A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/52/55 12 February 1998 Fifty-second session Agenda item 84 RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/52/614)] 52/55. Effects of atomic radiation The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 913 (X) of 3 December 1955, by which it established the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation, and its subsequent resolutions on the subject, including resolution 51/121 of 13 December 1996, in which, inter alia, it requested the Scientific Committee to continue its work, Taking note with appreciation of the report of the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation,1 Reaffirming the desirability of the Scientific Committee continuing its work, Concerned about the potentially harmful effects on present and future generations resulting from the levels of radiation to which mankind and the environment are exposed, Noting the views expressed by Member States at its fifty-second session with regard to the work of the Scientific Committee, Also noting the provisions contained in section XII, paragraph 38, of the annex to its resolution 51/241 of 31 July 1997 on the strengthening of the United Nations system, 1 Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-second Session, Supplement No. 46 (A/52/46). 98-76273 /...