A/RES/56/26 Recalling, in this respect, that the Conference has a number of urgent and important issues for negotiation, 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; 3. Welcomes the strong collective interest of the Conference in commencing substantive work as soon as possible during its 2002 session; 4. Also welcomes the decision of the Conference to request its President to conduct appropriate consultations with its incoming President during the intersessional period to try to achieve this goal, as expressed in paragraph 40 of its report;4 5. Further welcomes the recommendation of the Conference, as expressed in paragraph 41 of its report, to reappoint the Special Coordinator on Review of the Agenda of the Conference on Disarmament, the Special Coordinator on Expansion of Membership of the Conference on Disarmament and the Special Coordinator on Improved and Effective Functioning of the Conference on Disarmament as early as possible during its 2002 session; 6. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to ensure the provision to the Conference of adequate administrative, substantive and conference support services; 7. Requests the Conference to submit a report on its work to the General Assembly at its fifty-seventh session; 8. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-seventh session the item entitled “Report of the Conference on Disarmament”. 68th plenary meeting 29 November 2001 3