A/RES/59/103
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
17 December 2004
Fifty-ninth session
Agenda item 66 (a)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 3 December 2004
[on the report of the First Committee (A/59/460)]
59/103. 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, 55/34 A of 20 November 2000 and 57/90 of 22 November 2002,
Welcoming the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations
Disarmament Information Programme, 2
Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General on
1.
the United Nations Disarmament Information Programme;2
Commends the Secretary-General for his efforts to make effective use of
2.
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;
Stresses the importance of the Programme as a significant instrument in
3.
enabling all Member States to participate fully in the deliberations and negotiations
on disarmament in the various United Nations bodies, in assisting them in
complying with treaties, as required, and in contributing to agreed mechanisms for
transparency;
Notes the results of the survey of users of The United Nations
4.
Disarmament Yearbook;
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1
See Official Records of the General Assembly, Twelfth Special Session, Plenary Meetings, 1st meeting,
paras. 110 and 111.
2
A/59/171.
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