A/RES/59/71 Recalling the United Nations Millennium Declaration, adopted by the heads of State and Government during the Millennium Summit of the United Nations, held in New York from 6 to 8 September 2000, 3 in which they resolved “to strive for the elimination of weapons of mass destruction, particularly nuclear weapons, and to keep all options open for achieving this aim, including the possibility of convening an international conference to identify ways of eliminating nuclear dangers”, Reiterating its conviction that a special session of the General Assembly devoted to disarmament can set the future course of action in the fields of disarmament, arms control, non-proliferation and related international security matters, Emphasizing the importance of multilateralism in the process of disarmament, arms control, non-proliferation and related international security matters, Taking note of the report of the Open-ended Working Group to consider the objectives and agenda, including the possible establishment of the preparatory committee, for the fourth special session of the General Assembly devoted to disarmament, 4 1. Decides to establish an open-ended working group, working on the basis of consensus, to consider the objectives and agenda, including the possible establishment of the preparatory committee, for the fourth special session of the General Assembly devoted to disarmament, taking note of the paper presented by the Chairman of Working Group II during the 1999 substantive session of the Disarmament Commission 5 and the written proposals and views submitted by Member States as contained in the working papers presented during the three substantive sessions of the Open-ended Working Group in 2003, 6 as well as the reports of the Secretary-General regarding the views of Member States on the objectives, agenda and timing of the fourth special session of the General Assembly devoted to disarmament; 7 2. Requests the Open-ended Working Group to hold an organizational session in order to set the dates for its substantive sessions in 2006, and to submit a report on its work, including possible substantive recommendations, before the end of the sixtieth session of the General Assembly; Requests the Secretary-General, within existing resources, to provide the 3. Open-ended Working Group with the necessary assistance and services as may be required to discharge its tasks; Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixtieth session the 4. item entitled “Convening of the fourth special session of the General Assembly devoted to disarmament”. 66th plenary meeting 3 December 2004 _______________ 3 See resolution 55/2. A/57/848. 5 Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-fourth Session, Supplement No. 42 (A/54/42), annex II. 6 See A/AC.268/2003/WP.2. 7 A/55/130 and Add.1, A/56/166 and A/57/120. 4 2