United Nations A/RES/57/82 General Assembly Distr.: General 9 January 2003 Fifty-seventh session Agenda item 66 (o) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [on the report of the First Committee (A/57/510)] 57/82. Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction The General Assembly, Recalling its previous resolutions on the subject of chemical weapons, in particular resolution 56/24 K of 29 November 2001, adopted without a vote, in which it noted with appreciation the ongoing work to achieve the objective and purpose of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, 1 Determined to achieve the effective prohibition of the development, production, acquisition, transfer, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons and their destruction, Noting with satisfaction that since the adoption of resolution 56/24 K, four additional States have ratified the Convention or acceded to it, bringing the total number of States parties to the Convention to one hundred and forty-seven, 1. Emphasizes the necessity of universal adherence to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction,1 and calls upon all States that have not yet done so to become parties to the Convention without delay; 2. Notes with appreciation the ongoing work of the Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons to achieve the objective and purpose of Convention, to ensure the full implementation of its provisions, including those international verification of compliance with it, and to provide a forum consultation and cooperation among States parties; the the for for 3. Stresses the importance of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in verifying compliance with the provisions of the Convention as well as in promoting the timely and efficient accomplishment of all its objectives; _______________ 1 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Forty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 27 (A/47/27), appendix I. 02 54341