Implementation of the Declaration on the Strengthening of International Security

A/RES/2880(XXVI)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1972.

What other versions does this mandate have?

10 versions · 1972–1985

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/39/155

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1985	A/RES/39/155	Implementation of the Declaration on the Strengthening of International Security	1,711	23%Compare
1982	A/RES/36/102	Implementation of the Declaration on the Strengthening of International Security	1,374	18%Compare
1981	A/RES/35/158	Implementation of the Declaration on the Strengthening of International Security	847	18%Compare
1980	A/RES/34/100	Implementation of the Declaration on the Strengthening of International Security	2,051	15%Compare
1978	A/RES/32/154	Implementation of the Declaration on the Strengthening of International Security	1,713	11%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

14 subjects

Aggression Apartheid Declarations Disarmament Human Rights Violations International Security Military Occupation Peacekeeping Operations Principles Programme Implementation Racial Discrimination Self-Determination of Peoples Sovereignty Sustainable Development

What’s in this document?

15 operative paragraphs

Solemnly reaffirms all the principies and provisions contained in the Declaration on the Strengthen-

24 A/8431 and Add.1-5. ing of Intemational Security and strongly appeals to all States to take effective measures to implement the Declaration in its entirety;

Calls upon all States to contribute towards resolving existing conflicts and situations likely to endanger international peace and security, in accordance with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and in keeping with the Declaration;

Calls upan all States to respect the national unity, political independence and territorial integrity of every State, to refrain from the threat or use of force and to observe fully the principle that the territory of a State shall not be the object of military occupation resulting from the use of force in violation of the Charter and the principie that the acquisition of territories by force is inadmissible;

Declares that the termination of coercive acts which deprive peoples of their inalienable rights to selfdetermination, freedom and independence, the imple-- mentation of relevant United Nations resolutions concerning colonialism, racialism and apartheid, and the elimination of serious and systematic violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms, which should be respected by all States, are essential elements for the strengthening of intemational peace and security;

Invites the Security Council to consider all appropriate means and procedures far ensuring the strict and full implementation of its resolutions relating to international peace and security;

Urges the early undertaking of a broad review of all aspects of the concept of peace-keeping operations in arder to determine, in accordance with the Charter, appropriate guidelines for its application and to establish appropriate and effective machinery capable of preserving and restoring peace;

Calls for an early agreement on the definition of aggression, which would assist the United Nations in its fundamental task of maintaining intemational peace and security;

Declares that, in view of the close connexion between the strengthening of international security, disarmament and development, the United N ations should evolve a concept of collective economic security designed to promote the sustained development and expansion of national economies and, moreover, affirms that a substantial portion of the savings derived from measures in the field of disarmament should be devoted to promoting economic and social development, particularly in the developing countries;

Declares that any measure or pressure directed against any State while exercising its sovereign right freely to dispose of its natural resources constitutes a flagrant violation of the principles of self-determination of peoples and non-intervention, as set forth in the Charter, which, if pursued, could constitute a threat to international peace and security;

Invites all Member States, in particular the more developed countries, to adopt all appropriate measures to normalize the financia! situation of the United Nations and to provide it with the meaos of effectively achieving its goals;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its twenty-seventh session a report on measures adopted in pursuance of the Declaration, containing, inter alia:

An introduction by the Secretary-General regarding events within the context of the implementation of the Declaration;

Communications from Member States relating to the implementation of the Declaration;

Relevant information on compliance with the provisions of the Declaration by United Nations organs and other international bodies;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its twenty-seventh session an itero entitled "Implementation of the Declaration on the Strengthening of lnternational Security".

21 December 1971.

At the 2031st plenary meeting of the General Assembly, on 22 December 1971, the Chairman of the First Committee announced that, in pursuance of paragraph 3 of the above resolution, he had appointed the following States members of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of the Sea-Bed and the Ocean Floor beyond the Limits of National Jurisdiction: FIJI, FINLAND, NICARAGUA and ZAMBIA.

As a result, the Committee is composed of the following Member States:

AFGHANISTAN,

ALGERIA, .ARGENTINA, Aus- TRALIA, AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, BOLMA, BRAZIL, BULGARIA, BYELO• RUSSIAN SOVIET SocIALIST REPUBLIC,

CAMEROON,

CANADA, CEYLON, CHILE, CHINA, COLOMBIA, CONGO, CYPRUS, CZECHO· SLOVAKIA, DENMARK, ECUADOR, EGYPT, EL SALVADOR, ETHIOPIA, FIJI, FINLAND, FRANCE, GABON, GHANA, GREECE, GUATEMALA, GUINEA,

GUYANA,

HUNGARY,

ICELAND,

INDIA,

INDONESIA, IRAN,

IRAQ,

ITALY, IVORY COAST, JAMAICA, JAPAN, KENYA, KUWAIT, LEBANON, LIBERIA, LIBYAN .ARAB REPUBLIC, MADA· GASCAR,

MALAYSIA, MALI, MALTA, MAURITANIA, MAURITIUS, MEXICO,

MOROCCO,

NEPAL,

NETHERLANDS, NEW ZEALAND, NICARAGUA,

NIGERIA,

NORWAY,

PAKISTAN,

PANAMA,

PERU, PHILIPPINES,

PoLAND,

ROMANIA,

SENEGAL,

SIERRA LEONE, SINGAPORE,

SOMALIA,

SPAIN,

SUDAN,

SWEDEN,

THAILAND, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, TuNISIA, TURKEY, UKRAINIAN SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLIC, UNION OF SoVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS, UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, URUGUAY,

VENEZUELA,

YEMEN,

YUGOSLAVIA,

ZAIRE

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25 Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-sixth ZAMBIA.

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