A/RES/51/46 Page 3 8. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its fifty-third session a report covering both the implementation of the activities of the Programme by the United Nations system during the previous two years and the activities of the Programme contemplated by the system for the following two years; 9. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-third session the item entitled "United Nations Disarmament Information Programme". 79th plenary meeting 10 December 1996 B United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 42/39 D of 30 November 1987 and 44/117 F of 15 December 1989, by which it established the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and renamed it the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific, with headquarters at Kathmandu and with the mandate of providing, on request, substantive support for the initiatives and other activities mutually agreed upon by the Member States of the Asia-Pacific region for the implementation of measures for peace and disarmament, through appropriate utilization of available resources, Welcoming the report of the Secretary-General,3 in which he expresses his belief that the mandate of the Regional Centre not only remains valid but is even more relevant today in the changed international environment, Commending the useful activities carried out by the Regional Centre in encouraging regional and subregional dialogue for the enhancement of openness, transparency and confidence-building, as well as the promotion of disarmament and security through the organization of regional meetings, which has come to be widely known within the Asia-Pacific region as the "Kathmandu process", Noting that trends in the post-cold-war era have emphasized the function of the Regional Centre in assisting Member States as they deal with new security concerns and disarmament issues emerging in the region, Recognizing the need for the Regional Centre to pursue effectively its expanded function, Expressing its appreciation to the Regional Centre for its organization of substantive regional meetings at Kathmandu and at Hiroshima, Japan, in 1996, Appreciating highly the important role Nepal has played as the host nation of the headquarters of the Regional Centre, 3 A/51/445. /...