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96 General Assembly-Forty-second Session (a) The agenda of the First Committee should be ra- tionalized by grouping or merging related items to the ex- tent possible in order to provide greater organizational clarity and without prejudging their substance; (b) Recommendations on procedural matters should be adopted as decisions, not as resolutions; (e) In the interest of maximum etfectiveness and effi- ciency, draft resolutions on the same subject or under the same agenda items should be merged, whenever possible: (á) A period of time for discussion and for organized informal consultations among delegations should be al- located in the programme ofwork ofthe First Committee: (e) The First Committee should have a single general debate on ali disarmament questions during which delega- tions may speak on specific issues, in order to ensure the best use of time and resources available; (/) The deadline for the submission of draft resolutions on disarmament items should be advanced further to the extent feasible with a view to allowing sufficient time for consultations before proceeding to take action upon them: 2. Requests the First Committee to implement the above-mentioned recommendations at the forty-third ses- sion of the General Assembly. 84th plenary meeting 30 November 1987 42/43. lmplementation of the Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace The General Assembly, Recalling the Declaration of the lndian Ocean as a Zone of Peace, contained in its resolution 2832 (XXVI) of 16 December 1971, and recalling also its resolutions 2992 (XXVII) of 15 December 1972, 3080 (XXVIII) of 6 December 1973, 3259 A (XXIX) of 9 December 1974, 3468 (XXX) of 11 December 1975, 31/88 of 14 December 1976, 32/86 of 12 December 1977, S-10/2 of 30June 1978, 33/68 of 14 December 1978, 34/80 A and B of 11 December 1979, 35/150 of 12 December 1980, 36/90 of9 December 1981, 37/96 of 13 December 1982, 38/185 of 20December 1983, 39/149 of 17December 1984, 40/153 of 16 December 1985, 41/87 of 4 December 1986 and other relevan! resolution~, Recalling further the report of the Meeting of the Lit- toral and Hinterland Sta tes of the ludian Ocean, 110 1. Takes note of the report of the Ad 1-loc Committee on the Indian Ocean 111 and the exchange of views in the Committee; 2. Takes note of the discussions on substantive issues in the Working Group established in accordance with the Ad 1-loc Committee's decision of 11 July 1985; 3. Emphasizes its decision to convene the Conference on the Indian Ocean at Colombo, as a necessary step for the implementation of the Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace adopted in 1971; 4. Renews the mandate of the Ad 1-loc Committee as defined in the relevant resolutions, and requests the Com- mittee to intensify its work with regard to the implementa- tion of its mandate; 5. Requests the Ad Hoc Committee to hold three preparatory sessions in 1988, each of a duration of one 11º Official Records of the General Assembly. Thirty-fourth Session. Suf¡;1ement No. 45 (A/34/45 and Corr. l ). 1 /bid .. Forty-second Session. '>upplcment No. 29 (A/42/29) week, one of which could be held at Colombo in accor- dance with a decision to be taken by the Ad Hoc Commit- tee at its first session in 1988; 6. Requests the Ad Hoc Committee, should the preparatory work not be completed to enable the conven- mg of the Conference in 1988, to complete the remaining work during its subsequent sessions in order to enable the convening of the Conference at Colombo at an early date, hut not later than l 990, in consultation with the host country; 7. Notes that the Ad 1-loc Committee will, during its preparatory scssions in 1988, give serious consideration lo ways and means of more etfectively organizing work in the Ad Hoc Committee to enable it to fulfil its mandate; 8. Requests the Ad Hoc Committee to submit to the Conference a report on its preparatory work; 9. Requests the Ad Hoc Committee to submit a report on its work to the General Assembly at its third special session devotcd to disarmament; 10. Requests the Ad Hoc Committee to submit to the General Assembly at its forty-third session a full report on the implementation of the present resolution; 11. Requests the Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee lo continue his consultations on the participation in the work of the Committee by States Members of the United Nations which are not members of the Committee, with the aim of resolving this matter at the earliest possible date; 12. Requests the Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee lo consult the Secretary-General at the appropriate time on the establishment of a secretariat for the Conference; 13. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to ren- der ali necessary assistance to the Ad Hoc Committee, in- cluding the provision of summary records, in recognition of its preparatory function, as well as verbatim transcripts for a possible meeting at Colombo. 85th plenary meeting 30 November 1987 42/44. Israeli nuclear armament The General Assembly, Bearing in mind its previous resolutions on Israelí nu- clear armament, the latest ofwhich is resolution 41/93 of 4 December 1986, Reca/ling its resolution 41/48 of 3 December 1986, in which, in ter alia, it called for placing ali nuclear facilities in the region under International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards, pending the establishment of a nuclear- weapon-free zone in the Middle East, Recallingfurther Security Council resolution 487 ( 1981) of 19 June 1981, in which, ínter alia, the Council called upon Israel urgently to place ali its nuclear facilities under International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards, Noting that only Israel has been specifically called upon by the Security Council to place its nuclear facilities under lnternational Atomic Energy Agency safeguards, Taking note with appreciation of the report of the Secre- lary-General on r sraeli nuclear armament, 112 Noting with grave concern Israel's persistent refusal to commit itselfnot to manufacture or acquire nuclear weap- ons, despite repeated calls by the General Assembly, the ' 12 A/42/581.

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