United Nations General Assembly A/RES/57/61 Distr.: General 30 December 2002 Fifty-seventh session Agenda item 66 (i) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [on the report of the First Committee (A/57/510)] 57/61. Convening of the fourth special session of the General Assembly devoted to disarmament The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 49/75 I of 15 December 1994, 50/70 F of 12 December 1995, 51/45 C of 10 December 1996, 52/38 F of 9 December 1997, 53/77 AA of 4 December 1998, 54/54 U of 1 December 1999, 55/33 M of 20 November 2000 and 56/24 D of 29 November 2001, Recalling also that, there being a consensus to do so in each case, three special sessions of the General Assembly devoted to disarmament were held in 1978, 1982 and 1988, respectively, Bearing in mind the Final Document of the Tenth Special Session of the General Assembly, 1 adopted by consensus at the first special session devoted to disarmament, which included the Declaration, Programme of Action and Machinery for Disarmament, Bearing in mind also the objective of general and complete disarmament under effective international control, Taking note of paragraph 145 of the Final Document of the Twelfth Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries, held at Durban, South Africa, from 29 August to 3 September 1998, 2 which supported the convening of the fourth special session of the General Assembly devoted to disarmament, which would offer an opportunity to review, from a perspective more in tune with the current international situation, the most critical aspects of the process of disarmament and to mobilize the international community and public opinion in favour of the elimination of nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction and of the control and reduction of conventional weapons, _______________ 1 2 02 54213 Resolution S-10/2. A/53/667-S/1998/1071, annex I.