A/RES/59/98 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 10 December 2004 Fifty-ninth session Agenda item 66 (f) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 3 December 2004 [on the report of the First Committee (A/59/460)] 59/98. United Nations regional centres for peace and disarmament The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 58/63 of 8 December 2003 regarding the maintenance and revitalization of the three United Nations regional centres for peace and disarmament, Recalling also the reports of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa, 1 the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific 2 and the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, 3 Reaffirming its decision, taken in 1982 at its twelfth special session, to establish the United Nations Disarmament Information Programme, the purpose of which is to inform, educate and generate public understanding and support for the objectives of the United Nations in the field of arms control and disarmament, 4 Bearing in mind its resolutions 40/151 G of 16 December 1985, 41/60 J of 3 December 1986, 42/39 D of 30 November 1987 and 44/117 F of 15 December 1989 on the regional centres for peace and disarmament in Nepal, Peru and Togo, Recognizing that the changes that have taken place in the world have created new opportunities as well as posed new challenges for the pursuit of disarmament, and, in this regard, bearing in mind that the regional centres for peace and disarmament can contribute substantially to understanding and cooperation among States in each particular region in the areas of peace, disarmament and development, Noting that in paragraph 146 of the Final Document of the Twelfth Conference of Heads of State or Government of the Non-Aligned Countries, held at Durban, South Africa, from 29 August to 3 September 1998, the heads of State or Government welcomed the decision adopted by the General Assembly on _______________ 1 A/59/209. A/59/169. 3 A/59/157. 4 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Twelfth Special Session, Plenary Meetings, 1st meeting, paras. 110 and 111. 2 04-48214