United Nations A/RES/57/90 General Assembly Distr.: General 9 January 2003 Fifty-seventh session Agenda item 67 (a) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [on the report of the First Committee (A/57/511)] 57/90. United Nations Disarmament Information Programme The General Assembly, Recalling its decision taken in 1982 at its twelfth special session, the second special session devoted to disarmament, by which the World Disarmament Campaign was launched, 1 Bearing in mind its resolution 47/53 D of 9 December 1992, in which it decided, inter alia, that the World Disarmament Campaign should be known thereafter as the “United Nations Disarmament Information Programme” and the World Disarmament Campaign Voluntary Trust Fund as the “Voluntary Trust Fund for the United Nations Disarmament Information Programme”, Recalling its resolutions 51/46 A of 10 December 1996, 53/78 E of 4 December 1998 and 55/34 A of 20 November 2000, Welcoming the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Disarmament Information Programme, 2 1. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Disarmament Information Programme; 2 2. Commends the Secretary-General for his efforts to make effective use of the limited resources available to him in disseminating as widely as possible, including by electronic means, information on arms limitation and disarmament to Governments, the media, non-governmental organizations, educational communities and research institutes, and in carrying out a seminar and conference programme; 3. Stresses the importance of the Programme, as a significant instrument in enabling all Member States to participate fully in the deliberations and negotiations on disarmament in the various United Nations bodies, and in assisting them in complying with treaties, as required, and in contributing to agreed mechanisms for transparency; _______________ 1 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Twelfth Special Session, Plenary Meetings, 1st meeting, paras. 110 and 111. 2 A/57/223 and Add.1. 02 54390