A/RES/55/33 provided by States in a position to do so, in response to requests by States, in support of measures associated with combating illicit trafficking in small arms and light weapons, including assistance in collecting and destroying surplus, confiscated or collected small arms and light weapons; 6. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session on the implementation of the present resolution; 7. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-sixth session an item entitled “Illicit trafficking in small arms and light weapons”. 69th plenary meeting 20 November 2000 R A PATH TO THE TOTAL ELIMINATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 49/75 H of 15 December 1994, 50/70 C of 12 December 1995, 51/45 G of 10 December 1996, 52/38 K of 9 December 1997, 53/77 U of 4 December 1998 and 54/54 D of 1 December 1999, Recognizing that the enhancement of international peace and security and the promotion of nuclear disarmament mutually complement and strengthen each other, Reaffirming the crucial importance of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons 3 as the cornerstone of the international regime for nuclear nonproliferation and as an essential foundation for the pursuit of nuclear disarmament, Recalling the progress made by the nuclear-weapon States in the reduction of their nuclear weapons unilaterally or through negotiation, and the efforts made towards nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation by the international community, Reaffirming the conviction that further advancement in nuclear disarmament will contribute to consolidating the international regime for nuclear nonproliferation, ensuring international peace and security, Bearing in mind the recent nuclear tests, as well as the regional situations, which pose a challenge to international efforts to strengthen the global regime for non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, Taking note of the report of the Tokyo Forum for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, 58 bearing in mind the various views of Member States on the report, Welcoming the successful adoption of the Final Document of the 2000 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 7 which contains, inter alia, an unequivocal undertaking by the nuclearweapon States to accomplish the total elimination of their nuclear arsenals, leading to nuclear disarmament to which all States parties are committed under article VI of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 58 A/54/205-S/1999/853, annex. 27

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