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77, adopted on 11 October 1949, having received and examined the second progress report of the Commission for Conventional Armaments, the Council directed the

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to transmit the report, along with its annexes, accompanying resolution and a record of the

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’s consideration of the subject to the

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for its information. The resolution was adopted with nine votes in favour and two abstentions from the

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and

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References

Text of the Resolution at undocs.org

External links

* {{UNSCR 1949 0077 Arms control October 1949 events

See also

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