United Nations
General Assembly
A/RES/59/76
Distr.: General
16 December 2004
Fifty-ninth session
Agenda item 65
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 3 December 2004
[on the report of the First Committee (A/59/459)]
59/76. 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 R of
20 November 2000, 56/24 N of 29 November 2001, 57/78 of 22 November 2002
and 58/59 of 8 December 2003,
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, including that caused by proliferation
networks,
Welcoming the decision of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, announced on
19 December 2003, to renounce all its weapons of mass destruction programmes,
Welcoming also the adoption of Security Council resolution 1540 (2004) of
28 April 2004 as an important step for global efforts to prevent the proliferation of
weapons of mass destruction,
Convinced that every effort should be made to avoid nuclear war and nuclear
terrorism,
Reaffirming the crucial importance of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of
Nuclear Weapons 1 as the cornerstone of the international regime for nuclear nonproliferation and as an essential foundation for the pursuit of nuclear disarmament,
Bearing in mind that challenges to the Treaty and to the nuclear nonproliferation 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
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