A/RES/59/94 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 17 December 2004 Fifty-ninth session Agenda item 65 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 3 December 2004 [on the report of the First Committee (A/59/459)] 59/94. Bilateral strategic nuclear arms reductions and the new strategic framework The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 57/68 of 22 November 2002, Noting with satisfaction the new strategic relationship between the United States of America and the Russian Federation, built on the principles of mutual security, trust, openness, cooperation and predictability, as affirmed in their Joint Declaration of 24 May 2002, 1 Noting the increasing cooperation between the United States of America and the Russian Federation in addressing significant challenges to international security, as illustrated by their joint efforts regarding Security Council resolution 1540 (2004) of 28 April 2004, Welcoming the determination of the two countries to work together, and with other nations and international organizations, to meet their respective obligations under article VI of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons which was opened for signature on 1 July 1968, 2 Mindful of the obligation of all parties to the Treaty to abide by all of their commitments under the Treaty, 1. Welcomes the entry into force of the Treaty on Strategic Offensive Reductions (“the Moscow Treaty”) on 1 June 2003, under which the United States of America and the Russian Federation are committed to reducing and limiting their strategic nuclear warheads so that by 31 December 2012, the aggregate number of such warheads does not exceed 1,700 to 2,200 for each party; Supports the continued commitment of the United States of America and 2. the Russian Federation to cooperative efforts in strategic offensive reductions, inter alia, through meetings of the Bilateral Implementation Commission for the Moscow Treaty, as well as increased strategic stability through discussions in the working groups established under the Consultative Group for Strategic Security; _______________ 1 2 04-48190 See CD/1674. United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 729, No. 10485.