While other delegations concurred, many others rejected its premises. Viet Nam’s delegate expressed support for the draft in recognition of the right of all States to the transfer of technology for peaceful purposes. Before that action, the Committee voted to retain two paragraphs. By that text, the Assembly would urge all Member States to take concrete measures to promote international cooperation in materials, equipment and technology for peaceful purposes. It rejected a new draft resolution sponsored by the Russian Federation, which proposed to review the functioning of the Secretary General’s Mechanism for Investigation of Alleged Use of Chemical and Biological Weapons.ĭivisions remained as the Committee took up a new draft resolution proposed by China, “Promoting International Cooperation on Peaceful Uses in the Context of International Security”, narrowly approving it by a recorded vote of 75 in favour to 55 against, with 43 abstentions.
The First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) took action on 61 draft resolutions and draft decisions today - approving 60 and rejecting 1 - as delegates expressed divergent views on weapons of mass destruction, while reaching consensus on a text addressing information and telecommunications in the context of international security.
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