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decision CD/1356, to review the situation following the presentation of
progress reports by the President of the Conference on ongoing consultations
at the end of each part of its annual session;
7.
Urges that, following the presentation of progress reports by the
President of the Conference, the other candidatures to date be further
considered by the Conference at its 1996 session.
90th plenary meeting
12 December 1995
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Report of the Disarmament Commission
The General Assembly,
Having considered the annual report of the Disarmament Commission, 8/
Recalling its resolutions 47/54 A of 9 December 1992, 47/54 G of 8 April
1993, 48/77 A of 16 December 1993 and 49/77 A of 15 December 1994,
Considering the role that the Disarmament Commission has been called
upon to play and the contribution that it should make in examining and
submitting recommendations on various problems in the field of disarmament and
in the promotion of the implementation of the relevant decisions adopted by
the General Assembly at its tenth special session,
1.
Takes note of the annual report of the Disarmament Commission; 8/
2.
Notes with regret that the Disarmament Commission was unable to
achieve agreement on guidelines and recommendations under its agenda item
entitled "Process of nuclear disarmament in the framework of international
peace and security, with the objective of the elimination of nuclear weapons"
and on recommendations under its agenda item entitled "Review of the
Declaration of the 1990s as the Third Disarmament Decade", both of which were
concluded in 1995;
3.
Notes the progress made and continuing consideration by the
Disarmament Commission of its agenda item entitled "International arms
transfers, with particular reference to General Assembly resolution 46/36 H of
6 December 1991", which is to be concluded in 1996;
4.
Reaffirms the importance of further enhancing the dialogue and
cooperation among the First Committee, the Disarmament Commission and the
Conference on Disarmament;
5.
Also reaffirms the role of the Disarmament Commission as the
specialized, deliberative body within the United Nations multilateral
disarmament machinery that allows for in-depth deliberations on specific
disarmament issues, leading to the submission of concrete recommendations on
those issues;
6.
Encourages the Disarmament Commission to continue to make every
effort to enhance its working methods so as to enable it to give focused
consideration to a limited number of priority issues in the field of
8/
Ibid., Fiftieth Session, Supplement No. 42 (A/50/42).
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