A/RES/55/35 5. Encourages the Conference to continue the ongoing review of its membership, agenda and methods of work; 6. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to ensure the provision to the Conference of adequate administrative, substantive and conference support services; 7. Requests the Conference to submit a report on its work to the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session; 8. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-sixth session the item entitled “Report of the Conference on Disarmament”. 69th plenary meeting 20 November 2000 C R EPORT OF THE D ISARMAMENT COMMISSION The General Assembly, Having considered the report of the Disarmament Commission, 5 Recalling its resolutions 47/54 A of 9 December 1992, 47/54 G of 8 April 1993, 48/77 A of 16 December 1993, 49/77 A of 15 December 1994, 50/72 D of 12 December 1995, 51/47 B of 10 December 1996, 52/40 B of 9 December 1997, 53/79 A of 4 December 1998 and 54/56 A of 1 December 1999, Considering the role that the Disarmament Commission has been called upon to play and the contribution that it should make in examining and submitting recommendations on various problems in the field of disarmament and in the promotion of the implementation of the relevant decisions adopted by the General Assembly at its tenth special session, Bearing in mind its decision 52/492 of 8 September 1998, 1. Takes note of the report of the Disarmament Commission;5 2. Reaffirms the importance of further enhancing dialogue and cooperation among the First Committee, the Disarmament Commission and the Conference on Disarmament; 3. Also reaffirms the role of the Disarmament Commission as the specialized, deliberative body within the United Nations multilateral disarmament machinery that allows for in-depth deliberations on specific disarmament issues, leading to the submission of concrete recommendations on those issues; 4. Requests the Disarmament Commission to continue its work in accordance with its mandate, as set forth in paragraph 118 of the Final Document of the Tenth Special Session of the General Assembly, 6 and with paragraph 3 of Assembly resolution 37/78 H of 9 December 1982, and to that end to make every effort to achieve specific recommendations on the items of its agenda, taking into 5 6 Ibid., Supplement No. 42 (A/55/42). Resolution S-10/2. 3

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