Strengthening of Security and Cooperation in the Mediterranean Region

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 76 Strengthening of security and cooperation in the Mediterranean region, published in 1997.

What other versions does this mandate have?

43 versions · 1984–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/69

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/69	Strengthening of security and cooperation in the Mediterranean region	1,015	99%Compare
2024	A/RES/79/76	Strengthening of security and cooperation in the Mediterranean region	1,013	99%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/65	Strengthening of security and cooperation in the Mediterranean region	1,015	99%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/93	Strengthening of security and cooperation in the Mediterranean region	1,015	99%Compare
2021	A/RES/76/65	Strengthening of security and cooperation in the Mediterranean region	1,017	97%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

14 reports · 2011–2025

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2025	A/80/123	Strengthening of security and cooperation in the Mediterranean region report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/79/76
2024	A/79/113	Strengthening of security and cooperation in the Mediterranean region report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/78/65
2023	A/78/115	Strengthening of security and cooperation in the Mediterranean region report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/77/93
2022	A/77/131	Strengthening of security and cooperation in the Mediterranean region report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/76/65
2021	A/76/89	Strengthening of security and cooperation in the Mediterranean region report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/75/86

What subjects does this mandate have?

13 subjects

Confidence-Building Measures Conventional Weapons Disarmament Agreements Drug Production Drug Traffic Illicit Arms Trafficking Information Exchange Mediterranean Region Military Expenditures Regional Cooperation Regional Security Terrorism Troop Withdrawal

What’s in this document?

10 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms that security in the Mediterranean is closely linked to European security as well as to international peace and security;

Expresses its satisfaction at the continuing efforts by Mediterranean countries to contribute actively to the elimination of all causes of tension in the region and to the promotion of just and lasting solutions to the persistent problems of the region through peaceful means, thus ensuring the withdrawal of foreign forces of occupation and respecting the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of all countries of the Mediterranean and the right of peoples to self-determination, and therefore calls for full adherence to the principles of non-interference, non-intervention, non-use of force or threat of use of force and the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by force, in accordance with the Charter and the relevant resolutions of the United Nations;

Commends the efforts by the Mediterranean countries in meeting common challenges through coordinated overall responses, based on a spirit of multilateral partnership, towards the general objective of turning the Mediterranean basin into an area of dialogue, exchanges and cooperation, guaranteeing peace, stability and prosperity, and encourages them to strengthen such efforts through, inter alia, a lasting multilateral and action-oriented cooperative dialogue among States of the region;

Recognizes that the elimination of the economic and social disparities in levels of development and other obstacles, as well as respect and greater understanding among cultures, in the Mediterranean area will contribute to enhancing peace, security and cooperation among Mediterranean countries through the existing forums;

Calls upon all States of the Mediterranean region that have not yet done so to adhere to all the multilaterally negotiated legal instruments related to the field of disarmament and non-proliferation, thus creating the necessary conditions for strengthening peace and cooperation in the region;

Encourages all States of the region to favour the necessary conditions for strengthening the confidence-building measures among them by promoting genuine openness and transparency on all military matters, by participating, inter alia, in the United Nations system for the standardized reporting of military expenditures and by providing accurate data and information to the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms;⁴

⁴See resolution 46/36 L.

Encourages the Mediterranean countries to strengthen further their cooperation in combating terrorism, in all its forms and manifestations, which poses a serious threat to peace, security and stability in the region and therefore to the improvement of the current political, economic and social situation;

Invites all States of the region to address, through various forms of cooperation, problems and threats posed to the region, such as terrorism, international crime and illicit arms transfers, as well as illicit drug production, consumption and trafficking, which jeopardize the friendly relations among States, hinder the development of international cooperation and result in the destruction of human rights, fundamental freedoms and the democratic basis of pluralistic society;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report on means to strengthen security and cooperation in the Mediterranean region;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-third session the item entitled "Strengthening of security and cooperation in the Mediterranean region".

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