A/RES/50/69 Page 4 9. Recognizes, in this respect, the growing convergence of views on the elaboration of measures designed to strengthen transparency, confidence and security in the peaceful uses of outer space; 10. Urges the Russian Federation and the United States of America to resume their bilateral negotiations with a view to reaching early agreement for preventing an arms race in outer space and to advise the Conference on Disarmament periodically of the progress of their bilateral sessions so as to facilitate its work; 11. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-first session the item entitled "Prevention of an arms race in outer space". 90th plenary meeting 12 December 1995