A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/50/61 9 January 1996 Fiftieth session Agenda item 59 RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [on the report of the First Committee (A/50/579)] 50/61. Verification in all its aspects, including the role of the United Nations in the field of verification The General Assembly, Affirming its continued support for the sixteen principles of verification drawn up by the Disarmament Commission, 1/ Stressing that the critical importance of verification of and compliance with arms limitation and disarmament agreements is universally recognized and that the issue of verification is a matter of concern to all nations, Recalling its resolution 48/68 of 16 December 1993, in which it requested the Secretary-General, as a further follow-up to the 1990 study on the role of the United Nations in the field of verification 2/ and in view of significant developments in international relations since that study, to undertake, with the assistance of a group of qualified governmental experts, an in-depth study on verification issues identified in that resolution, Also recalling that, in its resolution 48/68, it requested the Secretary-General to submit a report on the subject to the General Assembly at its fiftieth session, 1/ See Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifteenth Special Session, Suppplement No. 3 (A/S-15/3), para. 60 (para. 6, sect. I, of the quoted text). 2/ The Role of the United Nations in the Field of Verification (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.91.IX.11). 96-76009 /...