A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/52/40 31 December 1997 Fifty-second session Agenda item 73 RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [on the report of the First Committee (A/52/602)] 52/40. Review of the implementation of the recommendations and decisions adopted by the General Assembly at its tenth special session A Report of the Conference on Disarmament The General Assembly, Having considered the report of the Conference on Disarmament,1 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, Recognizing that the Conference on Disarmament has a number of urgent and important issues for negotiations, 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; 1 Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-second Session, Supplement No. 27 (A/52/27). 97-77737 /...