A/RES/57/68 ensure the security of weapons of mass destruction and missile technologies, information, expertise and material, 1. Welcomes the commitment of the two countries to strategic nuclear warhead reductions in the Treaty on Strategic Offensive Reductions (“the Moscow Treaty”), signed on 24 May 2002, 2 which is an important result of this new bilateral strategic relationship and which will help to establish more favourable conditions for actively promoting security and cooperation and enhancing international stability; 2. Looks forward to the entry into force of the Moscow Treaty at the earliest possible date; 3. Notes with satisfaction the Joint Declaration signed by the United States of America and the Russian Federation in Moscow on 24 May 2002,2 which, inter alia, created the Consultative Group for Strategic Security, chaired by Foreign and Defence Ministers, through which the United States of America and the Russian Federation will strengthen mutual confidence, expand transparency, share information and plans and discuss strategic issues of mutual interest; 4. Recognizes that the Group of Eight Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction, launched by leaders at the Kananaskis Summit, held at Kananaskis, Canada, on 26 and 27 June 2002, will enhance international security and safety by supporting specific cooperation projects, initially in the Russian Federation, to address non-proliferation, disarmament, counter-terrorism and nuclear safety issues; 5. Invites all countries, as appropriate, to join the Group of Eight commitment to the non-proliferation principles endorsed by the Group of Eight leaders at the Kananaskis Summit aimed at preventing terrorists, or those who harbour them, from acquiring or developing nuclear, chemical, radiological and biological weapons, missiles, and related materials, equipment and technology; 6. Invites the United States of America and the Russian Federation to keep other States Members of the United Nations duly informed of their strategic offensive reductions; 7. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-eighth session an item entitled “Bilateral strategic nuclear arms reductions and the new strategic framework”. 57th plenary meeting 22 November 2002 2