Editor’s note: This is an excerpt from a much longer press release issued by the UN on 7 December 2022
The Assembly then took up the report, “Prevention of an arms race in outer space” (document A/77/383), containing four draft resolutions and a draft decision.
CSABA KŐRÖSI (Hungary), President of the General Assembly, said that action on draft resolution IV, “Further practical measures for the prevention of an arms race in outer space”, is postponed to a later date to allow time for a review of its programme budget implications by the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary).
Acting without a vote, the Assembly adopted draft resolution I, “Prevention of an arms race in outer space”, by which it called on all States to contribute actively to the objective of the peaceful use of outer space and to the prevention of an arms race in outer space, and urged States conducting activities in that domain to keep the Conference on Disarmament informed of the progress of bilateral and multilateral negotiations on the matter.
It then adopted by draft resolution II, “Destructive direct-ascent anti-satellite missile testing” (document A/C.1/77/62), by a recorded vote of 155 in favour to 9 against (Belarus, Bolivia, Central African Republic, China, Cuba, Iran, Nicaragua, Russian Federation, Syria) with 9 abstentions (India, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Madagascar, Pakistan, Serbia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Togo, Zimbabwe). Among its terms, the Assembly called on all States not to...
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