biological weapons in war, entered into force Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, in 1928. Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Latvia, Lebanon, Leso- tho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, In response to General Assembly resolution 67/35 Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, [YUN 2012, p. 515], the Secretary-General reported in Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Monte- July [A/69/123] that on 21 March the depositary of negro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, the 1925 Geneva Protocol (France) had received from Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Nor- way, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Para- Portugal a notice of withdrawal of the remaining res- guay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of ervation it had made at the time of its ratification. Korea, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent GENERAL ASSEMBLY ACTION and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and On 2 December [meeting 62], the General Assembly, Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Singa- pore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South on the recommendation of the First Committee Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Swe- [A/69/440], adopted resolution 69/53 by recorded vote den, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Thailand, (181-0-2) [agenda item 96 (d)]. the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turk- Measures to uphold the authority menistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, of the 1925 Geneva Protocol United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen, Zam- The General Assembly, bia, Zimbabwe. Recalling its previous resolutions on the subject, in par- Against: None. ticular resolution 67/35 of 3 December 2012, Abstaining: Israel, United States. Determined to act with a view to achieving effective progress towards general and complete disarmament under strict and effective international control, Conventional weapons Recalling the long-standing determination of the international community to achieve the effective prohibition of the development, production, stockpiling and use of Arms Trade Treaty chemical and biological weapons, as well as the continuing The Arms Trade Treaty was adopted by the support for measures to uphold the authority of the Proto- col for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, General Assembly on 2 April 2013 by resolution Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods 67/234 B [YUN 2013, p. 508]. In an August report of Warfare, signed at Geneva on 17 June 1925, as expressed [A/69/173], the Secretary-General reported that as at by consensus in many previous resolutions, 22 July 2014, 118 States had signed the Treaty and Emphasizing the necessity of easing international tension of those States, 41 had deposited their instruments and strengthening trust and confidence between States, of ratification. In addition, 19 signatory States had 1. Takes note of the note by the Secretary-General; declared their intention to provisionally apply arti- 2. Renews its previous call to all States to observe cles 6 and 7 of the Treaty, pending its entry into force. strictly the principles and objectives of the Protocol for the In an October update [A/69/173/Add.1], the Secretary- Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous General reported that, as at 9 October, 121 States or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare, had signed the Treaty, 53 had ratified it and 21 had and reaffirms the vital necessity of upholding its provisions; indicated their intention to provisionally apply arti- 3. Calls upon those States that continue to maintain cles 6 and 7 of the Treaty. reservations to the 1925 Geneva Protocol to withdraw them; As at 31 December, the number of signatories had 4. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the increased to 130 and the number of parties to 61. The General Assembly at its seventy-first session a report on the implementation of the present resolution. Treaty entered into force on 24 December. RECORDED VOTE ON RESOLUTION 69/53: GENERAL ASSEMBLY ACTION In favour: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, On 2 December [meeting 62], the General Assembly, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aus- on the report of the First Committee [A/69/440],