A/RES/58/82 7. Recommends also that, consistent with his existing authority, the Secretary-General advise the Security Council or the General Assembly, as appropriate, where in his assessment circumstances would support a declaration of exceptional risk for the purposes of article 1 (c) (ii) of the Convention; 8. Confirms that, consistent with his existing authority, the SecretaryGeneral, who has knowledge of the facts and easy access to the information, may provide information, upon the request of a State, on matters of fact relevant to the application of the Convention, such as the fact and content of any declaration of exceptional risk by the Security Council or the General Assembly or any agreement concluded between the United Nations and a humanitarian non-governmental organization or agency; Notes that the Secretary-General has prepared a standardized provision 9. for incorporation into the agreements concluded between the United Nations and humanitarian non-governmental organizations or agencies for the purposes of clarifying the application of the Convention to persons deployed by those organizations or agencies, and requests the Secretary-General to make available to Member States the names of organizations or agencies that have concluded such agreements; 10. Urges the Secretary-General and relevant bodies to continue to take such other practical measures as are within their authority and existing institutional mandates to strengthen protection for United Nations and associated personnel, including locally recruited personnel, who are particularly vulnerable and account for the majority of casualties among United Nations or associated personnel; 11. Decides that the Ad Hoc Committee established under resolution 56/89 shall reconvene for one week from 12 to 16 April 2004, with a mandate to expand the scope of legal protection under the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel, including, inter alia, by means of a legal instrument, and that the work shall continue during the fifty-ninth session of the General Assembly within the framework of a working group of the Sixth Committee; 12. Requests the Ad Hoc Committee to submit a report on its work to the General Assembly at the fifty-ninth session; 13. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session on the measures taken to implement the present resolution; 14. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-ninth session the item entitled “Scope of legal protection under the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel”. 72nd plenary meeting 9 December 2003 3