United Nations A/RES/58/66 General Assembly Distr.: General 7 January 2004 Fifty-eighth session Agenda item 75 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 8 December 2003 [on the report of the First Committee (A/58/464)] 58/66. Report of the Conference on Disarmament The General Assembly, Having considered the report of the Conference on Disarmament, 1 Convinced that the Conference on Disarmament, as the single multilateral disarmament negotiating forum of the international community, has the primary role in substantive negotiations on priority questions of disarmament, Recognizing the need to conduct multilateral negotiations with the aim of reaching agreement on concrete issues, Recalling, in this respect, that the Conference has a number of urgent and important issues for negotiation, Taking note of active discussions held on the programme of work during the 2003 session of the Conference, as duly reflected in the report and the records of the plenary meetings, Taking note also of significant contributions made during the 2003 session to promote substantive discussions on issues on the agenda in the plenary meetings, as well as of discussions held on other issues that could also be relevant to the current international security environment, Stressing the urgent need for the Conference to commence substantive work on its agreed agenda items at this juncture, 1. Reaffirms the role of the Conference on Disarmament as the single multilateral disarmament negotiating forum of the international community; 2. Urges the Conference to fulfil that role in the light of the evolving international situation, with a view to making early substantive progress on priority items on its agenda; Welcomes the strong collective interest of the Conference in commencing 3. substantive work as soon as possible during its 2004 session; _______________ 1 03 45687 Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-eighth Session, Supplement No. 27 (A/58/27).