Other issues

A number of issues that have been considered with different degrees of intensity by the international community for years, but that led to no major developments in 2000, were nevertheless the subject of resolutions in the General Assembly. They are dealt with in this chapter under the title “Other issues”, because they do not lend themselves to placement in any of the topical chapters of this volume, nor do they share a common theme among themselves. This chapter covers: outer space; information technology and security; the relationship between disarmament and development; and observance of environmental norms in the drafting and implementation of treaties. In addition, it introduces the subject of depleted uranium, although the subject was not a specific item on the agenda of the General Assembly.

Related Subject(s): Disarmament