A/RES/61/102 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 19 December 2006 Sixty-first session Agenda item 97 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 6 December 2006 [on the report of the First Committee (A/61/401)] 61/102. 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-five 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, 2 and to provide such information and data in conformity with standardized procedure to the SecretaryGeneral 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, Reaffirms the call upon all signatory States that have not yet ratified the 1. Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction1 to do so without delay, and calls upon those States that have not signed the Convention to become parties thereto at an early date, thus contributing to the achievement of universal adherence to the Convention; _______________ 1 Resolution 2826 (XXVI), annex. BWC/CONF.III/23, part II. 3 BWC/CONF.IV/9, part II. 2 06-50055