United Nations General Assembly A/RES/57/62 Distr.: General 30 December 2002 Fifty-seventh session Agenda item 66 (d) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [on the report of the First Committee (A/57/510)] 57/62. Measures to uphold the authority of the 1925 Geneva Protocol The General Assembly, Recalling its previous resolutions on the subject, in particular resolution 55/33 J of 20 November 2000, Determined to act with a view to achieving effective progress towards general and complete disarmament under strict and effective international control, Recalling the long-standing determination of the international community to achieve the effective prohibition of the development, production, stockpiling and use of chemical and biological weapons as well as the continuing support for measures to uphold the authority of the Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare, signed at Geneva on 17 June 1925, 1 as expressed by consensus in many previous resolutions, Emphasizing the necessity of easing international tension and strengthening trust and confidence between States, Welcoming the initiatives by some States Parties to withdraw their reservations to the 1925 Geneva Protocol, 1. Takes note of the note by the Secretary-General; 2 2. Renews its previous call to all States to observe strictly the principles and objectives of the Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare, signed at Geneva on 17 June 1925, 1 and reaffirms the vital necessity of upholding its provisions; 3. Calls upon those States that continue to maintain reservations to the 1925 Geneva Protocol to withdraw them; _______________ 1 2 02 54219 League of Nations, Treaty Series, vol. XCIV (1929), No. 2138. A/57/96.