A/RES/48/77 Page 4 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, Considering, in this respect, that the present international climate should give additional impetus to multilateral negotiations with the aim of reaching concrete agreements, Taking note of the decision of the Conference on Disarmament to give to its Ad Hoc Committee on a Nuclear Test Ban a mandate to negotiate such a ban, 6/ Noting with satisfaction the results achieved so far on the subject of improved and effective functioning of the Conference on Disarmament, as well as the decision to carry out inter-sessional consultations with a view to achieving consensus on the issue of its membership during the inter-sessional period, and the decision to continue consultations on the issue of the agenda at its 1994 session, 1. Reaffirms the role of the Conference on Disarmament as the single multilateral disarmament negotiating forum of the international community; 2. Welcomes the determination of the Conference on Disarmament to fulfil that role in the light of the evolving international situation with a view to making early substantive progress on priority items of its agenda; 3. Also welcomes the decision of the Conference on Disarmament to give to its Ad Hoc Committee on a Nuclear Test Ban a mandate to negotiate such a ban; 4. Urges the Conference on Disarmament to reach a consensus that would result in the expansion of its membership before the start of its 1994 session; 5. Encourages the ongoing review of the agenda, membership and methods of work of the Conference on Disarmament; 6. Requests the Secretary-General to ensure the provision to the Conference on Disarmament of additional administrative, substantive and conference support services for its negotiations; 7. Requests the Conference on Disarmament to submit a report on its work to the General Assembly at its forty-ninth session; 8. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its forty-ninth session the item entitled "Report of the Conference on Disarmament". 81st plenary meeting 16 December 1993 ____________ 6/ Ibid., para. 31 (para. 2 of the quoted text).