A/RES/53/77 Page 19 3. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its fifty-fifth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution. 79th plenary meeting 4 December 1998 M CONSOLIDATION OF PEACE THROUGH PRACTICAL DISARMAMENT MEASURES The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 51/45 N of 10 December 1996 and 52/38 G of 9 December 1997, Convinced that a comprehensive and integrated approach towards certain practical disarmament measures, such as, inter alia, arms control, particularly with regard to small arms and light weapons, confidence-building measures, demobilization and reintegration of former combatants, demining and conversion, often is a prerequisite to maintaining and consolidating peace and security and thus provides a basis for effective rehabilitation and social and economic development in areas that have suffered from conflict, Noting with satisfaction that the international community is more than ever aware of the importance of such practical disarmament measures, especially with regard to the growing problems arising from the excessive and destabilizing accumulation and proliferation of small arms and light weapons, which pose a threat to peace and security and reduce the prospects for economic development in many regions, particularly in post-conflict situations, Stressing that further efforts are needed in order to develop and effectively implement programmes of practical disarmament in affected areas, Recalling the deliberations on guidelines on conventional arms control/limitation and disarmament, with particular emphasis on consolidation of peace in the context of General Assembly resolution 51/45 N, in the Disarmament Commission and the report of the Panel of Governmental Experts on Small Arms10 and its relevance in the context of the present resolution and of the ongoing work in the Disarmament Commission, 1. Stresses the particular relevance of the deliberations in the 1998 substantive session of the Disarmament Commission on guidelines on conventional arms control/limitation and disarmament, with particular emphasis on consolidation of peace in the context of General Assembly resolution 51/45 N, as a useful basis for further deliberations, and encourages the Disarmament Commission to continue its efforts aimed at the adoption of such guidelines in 1999; 2. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on consolidation of peace through practical disarmament measures,39 submitted pursuant to resolution 51/45 N, and once again encourages Member 39 A/52/289. /...