Implementation of the Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 61 Implementation of the Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace, published in 1990.

What else is in this group?

41 documents · 1975–2025

Newer documents in this group exist (latest: 2025).

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/13	Implementation of the Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace	517	–
2023	A/RES/78/13	Implementation of the Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace	509	–
2021	A/RES/76/17	Implementation of the Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace	505	–
2019	A/RES/74/25	Implementation of the Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace	500	–
2017	A/RES/72/21	Implementation of the Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace	494	–

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What subjects does this mandate have?

7 subjects

Agenda Conferences Consultations Declarations Indian Ocean Region Rules of Procedure Zones of Peace

What’s in this document?

10 operative paragraphs

90-37219 3012Z (E)

À/RES/45/77

Takes note of the report of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Indian Ocean; 1/

Beaffirms full support for the achievement of the objectives of the Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace;

2/ A/AC.159/SR.357; see also Official Records of the General Assembly. Forty-fourth Session. Supplement No. 29 (A/44/29), sect. II.C.

1/ See A/44/551-S/20870, annex.

1/ Official Records of the General Assembly. Fortv-fifth Session, Supolenient

Ho. 29 (A/45/29).

/ . . .

Reiterates and 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;

Renews the mandate of the Ad Hoc Committee as defined in the relevant resolutions, and requests the Committee to intensify its work with regard to the implementation of its mandate;

Hotes with satisfaction that, in the implementation of the mandate of the Ad Hoc Committee, including the preparatory work for the convening of the Conference, as called for in the relevant resolutions recommended by the Committee and adopted by the General Assembly by consensus, significant progress has been made in the preparatory work, in particular in the preparation of the draft agenda and the draft rules of procedure of the Conference;

Also notes with satisfaction that the Working Group of the Ad Hoc Committee has made considerable progress in identifying substantive elements at the 1989 session of the Committee,

and urges the Ad Hoc Committee to intensify its discussions on substantive issues and principles, with the aim of elaborating elements that might be taken into consideration during the subsequent preparation of a draft final document of the Conference;

Requests the Ad Hoc Committee to hold two preparatory sessions during 1991, the first with a duration of one week and the second with a duration of two weeks, for completion of the remaining preparatory work relating to the Conference on the Indian Ocean to enable the convening of the Conference at Colombo in 1992 in consultation with the host country;

Requests the Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee to continue his consultations on the participation in the work of the Committee by States Members erf the United Hâtions that are not members of the Committee, with the aim of resolving this matter at the earliest possible date;

Requests the Ad Hoc Committee to submit to the General Assembly at its forty-sixth session a full report on the implementation of the present resolution;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue to render all necessary assistance to the Ad Hoc Committee, including the provision of aiunmary records, in recognition of its preparatory functions.