A/RES/53/77 Page 15 I THE CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DECISION TO ESTABLISH, UNDER ITEM 1 OF ITS AGENDA ENTITLED “CESSATION OF THE NUCLEAR ARMS RACE AND NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT”, AN AD HOC COMMITTEE TO NEGOTIATE, ON THE BASIS OF THE REPORT OF THE SPECIAL COORDINATOR (CD/1299) AND THE MANDATE CONTAINED THEREIN, A NON-DISCRIMINATORY, MULTILATERAL AND INTERNATIONALLY AND EFFECTIVELY VERIFIABLE TREATY BANNING THE PRODUCTION OF FISSILE MATERIAL FOR NUCLEAR WEAPONS OR OTHER NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVE DEVICES The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 48/75 L of 16 December 1993, Convinced that a non-discriminatory, multilateral and internationally and effectively verifiable treaty banning the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices would be a significant contribution to nuclear non-proliferation in all its aspects, Noting the report of the Conference on Disarmament, in which, inter alia, the Conference records that in proceeding to take a decision on this matter, that decision is without prejudice to any further decisions on the establishment of further subsidiary bodies under agenda item 1 and that intensive consultations will be pursued to seek the views of the members of the Conference on Disarmament on appropriate methods and approaches for dealing with agenda item 1, taking into consideration all proposals and views in that respect,32 1. Welcomes the decision by the Conference on Disarmament32 to establish, under item 1 of its agenda entitled “Cessation of the nuclear arms race and nuclear disarmament”, an ad hoc committee which shall negotiate, on the basis of the report of the Special Coordinator33 and the mandate contained therein, a non-discriminatory, multilateral and internationally and effectively verifiable treaty banning the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices; 2. Notes with satisfaction that this ad hoc committee has already engaged in the first step in the substantive negotiations; 3. Encourages the Conference on Disarmament to re-establish its ad hoc committee at the beginning of its 1999 session. 79th plenary meeting 4 December 1998 32 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-third Session, Supplement No. 27 (A/53/27), para. 10. 33 CD/1299. /...