United Nations General Assembly resolution 31/72
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United Nations General Assembly resolution 31/72 is the 1976 UN measure that endorsed and opened for signature the international treaty banning the military or hostile use of environmental modification techniques.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| United Nations General Assembly resolution 31/72 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12984842 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United Nations General Assembly resolution 31/72 Context triple: [Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques, UNGAResolutionEndorsing, United Nations General Assembly resolution 31/72]
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United Nations General Assembly resolution 34/68
United Nations General Assembly resolution 34/68 is the 1979 UN resolution by which the General Assembly adopted the Moon Agreement, a treaty governing the activities of states on the Moon and other celestial bodies.
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B.
United Nations General Assembly resolution 32/162
United Nations General Assembly resolution 32/162 is a 1977 resolution that restructured and strengthened the UN’s work on human settlements, laying the groundwork for what became the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat).
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C.
United Nations General Assembly resolution 34/180
United Nations General Assembly resolution 34/180 is the 1979 measure by which the UN formally adopted the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), a landmark international treaty on women’s rights.
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D.
United Nations General Assembly resolution 45/212
United Nations General Assembly resolution 45/212 is a 1990 UN measure that launched the formal international process to negotiate what became the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
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E.
UN General Assembly resolution 34/151
UN General Assembly resolution 34/151 is the 1979 United Nations measure that officially proclaimed 1985 as International Youth Year, focusing global attention on the role, needs, and participation of young people.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United Nations General Assembly resolution 31/72 Target entity description: United Nations General Assembly resolution 31/72 is the 1976 UN measure that endorsed and opened for signature the international treaty banning the military or hostile use of environmental modification techniques.
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A.
United Nations General Assembly resolution 34/68
United Nations General Assembly resolution 34/68 is the 1979 UN resolution by which the General Assembly adopted the Moon Agreement, a treaty governing the activities of states on the Moon and other celestial bodies.
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B.
United Nations General Assembly resolution 32/162
United Nations General Assembly resolution 32/162 is a 1977 resolution that restructured and strengthened the UN’s work on human settlements, laying the groundwork for what became the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat).
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C.
United Nations General Assembly resolution 34/180
United Nations General Assembly resolution 34/180 is the 1979 measure by which the UN formally adopted the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), a landmark international treaty on women’s rights.
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D.
United Nations General Assembly resolution 45/212
United Nations General Assembly resolution 45/212 is a 1990 UN measure that launched the formal international process to negotiate what became the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
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E.
UN General Assembly resolution 34/151
UN General Assembly resolution 34/151 is the 1979 United Nations measure that officially proclaimed 1985 as International Youth Year, focusing global attention on the role, needs, and participation of young people.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United Nations General Assembly resolution
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international legal instrument ⓘ |
| adoptedAtSession | 31st session of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ |
| adoptedBy | United Nations General Assembly ⓘ |
| adoptionDate | 1976-12-10 ⓘ |
| adoptionYear | 1976 ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
ban hostile use of environmental modification techniques
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ban military use of environmental modification techniques ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
States Parties to the ENMOD Convention
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linked to:
ENMOD Convention
|
| areaOfLaw |
arms control law
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international environmental law ⓘ international humanitarian law ⓘ |
| basedOn | draft convention on environmental modification techniques ⓘ |
| countryOfJurisdiction | United Nations ⓘ |
| documentType | resolution text with annexed convention ⓘ |
| endorses | Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques ⓘ |
| followedBy | ratifications of the ENMOD Convention by UN Member States ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | UNGA res. 31/72 ⓘ |
| hasAnnex | text of the Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques ⓘ |
| hasResolutionNumber | 31/72 ⓘ |
| language |
Arabic
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Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| legalEffect |
endorsed ENMOD Convention text
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opened ENMOD Convention for signature ⓘ |
| opensForSignature | Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques ⓘ |
| partOf |
United Nations General Assembly resolutions on environmental protection
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linked to:
United Nations General Assembly resolutions
United Nations disarmament resolutions ⓘ |
| prohibits |
hostile use of environmental modification techniques having widespread, long-lasting or severe effects
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military use of environmental modification techniques having widespread, long-lasting or severe effects ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | key instrument in regulating environmental modification in warfare ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
environmental warfare
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protection of the environment in armed conflict ⓘ weather modification in warfare ⓘ |
| relatesToTreaty | ENMOD Convention ⓘ |
| shortName |
ENMOD resolution
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linked to:
ENMOD Convention
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| subject |
arms control
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disarmament ⓘ environmental modification techniques ⓘ international security ⓘ prohibition of military or hostile use of environmental modification techniques ⓘ |
| title | Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: United Nations General Assembly resolution 31/72 Description of subject: United Nations General Assembly resolution 31/72 is the 1976 UN measure that endorsed and opened for signature the international treaty banning the military or hostile use of environmental modification techniques.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques
→
UNGAResolutionEndorsing
→
United Nations General Assembly resolution 31/72
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