United Nations

General Assembly Distr.: General

DISEC
General Assembly First Committee
15th October 2022- 16th October 2022 (Draft-Resolution 420/69)

Sponsors: Russian Federation, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia,The Democratic People's

Republic of Korea

Signatories: Republic of Iraq, Arab Republic of Egypt, Islamic Emirates of Afghanistan, Republic
of Italy, People's Republic of China, Kingdom of Thailand, Dominion of Canada, United States of
America, Federal Republic of Germany, Islamic Republic of Iran

General Assembly - Disarmament and International Security Committee

Agenda: The rising impact of Private Military and Security Companies(PMSCs) and its effects
during armed conflict

The General Assembly,

Recognizing the need to strictly implement the existing agreements and documents related to
the regulation of Private Military and Security Companies(PMSCs),

Reaffirming the purposes and principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations and in
the Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and
Co-operation among States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations,

Expressing concern at new unlawful international activities linking Private Military and
Security Companies(PMSCs) in the perpetration of violent actions which undermine the
constitutional order of States,

Confident that the resolution 44/34 of 4 December 1989 of the United Nations, the Treaty on
Collective Security of 15 May 1992, Organization for African Unity’s Convention for the
Elimination of Mercenarism in Africa and the Montreux Document on Pertinent International
Legal Obligations and Good Practices of States related to operations of Private Military and
Security Companies during Armed Conflict are indicative of the development of a regulatory
framework for PMSCs,

1] Encourages the formulation of an internationally agreed definition of terms in relation to

the functioning of PMSCs like:
a) contracting states,
b) territorial states,
c) home state;

2] Recommends all PMSC services must be made subject to individual licensing

requirements and open to prior parliamentary and public scrutiny;

3] Further invites the creation of an open register of PMSCs in order to provide an

opportunity to filter out companies with poor practices;

4] Further recommends that the contracting states or any Non state actors shall be responsible
for the violations of international humanitarian law, human rights law, or other rules of
international law committed by PMSCs or their personnel;

5] Further invites member states to establish legislation to regulate the PMSC industry in
unison by:
a) addressing the PMSC involvement in all types of direct combat and combat support,
in their widest sense,
b) urging the member nations who exercise PMSCs to take part in working in harmony
and collaborating with one another by monitoring the current activities of the PMSCs,
c) the interest of ensuring that the Human Rights of every citizen is preserved in its
purest form;
6] Encourages the PMSCs to maintain transparency by notifying the international community
since the date of memorandum of association of:
a) the territory of the member state they are operating in,
b) the motive that drives the purpose of the contract,
c) the tenure of the contract,
d) the resources that may be used;

7] Expresses it hopes that PMSCs will:

a) follow good contracting practices as mentioned in clause 6,
b) hire highly skilled employees to ensure unity with the contracting member state;
8] Requests the formation of International Body for Regulation of the use of PMSC in order
to:
a) establish an international register of PMSCs based on information provided by
member states,
b) monitor the execution of the criteria for the use of weapons by the PMSCs,
c) conduct investigations and take judiciary measures in cases of violations based on the
criterion mentioned in clause 4.