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 Committee to intensify its work with regard to the implementation of its mandate;
5
Requeststhe Ad Hoc Committee to hold three preparatory sessions in 1988, each of a duration of one week, one of which could be held at Colombo in accordance with a decision to be taken by the Ad Hoc Committee at its first session in 1988;
Requeststhe Ad Hoc Committee, should the preparatory work not be completed to enable the convenmg 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
Requeststhe Ad Hoc Committee to submit to the Conference a report on its preparatory work;
9
Requeststhe Ad Hoc Committee to submit a report on its work to the General Assembly at its third special session devotcd to disarmament;
10
Requeststhe 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
Requeststhe 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
Requeststhe 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
Requeststhe Secretary-General to continue to render ali necessary assistance to the Ad Hoc Committee, including the provision of summary records, in recognition of its preparatory function, as well as verbatim transcripts for a possible meeting at Colombo.
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