A/RES/52/38 Page 18 Mindful of paragraph 84 and other relevant recommendations in the Final Document of the Eleventh Conference of Heads of State or Government of the Non-Aligned Countries, held at Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, from 18 to 20 October 1995,12 calling upon the Conference on Disarmament to establish, on a priority basis, an ad hoc committee to commence negotiations early in 1996 on a phased programme of nuclear disarmament and for the eventual elimination of nuclear weapons within a time-bound framework; paragraph 58 of the final document of the Twelfth Ministerial Conference of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries, held at New Delhi on 7 and 8 April 1997;39 and paragraphs 40 to 42 of the communiqué of the Meeting of Ministers for Foreign Affairs and Heads of Delegations of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries to the Fifty-second Session of the General Assembly, held in New York on 25 September 1997, 40 which called for, as a first step, the conclusion of a universal and legally binding multilateral agreement committing all States to the total elimination of nuclear weapons, Bearing in mind the proposal of twenty-eight delegations to the Conference on Disarmament that are members of the Group of 21 for a programme of action for the elimination of nuclear weapons,41 and expressing its conviction that this proposal will be an important input and will contribute to negotiations on this question in the Conference, Commending the initiative by twenty-six delegations to the Conference on Disarmament that are members of the Group of 21,42 proposing a comprehensive mandate for an ad hoc committee on nuclear disarmament, which includes negotiations for, as a first step, a universal and legally binding multilateral agreement committing all States to the objective of the total elimination of nuclear weapons, an agreement on further steps required in a phased programme with time-frames leading to the total elimination of these weapons and a convention on the prohibition of the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons and other nuclear explosive devices taking into account the report of the Special Coordinator on that item43 and the views relating to the scope of the treaty, 1. Recognizes that, in view of recent political developments, the time is now opportune for all nuclearweapon States to undertake effective disarmament measures with a view to the total elimination of these weapons within a time-bound framework; 2. Recognizes also that there is a genuine need to de-emphasize the role of nuclear weapons, and to review and revise nuclear doctrines accordingly; 3. Urges the nuclear-weapon States to stop immediately the qualitative improvement, development, production and stockpiling of nuclear warheads and their delivery systems; 4. Reiterates its call upon the nuclear-weapon States to undertake the step-by-step reduction of the nuclear threat and a phased programme of progressive and balanced deep reductions of nuclear weapons, and 39 A/51/912-S/1997/406, annex; see Official Records of the Security Council, Fifty-second Year, Supplement for July, August and September 1997, document S/1997/406. 40 A/52/447-S/1997/775, annex; see Official Records of the Security Council, Fifty-second Year, Supplement for October, November and December 1997, document S/1997/775. 41 A/C.1/51/12, annex. 42 Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-second Session, Supplement No. 27 (A/52/27), para. 30. 43 CD/1299. /...