A/RES/52/38 Page 16 Welcoming the adoption of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the fiftieth session of the General Assembly16 and its opening for signature at the beginning of the fifty-first session, and noting the subsequent signing of that Treaty by over one hundred and forty Member States, Welcoming also the smooth start of the strengthened review process of the Treaty on the NonProliferation of Nuclear Weapons with the successful conclusion in April 1997 of the first meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the next Review Conference, which will be held in the year 2000, Recalling that nuclear non-proliferation and the promotion of nuclear disarmament are key elements in the maintenance of international peace and security, which is one of the most important purposes of the United Nations, 1. Urges States not parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons5 to accede to it at the earliest possible date, recognizing the importance of universal adherence to the Treaty; 2. Calls for the determined pursuit by the nuclear-weapon States of systematic and progressive efforts to reduce nuclear weapons globally, with the ultimate goal of eliminating those weapons, and by all States of general and complete disarmament under strict and effective international control, and invites them to keep States Members of the United Nations duly informed of the progress or efforts made; 3. Welcomes the ongoing efforts in the dismantlement of nuclear weapons, and notes the importance of the safe and effective management of the resultant fissile materials; 4. Calls upon all States parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons to make their best efforts for the success of the next Review Conference, which will be held in the year 2000; 5. Calls upon all States to implement fully their commitments in the field of disarmament and nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction. 67th plenary meeting 9 December 1997 L Nuclear disarmament The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 49/75 E of 15 December 1994 on a step-by-step reduction of the nuclear threat, and its resolutions 50/70 P of 12 December 1995 and 51/45 O of 10 December 1996 on nuclear disarmament, Reaffirming the commitment of the international community to the goal of the total elimination of nuclear weapons and the creation of a nuclear-weapon-free world, Bearing in mind that the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction7 and the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction6 have already established legal regimes on the complete prohibition of biological and chemical weapons, respectively, and determined to achieve a nuclear weapons convention on the prohibition of the /...