A/RES/49/77
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Report of the Conference on Disarmament
The General Assembly,
Having considered the report of the Conference on Disarmament, 4/
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,
Welcoming the ongoing negotiations of the Conference on Disarmament on a
comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty,
Noting with satisfaction the results achieved so far on the subject of
improved and effective functioning of the Conference on Disarmament, as well
as the decision to carry out consultations with a view to achieving consensus
on the issue of its membership by the beginning of its 1995 session and the
decision to continue consultations on the issue of the agenda at its 1995
session,
Recognizing that the Conference on Disarmament has a number of urgent
and important areas 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;
3.
Urges the Conference on Disarmament to continue as a priority task
its negotiations to conclude a comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty;
4.
Notes the recommendation of the Conference on Disarmament that the
balance of its future work be considered more fully by the Conference before
it decides which ad hoc committees, besides the Ad Hoc Committee on a Nuclear
Test Ban, should be established in 1995;
5.
Urges the Conference on Disarmament to make every effort to reach
a solution on the expansion of its membership by the beginning of its 1995
session;
6.
Encourages the ongoing review of the agenda, membership and
methods of work of the Conference on Disarmament;
7.
Requests the Secretary-General to continue to ensure the
provision, to the Conference on Disarmament, of adequate administrative,
substantive and conference support services;
8.
Requests the Conference on Disarmament to submit a report on its
work to the General Assembly at its fiftieth session;
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