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ARMS RACE IN OUTER SPACE, PRESERVING ARMS CONTROL TREATIES: UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS FIVE RESOLUTIONS SPONSORED BU RUSSIA
Eurasia Diary
1213-19
The United Nations General Assembly voted in favour of five draft resolutions addressing arms control, disarmament and international security earlier submitted by Russia at the UN’s First Committee, Eurasia Diary reports citing Sputnik.
Three of the documents adopted late Thursday tackle the issue of avoiding a conflict in the space are dubbed “Transparency and Confidence-building Measures in Outer Space Activities”, “Further Practical Measures for the Prevention of an Arms race in Outer Space” and “No First Placement of Weapons in Outer Space. The other two drafts address preserving existing armed control treaties and strengthening information security.
The first resolution encourages.....
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