Preservation of and compliance with the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty

14 October 1999
Draft Resolution
A/C.1/54/L.1**

Preservation of and compliance with the
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty

The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 50/60 of 12 December 1995 and 53/30 of 9 December 1997 on the observance of agreements in the field of arms reduction and disarmament,
Recognizing the historical role of the Treaty on the Limitation of Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the United States of America of 26 May 1972 (hereafter referred to as the ABM Treaty) as the cornerstone for maintaining international peace and security and strategic stability, and reaffirming its continued validity and relevance, especially in the current international situation,
Stressing the paramount importance of full and strict compliance with the ABM Treaty by the parties,
Realizing that any violation of the ABM Treaty will adversely affect not only the security interests of the states parties, but also those of the whole international community, and will result in negative consequences for world peace and security and the strategic balance as well as for the nuclear disarmament process,
*1. Calls for renewed efforts by each of the States parties to preserve and strengthen the ABM Treaty through full and strict compliance and, in this context, reiterates that there shall be no deployment of anti-ballistic missile systems for a defence of the territory of its country and no provision of a base for such defence, and that there shall be no transfer by the parties to other States of anti-ballistic missile systems or their components limited by the Treaty;
2. Expresses its support for the efforts of the international community aimed at preventing any attempts to undermine or circumvent the ABM Treaty;
3. Supports intensified consultations and cooperation within the international community, between parties and non-parties, on the ABM Treaty and related issues in the light of emerging developments with the goal of safeguarding the inviolability and integrity of the Treaty;
4. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-fifth session an item entitled "Preservation of and compliance with the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty".
*[Version of 12 October 1999:
1. Calls for renewed efforts by each of the States parties to preserve and strengthen the ABM Treaty through full and strict compliance and, in this context, reiterates that there shall be no deployment of anti-ballistic missile systems in the territory of its country and no creation of a basis for such defence systems, and that there shall be no transfer by the parties to other States of anti-ballistic missile systems or their components limited by the Treaty;] [underline added to denote new text].