Report of the Disarmament Commission

Takes note of the report of the Disarmament Commission; notes with regret that the Disarmament Commission was not able to reach a consensus on the item entitled "The fourth special session of the General Assembly devoted to disarmament"; reaffirms the importance of further enhancing the dialogue and cooperation among the 1st Committee, the Disarmament Commission and the Conference on Disarmament; requests the Disarmament Commission to continue its work in accordance with its mandate, as set forth in paragraph 118 of the Final Document of the 10th Special Session of the General Assembly, and with paragraph 3 of Assembly resolution 37/78 H of 9 Dec. 1982, and to that end to make every effort to achieve specific recommendations on the items of its agenda, taking into account the adopted "Ways and means to enhance the functioning of the Disarmament Commission"; requests the Disarmament Commission to meet for a period not exceeding 3 weeks during 2000 and to submit a substantive report to the General Assembly at its 55th session; requests the Secretary-General to transmit to the Disarmament Commission the annual report of the Conference on Disarmament.

Adopted without vote, 69th meeting

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Adopted at the 69th plenary meeting, 1 Dec. 1999.