United Nations General Assembly A/RES/59/80 Distr.: General 16 December 2004 Fifty-ninth session Agenda item 65 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 3 December 2004 [on the report of the First Committee (A/59/459)] 59/80. Measures to prevent terrorists from acquiring weapons of mass destruction The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 58/48 of 8 December 2003, Recognizing the determination of the international community to combat terrorism, as evident in relevant General Assembly and Security Council resolutions, Deeply concerned by the growing risk of linkages between terrorism and weapons of mass destruction, and in particular by the fact that terrorists may seek to acquire weapons of mass destruction, Taking note of Security Council resolution 1540 (2004) on the nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction, adopted on 28 April 2004, Noting the support expressed in the Final Document of the Thirteenth Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries, which was held in Kuala Lumpur from 20 to 25 February 2003, 1 and in the Final Document of the Fourteenth Ministerial Conference of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries, which was held in Durban, South Africa, from 17 to 19 August 2004, for measures to prevent terrorists from acquiring weapons of mass destruction, Noting also that the Group of Eight, the European Union, the Regional Forum of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and others have taken into account in their deliberations the dangers posed by the acquisition by terrorists of weapons of mass destruction, and the need for international cooperation in combating it, Acknowledging the consideration of issues relating to terrorism and weapons of mass destruction by the Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters, 2 Taking note of resolution GC(48)/RES/11, adopted on 24 September 2004 by the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency at its fortyeighth regular session, 3 and the setting up of an Advisory Group on Security in the _______________ 1 A/57/759-S/2003/332, annex I. See A/59/361. 3 See International Atomic Energy Agency, Resolutions and Other Decisions of the General Conference, Forty-eighth Regular Session, 20–24 September 2004 (GC(48)/RES/DEC(2004)). 2 04-48106