United Nations General Assembly A/RES/59/18 Distr.: General 16 December 2004 Fifty-ninth session Agenda item 14 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 1 November 2004 [without reference to a Main Committee (A/59/L.18 and Add.1)] 59/18. Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency The General Assembly, Having received the report of the International Atomic Energy Agency for 2003, 1 Taking note of the statement of the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, 2 in which he provided additional information on the main developments in the activities of the Agency during 2004, Recognizing the importance of the work of the Agency, Recognizing also the cooperation between the United Nations and the Agency and the Agreement governing the relationship between the United Nations and the Agency as approved by the General Conference of the Agency on 23 October 1957 and by the General Assembly in the annex to its resolution 1145 (XII) of 14 November 1957, Takes note with appreciation of the report of the International Atomic 1. Energy Agency;1 2. Takes note of resolutions GC(48)/RES/10A on measures to strengthen international cooperation in nuclear, radiation and waste safety, GC(48)/RES/10B on international nuclear and radiological emergency preparedness and response, GC(48)/RES/10C on transport safety, GC(48)/RES/10D on the safety and security of radioactive sources, GC(48)/RES/11 on progress on measures to protect against nuclear and radiological terrorism, GC(48)/RES/12 on strengthening of the Agency’s technical cooperation activities, GC(48)/RES/13A on strengthening the Agency’s activities related to nuclear science, technology and applications, GC(48)/RES/13B on support to the African Union’s Pan-African Tsetse and Trypanosomosis Eradication Campaign, GC(48)/RES/13C on development of the sterile insect technique for the control or eradication of malaria-transmitting mosquitoes, GC(48)/RES/13D on a programme of action for cancer therapy, _______________ 1 International Atomic Energy Agency, The Annual Report for 2003 (GC(48)/3); transmitted to the members of the General Assembly by a note by the Secretary-General (A/59/295). 2 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-ninth Session, Plenary Meetings, 47th meeting (A/59/PV.47), and corrigendum. 04-47728