A/RES/53/79 Page 4 devices, and takes note of the recommendations that they be re-established at the beginning of the 1999 session; 4. Further welcomes the decision of the Conference on Disarmament to entrust its successive Presidents with the task of pursuing intensive consultations and seeking the views of its members on appropriate methods and approaches for dealing with item 1 of its agenda entitled “Cessation of the nuclear arms race and nuclear disarmament”, and takes note of the recommendation by the last President of the 1998 session that they should resume at the start of the 1999 session; 5. Notes with satisfaction the desire of the Conference on Disarmament to promote substantive progress during its 1999 session, and expresses the hope that appropriate consultations during the intersessional period could lead to commencement of early work on various agenda items; 6. Encourages the Conference on Disarmament to continue its consultations on the review of its membership with a view to reaching an early agreement on its further expansion; 7. Also encourages the Conference on Disarmament to intensify further the ongoing review of its agenda and methods of work; 8. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to ensure the provision to the Conference on Disarmament of adequate administrative, substantive and conference support services; 9. Requests the Conference on Disarmament to submit a report on its work to the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session; 10. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-fourth session the item entitled “Report of the Conference on Disarmament”. 79th plenary meeting 4 December 1998