Overview
The Preparatory Committee for the Third Special Session of the General Assembly Devoted to Disarmament was established pursuant to General Assembly resolutions 38/73 I of 15 December 1983 and 39/63 I of 16 December 1985. It met in one substantive session each in 1987 and 1988.
The members of the Preparatory Committee were as follows:
Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Japan, Mongolia, Morocco, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Romania, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Togo, Uruguay, Yugoslavia and Zaire.
The final report of the Preparatory Committee (A/S -15/1(SUPP)) is available on the Meetings Place page for the Third Special Session of the General Assembly devoted to Disarmament.
Documents of the Preparatory Committee:
| A/AC.230/1 to 5 | Straight series documents |
| A/AC.230/INF/1 and 2 | Information Notes |
| A/AC.230/SR.1, 11 to 20 | Summary records (NB: No summary records were issued for the 2nd to 10th meetings) |
| A/42/46 | Interim report |
Related records in the United Nations Archives
From the papers of Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar
| Reference code | Title | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| S-1029-0012-05 | Third Special Session on Disarmament | 1986-11-28 - 1986-12-19 |
| S-1029-0016-0009 | Third Special Session of General Assembly Devoted to Disarmament | 1987-01-09 - 1987-12-22 |
| S-1029-0014-04 | Third Special Session of General Assembly Devoted to Disarmament (31 May-29 June 1988) (Established by Resolution 41/60 G of 3 December 1986) | 1988-01-07 - 1988-04-28 |