A/RES/55/33 entry into force of safeguards agreements and additional protocols, and calls for the early and full implementation of that resolution; 12. Encourages the constructive role played by civil society in promoting nuclear non-proliferation and nuclear disarmament. 69th plenary meeting 20 November 2000 S M ONGOLIA ’ S INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND NUCLEAR-WEAPON -FREE STATUS The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 53/77 D of 4 December 1998, Recalling also the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations as well as the Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Cooperation among States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, 59 Bearing in mind its resolution 49/31 of 9 December 1994 on the protection and security of small States, Proceeding from the fact that nuclear-weapon-free status is one of the means of ensuring the national security of States, Convinced that the internationally recognized status of Mongolia will contribute to enhancing stability and confidence-building in the region as well as promote Mongolia’s security by strengthening its independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity, the inviolability of its borders and the preservation of its ecological balance, Welcoming the measures taken to implement resolution 53/77 D at the national and international levels, 60 Recalling that in the Final Document of the 2000 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, held at Headquarters from 24 April to 19 May 2000, the Conference welcomed the declaration by Mongolia of its nuclear-weapon-free status and took note of the adoption by the Mongolian parliament of legislation defining and regulating that status, 61 Taking note of the efforts undertaken by the five nuclear-weapon States and Mongolia to implement the provision of the resolution concerning Mongolia’s nuclear-weapon-free status, Taking note also of the joint statement of the five nuclear-weapon States made on 5 October 2000 62 on security assurances in connection with Mongolia’s nuclearweapon-free status, including their commitment to Mongolia to cooperate in the 59 Resolution 2625 (XXV), annex. See A/55/166 and A/55/181. 61 2000 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Final Document, vol. I (NPT/CONF.2000/28 (Parts I and II)), part I, art. VII, para. 8. 62 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-fifth Session, First Committee, 6th meeting, and corrigendum. 60 30