Decides, subject to the emergence of a consensus on its objectives and agenda, to convene its 4th special session devoted to disarmament in 1999; decides, subject to the outcome of deliberations concerning the 4th special session of the General Assembly devoted to disarmament at the 1997 substantive session of the Disarmament Commission, to convene a meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the 4th Special Session of the General Assembly devoted to Disarmament before the end of the 51st session of the Assembly in order to set an exact date and to decide on organizational matters relating to the convening of the special session, and requests the Preparatory Committee to submit its progress report to the Assembly at its 52nd session.

Adopted 163-2-5, 79th meeting

Adopted at the 79th plenary meeting, 10 Dec. 1996.
In: General and complete disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly. - A/RES/51/45. - 10 Jan. 1997. - p.4-6.