Cooperation Between the United Nations and the Southern African Development Community

A/RES/48/173View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 91d Economic and technical cooperation among developing countries, published in 1994.

What other versions does this mandate have?

7 versions · 1994–2007

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/61/51

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2007	A/RES/61/51	Cooperation between the United Nations and the Southern African Development Community	988	45%Compare
2005	A/RES/59/140	Cooperation between the United Nations and the Southern African Development Community	624	21%Compare
2003	A/RES/57/44	Cooperation between the United Nations and the Southern African Development Community	1,683	—
2000	A/RES/54/227	Cooperation between the United Nations and the Southern African Development Community	—	—
1998	A/RES/52/204	Cooperation between the United Nations and the Southern African Development Community	1,265	33%Compare

What’s in this document?

16 operative paragraphs

See A/38/493, annex I.

A/48/495 and Add.1.

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General, 2/ in which he describes progress made in the implementation of the resolutions of the General Assembly dealing with cooperation between the United Nations and the Southern African Development Community;

Commends the Member States and organs, organizations and bodies of the United Nations system that have maintained, enhanced and initiated development cooperation with the Community;

Calls upon the Member States and organs, organizations and bodies of the United Nations system that have not yet established contact and relationships with the Community to explore the possibility of doing so;

Commends the members of the Community for the progress achieved so far in implementing its programme of action and encouraging further such efforts;

Renews its appeal to the international community to increase its financial, technical and material support for the Community in order to enable it to implement fully its programme of action and to meet the reconstruction and rehabilitation needs;

Appeals to the international community and relevant organizations of the United Nations system to extend appropriate assistance to the Community in order to enable it to advance the process of regional economic integration, including the participation in the process of a democratic, non-racial South Africa as soon as possible;

Welcomes the economic and political reforms under way within the Community, which are intended better to address the challenges of regional cooperation and integration in the 1990s;

Calls upon the South African authorities and all parties concerned to redouble efforts to end the violence and build a stronger foundation for the emergence of democracy in South Africa;

Regrets the unbecoming actions of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola, which are increasing the suffering of the civilian population of Angola, which is increasingly in need of help, causing an intolerable refugee problem and damaging the Angolan economy, and demands that the Union permanently cease such actions;

Welcomes the steps taken by the Secretary-General to implement the emergency humanitarian assistance plan for Angola, and appeals to Member States to make generous contributions;

Notes with appreciation the assistance and pledges made by Member States in support of the peace process in Mozambique, and encourages the donor community to provide appropriate and prompt assistance for the implementation of all aspects of the General Peace Agreement for Mozambique;

Reaffirms its appeal to the international community to continue extending assistance to Namibia at this stage of its independence, to enable it to implement its national development programme;

Invites the donor community and other cooperating partners to participate at a high level in the Annual Consultative Conference of the Southern African Development Community, to be held at Gaborone from 26 to 28 January 1994;

Commends the Secretary-General and members of the international community for their timely response to the drought situation in southern Africa, which has averted famine in the region and has initiated a process that will ensure a rapid response to situations of a similar nature in the future, and in this regard encourages the international community to assist countries of the region in overcoming the effects of drought on a sustained basis;

Requests the Secretary-General, in consultation with the Executive Secretary of the Southern African Development Community, to continue to intensify contacts aimed at promoting and harmonizing cooperation between the United Nations and the Community;

Also requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fiftieth session on the implementation of the present resolution.

Cooperation Between the United Nations and the Southern African Development Community

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