United Nations General Assembly A/RES/57/115 Distr.: General 24 February 2003 Fifty-seventh session Agenda item 74 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/57/518)] 57/115. 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 56/50 of 10 December 2001, in which, inter alia, it requested the Scientific Committee to continue its work, Taking note with appreciation of the work of the Scientific Committee,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-seventh session with regard to the work of the Scientific Committee,2 Noting with satisfaction that some Member States have expressed particular interest in becoming members of the Scientific Committee, and expressing its intention to consider the issue further at its next session, Conscious of the continuing need to examine and compile information about atomic and ionizing radiation and to analyse its effects on mankind and the environment, Noting with concern that, owing to insufficient resources, the Scientific Committee was not able to hold a regular session in 2002, and that, as a result, it was not able to address its new programme of work effectively, _______________ 1 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 46 (A/57/46). Ibid., Fifty-seventh Session, Fourth Committee, 10th and 11th meetings (A/C.4/57/SR.10 and 11), and corrigendum 2 02 54541