United Nations
General Assembly
A/RES/58/59
Distr.: General
19 December 2003
Fifty-eighth session
Agenda item 73
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 8 December 2003
[on the report of the First Committee (A/58/462)]
58/59.
A path to the total elimination of nuclear weapons
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 49/75 H of 15 December 1994, 50/70 C of
12 December 1995, 51/45 G of 10 December 1996, 52/38 K of 9 December 1997,
53/77 U of 4 December 1998, 54/54 D of 1 December 1999, 55/33 of 20 November
2000, 56/24 N of 29 November 2001 and 57/78 of 22 November 2002,
Recognizing that the enhancement of international peace and security and the
promotion of nuclear disarmament mutually complement and strengthen each other,
Expressing deep concern regarding the growing dangers posed by the
proliferation of weapons of mass destruction,
Convinced that every effort should be made to avoid nuclear devastation,
Reaffirming the crucial importance of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of
Nuclear Weapons 1 as the cornerstone of the international regime for nuclear
non-proliferation and as an essential foundation for the pursuit of nuclear
disarmament, and welcoming accession by Timor-Leste to the Treaty,
Bearing in mind that challenges to the Treaty and to the nuclear
non-proliferation regime have further increased the necessity of full compliance and
that the Treaty can fulfil its role only if there is confidence in compliance by all
States parties,
Recognizing the progress made by the nuclear-weapon States in the reduction
of their nuclear weapons unilaterally or through their negotiations, including the
recent entry into force of the Treaty on Strategic Offensive Reductions (“the
Moscow Treaty”) by the United States of America and the Russian Federation, 2
which should serve as a step for further nuclear disarmament, and the efforts for
nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation by the international community,
Reaffirming the conviction that further advancement in nuclear disarmament
will contribute to consolidating the international regime for nuclear
non-proliferation, ensuring international peace and security,
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