A/RES/61/102 2. Welcomes the information and data provided to date, and reiterates its call upon all States parties to the Convention to participate in the exchange of information and data agreed to in the Final Declaration of the Third Review Conference of the Parties to the Convention;2 3. Appreciates the significant participation of the States parties at the meetings of States parties and meetings of experts to date and the constructive and useful exchange of information achieved; Welcomes the discussion and the promotion of common understanding 4. and effective action on topics agreed upon at the Fifth Review Conference: 4 the adoption of necessary national measures to implement the prohibitions set forth in the Convention, including the enactment of penal legislation, and national mechanisms to establish and maintain the security and oversight of pathogenic micro-organisms and toxins in 2003; enhancing international capabilities for responding to, investigating and mitigating the effects of cases of alleged use of biological or toxin weapons or suspicious outbreaks of disease and strengthening and broadening national and international institutional efforts and existing mechanisms for the surveillance, detection, diagnosis and combating of infectious diseases affecting humans, animals and plants in 2004; and the content, promulgation and adoption of codes of conduct for scientists in 2005; Recalls that the Sixth Review Conference was mandated to consider 5. issues identified in the review of the operation of the Convention as provided for in article XII thereof and any possible consensus follow-up action; Welcomes the convening of the Sixth Review Conference in Geneva from 6. 20 November to 8 December 2006, pursuant to the decision reached by the Preparatory Committee of the States Parties to the Convention; 5 7. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to render the necessary assistance to the depositary Governments of the Convention and to provide such services as may be required for the implementation of the decisions and recommendations of the Review Conferences; Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-second session, 8. also in view of the outcome of the Sixth Review Conference, the item entitled “Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction”. 67th plenary meeting 6 December 2006 _______________ 4 5 2 See BWC/CONF.V/17. See BWC/CONF.VI/PC/2, para. 17.