Takes note of the report of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Indian Ocean; 2/
2
Considers that greater efforts and more time are required to develop a focused discussion on practical measures to ensure conditions of peace, security and stability in the Indian Ocean region;
3
Reiterates its conviction that the participation of all the permanent members of the Security Council and the major maritime users of the Indian Ocean in the work of the Ad Hoc Committee is important and would greatly facilitate development of a mutually beneficial dialogue to advance peace, security and stability in the Indian Ocean region;
4
Requeststhe Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee to pursue his dialogue on the work of the Committee with the permanent members of the Security Council and major maritime users of the Indian Ocean and to apprise the Ad Hoc Committee of his consultations and other relevant developments at a meeting to be held in 1996 for that specific purpose, to take place before the 1997 regular session of the Committee;
5
Requeststhe Ad Hoc Committee to submit to the General Assembly at its fifty-first session a report on the consultations held;
6
Requeststhe Secretary-General to continue to render all necessary assistance to the Ad Hoc Committee, including the provision of summary records;
7
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-first session the item entitled "Implementation of the Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace".
