A/RES/76/23
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
8 December 2021
Seventy-sixth session
Agenda item 98 (b)
Prevention of an arms race in outer space: no first
placement of weapons in outer space
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 6 December 2021
[on the report of the First Committee (A/76/442, para. 15)]
76/23.
No first placement of weapons in outer space
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 69/32 of 2 December 2014, 70/27 of 7 December 2015,
71/32 of 5 December 2016, 72/27 of 4 December 2017, 73/31 of 5 December 2018
and 74/33 of 12 December 2019, 75/37 of 7 December 2020 and its resolutions
45/55 B of 4 December 1990 and 48/74 B of 16 December 1993, which, inter alia,
confirm the importance of transparency and confidence-building measures as a means
conducive to ensuring the attainment of the objective of preventing an arms race in
outer space,
Recognizing the common interest of all humankind in the explorat ion and use
of outer space for peaceful purposes,
Seriously concerned about the possibility of an arms race in outer space and of
outer space turning into an arena for military confrontation, and bearing in mind the
importance of articles III and IV of the Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities
of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other
Celestial Bodies, 1
Conscious that the prevention of an arms race in outer space would avert a grave
danger to international peace and security,
Reaffirming that practical measures should be examined and taken in the search
for agreements to prevent an arms race in outer space in a common effort towards a
community of shared future for humankind,
Emphasizing the paramount importance of strict compliance with the existing
legal regime providing for the peaceful use of outer space,
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