A/RES/56/24 disarmament negotiations, particularly nuclear disarmament, in the Conference during its 2001 session, Emphasizing the need for the Conference on Disarmament to commence negotiations on a phased programme for the complete elimination of nuclear weapons with a specified framework of time, Desiring to achieve the objective of a legally binding prohibition of the development, production, testing, deployment, stockpiling, threat or use of nuclear weapons and their destruction under effective international control, Recalling the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons, issued on 8 July 1996,5 Taking note of the relevant portions of the note by the Secretary-General 63 relating to the implementation of resolution 55/33 X, 1. Underlines once again the unanimous conclusion of the International Court of Justice that there exists an obligation to pursue in good faith and bring to a conclusion negotiations leading to nuclear disarmament in all its aspects under strict and effective international control; 2. Calls once again upon all States immediately to fulfil that obligation by commencing multilateral negotiations in 2002 leading to an early conclusion of a nuclear weapons convention prohibiting the development, production, testing, deployment, stockpiling, transfer, threat or use of nuclear weapons and providing for their elimination; 3. Requests all States to inform the Secretary-General of the efforts and measures they have taken on the implementation of the present resolution and nuclear disarmament, and requests the Secretary-General to apprise the General Assembly of that information at its fifty-seventh session; 4. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-seventh session the item entitled “Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons”. 68th plenary meeting 29 November 2001 T M ULTILATERAL COOPERATION IN THE AREA OF DISARMAMENT AND NONPROLIFERATION AND GLOBAL EFFORTS AGAINST TERRORISM The General Assembly, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, Recalling that the United Nations Millennium Declaration6 stated that the responsibility for managing threats to international peace and security must be shared among the nations of the world, Recognizing that disarmament and non-proliferation are essential for the maintenance of international peace and security, _______________ 63 32 A/56/130 and Add.1.