A/RES/57/79 16. Expresses its regret that the Conference on Disarmament was unable to establish an ad hoc committee on nuclear disarmament at its 2002 session, as called for in General Assembly resolution 56/24 R; 17. Reiterates its call upon the Conference on Disarmament to establish, on a priority basis, an ad hoc committee to deal with nuclear disarmament early in 2003 and to commence negotiations on a phased programme of nuclear disarmament leading to the eventual total elimination of nuclear weapons; 18. Calls for the convening of an international conference on nuclear disarmament in all its aspects at an early date to identify and deal with concrete measures of nuclear disarmament; 19. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution; 20. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-eighth session the item entitled “Nuclear disarmament”. 57th plenary meeting 22 November 2002 5