The General Assembly,
 
      Recalling its resolution 48/63 of 16 December 1993 and other relevant
resolutions on the question,
 
      Recognizing the abiding concern of all Member States for maintaining
respect for rights and obligations arising from treaties and other sources of
international law,
 
      Convinced that observance of the Charter of the United Nations, relevant
treaties and other sources of international law is essential for the
strengthening of international security,
 
      Mindful, in particular, of the fundamental importance of full
implementation and strict observance of agreements and other obligations on
arms limitation and disarmament if individual nations and the international
community are to derive enhanced security from them,
 
      Stressing that any violation of such agreements and other obligations
not only adversely affects the security of States parties but can also create
security risks for other States relying on the constraints and commitments
stipulated in those agreements and other obligations,
 
      Stressing also that any weakening of confidence in such agreements and
other obligations diminishes their contribution to global or regional
stability and to further disarmament and arms limitation efforts and
undermines the credibility and effectiveness of the international legal
system,
 
      Recognizing, in this context, that full compliance by parties with all
provisions of existing agreements and the resolving of compliance concerns
effectively by means consistent with such agreements and international law
can, inter alia, facilitate the conclusion of additional arms limitation and
disarmament agreements, and thereby contribute to better relations among
States and the strengthening of world peace and security,
 
      Believing that compliance with all provisions of arms limitation and
disarmament agreements by States parties is a matter of interest and concern
to all members of the international community, and noting the role that the
United Nations has played and should continue to play in that regard,
 
      Welcoming the universal recognition of the critical importance of the
question of compliance with and verification of arms limitation and
disarmament agreements and other obligations,
 
      1.    Urges all States parties to arms limitation and disarmament
agreements to implement and comply with the entirety of the spirit and all
provisions of such agreements;
 
      2.    Calls upon all Member States to give serious consideration to the
implications that non-compliance with any provisions of arms limitation and
disarmament obligations has for international security and stability, as well
as for the prospects for further progress in the field of disarmament;
 
      3.    Also calls upon all Member States to support efforts aimed at the
resolution of compliance questions by means consistent with such agreements
and international law, with a view to encouraging strict observance by all
parties of the provisions of arms limitation and disarmament agreements and
maintaining or restoring the integrity of such agreements;
 
      4.    Welcomes the role that the United Nations has played in restoring
the integrity of, and fostering negotiations on, certain arms limitation and
disarmament agreements and in the removal of threats to peace;
 
      5.    Requests the Secretary-General to continue to provide assistance
that may be necessary in restoring and protecting the integrity of arms
limitation and disarmament agreements;
 
      6.    Encourages efforts by States parties to develop additional
cooperative measures, as appropriate, that can increase confidence in
compliance with existing arms limitation and disarmament obligations and
reduce the possibility of misinterpretation and misunderstanding;
 
      7.    Notes the contribution that verification experiments and research
can make and already have made in confirming and improving verification
procedures for arms limitation and disarmament agreements under study or
negotiation, thereby providing an opportunity, from the time that such
agreements enter into force, for enhancing confidence in the effectiveness of
verification procedures as a basis for determining compliance;
 
      8.    Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-second
session the item entitled "Compliance with arms limitation and disarmament
obligations".