United Nations General Assembly A/RES/59/104 Distr.: General 16 December 2004 Fifty-ninth session Agenda item 67 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 3 December 2004 [on the report of the First Committee (A/59/461)] 59/104. Report of the Conference on Disarmament The General Assembly, Having considered the report of the Conference on Disarmament, 1 Convinced that the Conference on Disarmament, as the single multilateral disarmament negotiating forum of the international community, has the primary role in substantive negotiations on priority questions of disarmament, Recognizing the need to conduct multilateral negotiations with the aim of reaching agreement on concrete issues, Recalling, in this respect, that the Conference has a number of urgent and important issues for negotiation, Taking note of active discussions held on the programme of work during the 2004 session of the Conference, as duly reflected in the report and the records of the plenary meetings, Taking note also of significant contributions made during the 2004 session to promote substantive discussions on issues on the agenda, as well as of discussions held on other issues that could also be relevant to the current international security environment, Stressing the urgent need for the Conference to commence its substantive work at the beginning of its 2005 session, Taking note of the decision reached on 12 February 2004 with regard to enhancement of the engagement of civil society in the work of the Conference 2 and the statement by the President made thereafter, 3 1. Reaffirms the role of the Conference on Disarmament as the single multilateral disarmament negotiating forum of the international community; 2. Calls upon the Conference to intensify consultations and explore possibilities with a view to reaching an agreement on a programme of work; _______________ 1 Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 27 (A/59/27). Ibid., para. 19. 3 Ibid., para. 20. 2 04-48250