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UNSC Passes Resolution on Non-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (December 15, 2016) [1]

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International Law in Brief [2]
Author: 
Eric A. Heath

On December 15, 2016, the United Nations Security Council, acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, passed a resolution [3] calling for a framework to keep non-state actors from acquiring weapons of mass destruction.  According to the press release [4], the resolution called upon member states to strengthen their national, legally-binding measures aimed at preventing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and endorsed a recent report on such measures that member states have already implemented. The resolution was passed in the wake of various deployments of chemical weapons in Syria [5] and North Korean-implemented nuclear tests [6].


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[1] https://www.asil.org/blogs/unsc-passes-resolution-non-proliferation-weapons-mass-destruction-december-15-2016
[2] https://www.asil.org/blog-name/international-law-brief
[3] http://www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=S/RES/2325(2016)
[4] https://www.un.org/press/en/2016/sc12628.doc.htm
[5] https://www.asil.org/blogs/un-secretary-general-and-opcw-issue-joint-report-uses-chemical-weapons-syria-august-24-2016
[6] https://www.asil.org/blogs/un-security-council-condemns-north-koreas-nuclear-weapons-and-ballistic-missile-tests