Cooperation Between the United Nations and the Southern African Development Community

A/RES/50/118View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 97b Economic and technical cooperation among developing countries, published in 1996.

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 subjects does this mandate have?

13 subjects

Angola Conferences Cooperation Between Organizations Development Assistance Drought Control Economic Integration Financial Assistance Mozambique Namibia Southern Africa Sustainable Development Technical Cooperation Women in Development

What’s in this document?

19 operative paragraphs

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

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

Calls upon the States Members of the United Nations 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 also the members of the Community for the progress that has been achieved to date in implementing its programme of action, and encourages perseverance with those efforts;

Expresses appreciation to the international community for the financial, technical and material support given to the Community;

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

Appeals to the international community and to relevant organizations and bodies of the United Nations system to extend appropriate assistance to the Community in order to enable it to advance further the process of regional economic integration;

Appeals to the United Nations, its related organs and the international community to assist the Community with appropriate resources to implement the programmes and decisions adopted by various United Nations world conferences, with specific emphasis on the enhancement of the role of women in the development process;

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

Appeals to the international community to extend the needed assistance to the newly democratized South African nation to enable it to implement its reconstruction and development programme as speedily as possible;

Calls upon the United Nations to intensify its efforts to assist the Government of Angola and the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola in the rapid implementation of the Lusaka Protocol⁷ in all its aspects;

⁷See S/1994/1441.

Expresses its appreciation for the substantial contributions of Member States, United Nations agencies and non-governmental organizations to meet the needs of the Angolan people, and encourages additional substantial contributions;

Calls upon the international community to continue to extend its support to the people of Mozambique in their efforts to consolidate their newfound peace and democracy based on national reconstruction and development in that country;

Reaffirms its appeal to the international community to continue rendering assistance to Namibia to enable it to implement its national development programmes;

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;

Appeals to the United Nations and the international community for continued assistance in addressing the drought situation in the southern African region, especially through strengthening the capacity of the Community in drought mitigation, drought monitoring, early warning and preparedness;

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 Johannesburg on 1 and 2 February 1996;

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 fifty-second session on the implementation of the present resolution.

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