A/RES/48/14 Page 3 2. Affirms its confidence in the role of the Agency in the application of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes; 3. Welcomes the reappointment of Mr. Hans Blix as Director General of the Agency; 4. Urges all States to strive for effective and harmonious international cooperation in carrying out the work of the Agency, pursuant to its statute; in promoting the use of nuclear energy and the application of the necessary measures to strengthen further the safety of nuclear installations and to minimize risks to life, health and the environment; in strengthening technical assistance and cooperation for developing countries; and in ensuring the effectiveness and efficiency of the safeguards systems of the Agency; 5. Welcomes the decisions taken by the Agency to strengthen its safeguards system; 6. Welcomes also the decisions taken by the Agency to strengthen its technical assistance and cooperation activities; 7. Commends the Director General and the secretariat of the Agency for their impartial efforts to implement the safeguards agreement still in force between the Agency and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, and urges the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to cooperate immediately with the Agency in the full implementation of the safeguards agreement; 8. Also commends the Director General of the Agency and his staff for their strenuous efforts in the implementation of Security Council resolutions 687 (1991) of 3 April 1991, 707 (1991) of 15 August 1991 and 715 (1991) of 11 October 1991, and endorses his efforts to put in place the necessary measures for the implementation of the plan for future ongoing monitoring, in accordance with Security Council resolution 715 (1991); 9. Requests the Secretary-General to transmit to the Director General of the Agency the records of the forty-eighth session of the General Assembly relating to the activities of the Agency. 46th plenary meeting 1 November 1993