A/RES/76/24
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
8 December 2021
Seventy-sixth session
Agenda item 99
Role of science and technology in the context of
international security and disarmament
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 6 December 2021
[on the report of the First Committee (A/76/443, para. 7)]
76/24.
Role of science and technology in the context of international
security and disarmament
The General Assembly,
Recognizing that scientific and technological developments can have both
civilian and military applications and that progress in science and technology for
civilian applications needs to be maintained and encouraged,
Underlining the keen interest of the international community to keep abreast of
the latest developments in science and technology of relevance to international
security and disarmament and to channel scientific and technological developments
for beneficial purposes,
Mindful of the need to regulate the transfer of technologies for peaceful uses, in
accordance with relevant international obligations, to address the risk of proliferation
by States or non-State actors,
Acknowledging the need to continue the exchange of technologies for peaceful
uses, including in accordance with relevant international obligations,
Mindful of the rights of States, reflected in relevant international agreements,
regarding the development, production, transfer and use of technologies for peaceful
purposes, in accordance with relevant international obligations, as well as the need
for all Member States to fulfil their obligations in relation to arms control and
disarmament and to prevent proliferation in all its aspects of all weapons of mass
destruction and their means of delivery,
Cognizant of the discussions on developments in science and technology at the
International Atomic Energy Agency and the Organisation for the Prohibition of
Chemical Weapons and within the meetings of experts on science and technology
under the 2018–2020 intersessional programme established by the 2017 Meeting of
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