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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 3rd Review Conference of the Parties to the Convention; also welcomes the progress made by the Ad Hoc Group in pursuing the mandate established by the Special Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on 30 Sept. 1994, and urges the Ad Hoc Group to intensify its work with a view to completing it as soon as possible before the commencement of the 5th Review Conference and to submit its report, which shall be adopted by consensus, to the States parties to be considered at a special conference; requests the Secretary-General to continue to render the necessary assistance to the depository 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, as well as the decisions contained in the final report of the Special Conference, including all necessary assistance to the Ad Hoc Group; welcomes the convening, at the request of the States parties, of the 4th Review Conference of the Parties to the Convention at Geneva from 25 Nov.-6 Dec. 1996.

Adopted without vote, 79th meeting

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Adopted at the 79th plenary meeting, 10 Dec. 1996.