United Nations A/RES/58/72 General Assembly Distr.: General 7 January 2004 Fifty-eighth session Agenda item 80 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 8 December 2003 [on the report of the First Committee (A/58/469)] 58/72. Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction The General Assembly, Recalling its previous resolutions relating to the complete and effective prohibition of bacteriological (biological) and toxin weapons and to their destruction, Noting with satisfaction that there are one hundred and fifty States parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction, 1 including all of the permanent members of the Security Council, Bearing in mind its call upon all States parties to the Convention to participate in the implementation of the recommendations of the Review Conferences, including the exchange of information and data agreed to in the Final Declaration of the Third Review Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction, 2 and to provide such information and data in conformity with standardized procedure to the Secretary-General on an annual basis and no later than 15 April, Welcoming the reaffirmation made in the Final Declaration of the Fourth Review Conference 3 that under all circumstances the use of bacteriological (biological) and toxin weapons and their development, production and stockpiling are effectively prohibited under article I of the Convention, Recalling the decision reached at the Fifth Review Conference to hold three annual meetings of the States parties of one week duration each year commencing in 2003 until the Sixth Review Conference and to hold a two-week meeting of experts to prepare for each meeting of the States parties, 4 _______________ 1 Resolution 2826 (XXVI), annex. BWC/CONF.III/23, part II. 3 BWC/CONF.IV/9, part II. 4 BWC/CONF.V/17, para. 18. 2 03 45723