The Standing Committee,
Recalling the initiative of the President of the United States of America embodied in his address of 8th December, 1953 and noting that negotiations are in progress for the establishment as early as possible of an international Atomic Energy Agency to facilitate the use of atomic energy for peaceful purposes throughout the world and to encourage international co-operation in the further development and practical application of atomic energy for the benefit of mankind;
Considering that by its Resolution of 4th December, 1954 the General Assembly of the United Nations decided that an international technical conference of Governments should be held, under the auspices of the United Nations, to explore means of developing the peaceful uses of atomic energy through international co-operation and, in particular, to study the development of atomic power and to consider other technical fields- such as biology, medecine, radiation protection and fundamental atomic science- in which international co-operation might most effectively be realised;
Considering that a close co-operation between the Members of the Council of Europe in the field of the use of atomic energy for peaceful purposes would contribute to the realisation of the aims of the Council;
Considering that it is in the interest of the Consultative Assembly to be as fully informed as possible of the problems connected with the use of atomic energy for peaceful purposes, and, in particular, of the situation of the various Member States of the Council of Europe in respect of atomic research and atomic resources, of the prospects opened through the peaceful use of atomic energy and of the possibilities of European co-operation in this field,
Invites the Secretary-General, with the help of scientific advisers, to prepare a study of these questions and to submit it to the Assembly at the opening of its Seventh Ordinary Session so that it may be used as the basis for the subsequent examination by the Committees on General Affairs, on Economic Questions, and on Cultural and Scientific Questions of the political, economic and scientific aspects of the use of atomic energy for peaceful purposes.