Noting the important role of the Regional Centre in assisting region-specific initiatives of Member States, including its assistance in the work related to the establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in Central Asia, as well as to Mongolia's international security and nuclear-weapon-free status, including the organization of a United Nations-sponsored non-governmental expert group meeting on the theme "Ways and means of strengthening Mongolia's international security and nuclear-weapon-free status", held at Sapporo, Japan, on 5 and 6 September 2001,
注意到该区域中心在协助成员国实施区域特定倡议方面的重要作用，包括协助与建立中亚无核武器区及蒙古国际安全与无核武器地位有关的工作，包括于2001年9月5日和6日在日本札幌举办由联合国赞助的题为"加强蒙古国际安全与无核武器地位的途径"的非政府专家小组会议，