A/RES/59/73 United Nations Distr.: General 17 December 2004 General Assembly Fifty-ninth session Agenda item 65 (f) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 3 December 2004 [on the report of the First Committee (A/59/459)] 59/73. Mongolia’s international security and nuclear-weaponfree status The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 53/77 D of 4 December 20 November 2000 and 57/67 of 22 November 2002, 1998, 55/33 S of Recalling also the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, as well as the Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Cooperation among States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, 1 Bearing in mind its resolution 49/31 of 9 December 1994 on the protection and security of small States, Proceeding from the fact that nuclear-weapon-free status is one of the means of ensuring the national security of States, Convinced that the internationally recognized status of Mongolia will contribute to enhancing stability and confidence-building in the region as well as promote Mongolia’s security by strengthening its independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity, the inviolability of its borders and the preservation of its ecological balance, Taking note of the adoption by the Mongolian parliament of legislation defining and regulating its nuclear-weapon-free status 2 as a concrete step towards promoting the aims of nuclear non-proliferation, Bearing in mind the joint statement of the five nuclear-weapon States on security assurances to Mongolia in connection with its nuclear-weapon-free status 3 as a contribution to implementing resolution 53/77 D as well as their commitment to Mongolia to cooperate in the implementation of the resolution, in accordance with the principles of the Charter, _______________ 1 Resolution 2625 (XXV), annex. See A/55/56-S/2000/160. 3 A/55/530-S/2000/1052, annex. 2 04-48064