A/RES/58/52 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 17 December 2003 Fifty-eighth session Agenda item 73 (v) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 8 December 2003 [on the report of the First Committee (A/58/462)] 58/52. Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction The General Assembly, Recalling its previous resolutions on the subject of chemical weapons, in particular resolution 57/82 of 22 November 2002, adopted without a vote, in which it noted with appreciation the ongoing work to achieve the objective and purpose of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, 1 Determined to achieve the effective prohibition of the development, production, acquisition, transfer, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons and their destruction, Noting with satisfaction that since the adoption of resolution 57/82, eleven additional States have ratified the Convention or acceded to it, bringing the total number of States parties to the Convention to one hundred and fifty-eight, Emphasizes that the universality of the Convention on the Prohibition of 1. the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction1 is fundamental to the achievement of its objective and purpose; 2. Underlines that the Convention and its implementation contribute to enhancing international peace and security, and emphasizes that its full, universal and effective implementation will contribute further to that purpose by excluding completely, for the sake of all humankind, the possibility of the use of chemical weapons; Stresses that the full and effective implementation of all provisions of the 3. Convention is in itself an important contribution to the efforts of the United Nations in the global fight against terrorism in all its forms and manifestations; _______________ 1 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Forty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 27 (A/47/27), appendix I. 03 45603