Resolution adopted by the General Assembly  on 7 December 2020          [on the report of the First Committee (A/75/399, para. 96)]        75/66. Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of  Justice on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons        The General Assembly,    Recalling its resolutions 49/75 K of 15 December 1994, 51/45 M of  10 December 1996, 52/38 O of 9 December 1997, 53/77 W of 4 December 1998,  54/54 Q of 1 December 1999, 55/33 X of 20 November 2000, 56/24 S of 29 November  2001, 57/85 of 22 November 2002, 58/46 of 8 December 2003, 59/83 of 3 December  2004, 60/76 of 8 December 2005, 61/83 of 6 December 2006, 62/39 of 5 December  2007, 63/49 of 2 December 2008, 64/55 of 2 December 2009, 65/76 of 8 December  2010, 66/46 of 2 December 2011, 67/33 of 3 December 2012, 68/42 of 5 December  2013, 69/43 of 2 December 2014, 70/56 of 7 December 2015, 71/58 of 5 December  2016, 72/58 of 4 December 2017, 73/64 of 5 December 2018 and 74/59 of  12 December 2019,    Convinced that the continuing existence of nuclear weapons poses a threat to  humanity and all life on Earth, and recognizing that the only defence against a nuclear  catastrophe is the total elimination of nuclear weapons and the certainty that they will  never be produced again,    Reaffirming the commitment of the international community to the realization  of the goal of a nuclear-weapon-free world through the total elimination of nuclear  weapons,    Mindful of the solemn obligations of States parties, in particular the obligations  undertaken in article VI of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons,1  __________________    1 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 729, No. 10485.   A/RES/75/66  Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of  Justice on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons   20-16882 2/3    to pursue negotiations in good faith on effective measures relating to cessation of the  nuclear arms race at an early date and to nuclear disarmament,    Recalling the principles and objectives for nuclear non-proliferation and  disarmament adopted at the 1995 Review and Extension Conference of the Parties to  the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons,2 the unequivocal  commitment of nuclear-weapon States to accomplish the total elimination of their  nuclear arsenals leading to nuclear disarmament, agreed at the 2000 Review  Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons,3  and the action points agreed at the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the  Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons as part of the conclusions and  recommendations for follow-on actions on nuclear disarmament,4    Sharing the deep concern at the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any  use of nuclear weapons, and in this context reaffirming the need for all States at all  times to comply with applicable international law, including international  humanitarian law,    Calling upon all nuclear-weapon States to undertake concrete disarmament  efforts, and stressing that all States need to make special efforts to achieve and  maintain a world without nuclear weapons,    Recalling the five-point proposal for nuclear disarmament of the Secretary- General, in which he proposes, inter alia, the consideration of negotiations on a  nuclear weapons convention or agreement on a framework of separate mutually  reinforcing instruments, backed by a strong system of verification,    Noting continued efforts towards realizing nuclear disarmament, including  through the Secretary-General’s disarmament agenda, Securing Our Common Future:  An Agenda for Disarmament,    Recalling the adoption of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty in its  resolution 50/245 of 10 September 1996, and expressing its satisfaction at the  increasing number of States that have signed and ratified the Treaty,    Recognizing with satisfaction that the Antarctic Treaty,5 the treaties of  Tlatelolco,6 Rarotonga,7 Bangkok8 and Pelindaba9 and the Treaty on a Nuclear- Weapon-Free Zone in Central Asia, as well as Mongolia’s nuclear-weapon-free status,  are gradually freeing the entire southern hemisphere and adjacent areas covered by  those treaties from nuclear weapons,    Recognizing the need for a multilaterally negotiated and legally binding  instrument to assure non-nuclear-weapon States against the threat or use of nuclear  weapons pending the total elimination of nuclear weapons,  __________________    2 1995 Review and Extension Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of  Nuclear Weapons, Final Document, Part I (NPT/CONF.1995/32 (Part I) and NPT/CONF.1995/32  (Part I)/Corr.2), annex, decision 2.    3 See 2000 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear  Weapons, Final Document, vol. I (NPT/CONF.2000/28 (Parts I and II)), part I, section entitled  “Article VI and eighth to twelfth preambular paragraphs”, para. 15.    4 See 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear  Weapons, Final Document, vol. I (NPT/CONF.2010/50 (Vol. I)), part I.    5 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 402, No. 5778.    6 Ibid., vol. 634, No. 9068.    7 The United Nations Disarmament Yearbook, vol. 10: 1985 (United Nations publication, Sales  No. E.86.IX.7), appendix VII.    8 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1981, No. 33873.    9 A/50/426, annex.   Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of  Justice on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons  A/RES/75/66   3/3 20-16882      Reaffirming the central role of the Conference on Disarmament as the sole  multilateral disarmament negotiating forum,    Emphasizing the need for the Conference on Disarmament to commence  negotiations on a phased programme for the complete elimination of nuclear weapons  with a specified framework of time,    Stressing the urgent need for the nuclear-weapon States to accelerate concrete  progress on the 13 practical steps to implement article VI of the Treaty on the  Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons leading to nuclear disarmament, contained in  the Final Document of the 2000 Review Conference,    Recalling the Model Nuclear Weapons Convention submitted to the Secretary- General by Costa Rica and Malaysia in 2007 and circulated by the Secretary- General,10    Welcoming the adoption on 7 July 2017 of the Treaty on the Prohibition of  Nuclear Weapons,11 which has contributed to achieving the objective of a legally  binding prohibition of the development, production, testing, deployment, stockpiling,  threat or use of nuclear weapons and their destruction under effective international  control,    Recalling the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the  legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons, issued on 8 July 1996,12    1.  Underlines once again the unanimous conclusion of the International  Court of Justice that there exists an obligation to pursue in good faith and bring to a  conclusion negotiations leading to nuclear disarmament in all its aspects under strict  and effective international control;    2.  Calls once again upon all States to immediately engage in multilateral  negotiations leading to nuclear disarmament in all its aspects under strict and effective  international control, including under the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear  Weapons;    3.  Requests all States to inform the Secretary-General of the efforts and  measures which they have taken with respect to the implementation of the present  resolution and nuclear disarmament, and requests the Secretary-General to apprise  the General Assembly of that information at its seventy-sixth session;    4.  Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-sixth session,  under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub-item entitled  “Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legality  of the threat or use of nuclear weapons”.    37th plenary meeting  7 December 2020    __________________    10 A/62/650, annex.    11 A/CONF.229/2017/8.    12 A/51/218, annex.