A/RES/53/77 Page 47 Noting that, with the recent accomplishments made by the international community in the field of weapons of mass destruction as well as conventional arms, the following years would be opportune for the international community to start the process of reviewing the state of affairs in the entire field of disarmament and arms control in the post-cold-war era, 1. Decides, subject to the emergence of a consensus on its objectives and agenda, to convene the fourth special session of the General Assembly devoted to disarmament; 2. Endorses the report of the Disarmament Commission on its 1998 substantive session,68 and recommends that an item entitled “Fourth special session of the General Assembly devoted to disarmament” be included in the agenda of the Commission at its 1999 session, which should promote agreement on the agenda and timing of the special session; 3. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-fourth session the item entitled “Convening of the fourth special session of the General Assembly devoted to disarmament” and, subject to the outcome of the deliberations at the 1999 substantive session of the Disarmament Commission, to set an exact date for and to decide on organizational matters relating to the convening of the special session. 79th plenary meeting 4 December 1998