Review and Implementation of the Concluding Document of the 12th Special Session of the General Assembly Resolutions

A/RES/53/78(A-G)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 72 Review of the implementation of the concluding document of the 12th special session of the General Assembly, published in 1999.

What else is in this group?

94 documents · 1983–2002

Newer documents in this group exist (latest: 2002).

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2002	A/RES/56/25	Review and implementation of the Concluding Document of the 12th Special Session of the General Assembly resolutions	4,398	–
2000	A/RES/54/55	Review and implementation of the Concluding Document of the 12th Special Session of the General Assembly resolutions	4,174	–
1999	A/RES/53/78(A-G)	Review and implementation of the Concluding Document of the 12th Special Session of the General Assembly resolutions	4,179	–
1997	A/RES/52/39	Review and implementation of the Concluding Document of the 12th Special Session of the General Assembly resolutions	2,605	–
1997	A/RES/51/46	Review and implementation of the Concluding Document of the 12th special session of the General Assembly	4,051	–

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What subjects does this mandate have?

12 subjects

Advisory Services Africa Asia and the Pacific Central Africa Disarmament Disarmament Agreements Disarmament Education Fellowships Information Exchange Nuclear Weapons Use Regional Security Training Programmes

What’s in this document?

56 operative paragraphs

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Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on regional confidence-building measures,⁵ which deals with the activities of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa in the period since the adoption by the General Assembly of resolution 52/39 B;

⁵A/53/369.

Reaffirms its support for efforts aimed at promoting confidence-building measures at regional and subregional levels in order to ease tensions and conflicts in the subregion and to further peace, stability and sustainable development in Central Africa;

Also reaffirms its support for the programme of work of the Standing Advisory Committee adopted at the organizational meeting of the Committee, held at Yaoundé from 27 to 31 July 1992;

Notes with satisfaction the progress made by the States members of the Standing Advisory Committee in implementing the programme of activities for the period 1998–1999, in particular by:

Holding a joint meeting of ministers of defence and of the interior at Libreville from 28 to 30 April 1998 on questions of security in Central Africa;

Organizing the Subregional Conference on Democratic Institutions and Peace in Central Africa, at Bata, Equatorial Guinea, from 18 to 21 May 1998;

Holding a Seminar on the Training of Trainers in Practical Disarmament Measures for the Consolidation of Peace for Senior Military and Civilian Officials at Yaoundé, from 27 to 31 July 1998;

Emphasizes the importance of providing the States members of the Standing Advisory Committee with the essential support they need to carry out the full programme of activities which they adopted at the ninth and tenth ministerial meetings, in particular the organization of joint military exercises to simulate peacekeeping operations;

Welcomes the decision of the States members of the Standing Advisory Committee to convene as soon as possible a summit meeting of heads of State and Government with a view to establishing a higher council for the promotion of peace, the prevention, management and settlement of political crises and armed conflicts in Central Africa and a subregional parliament in Central Africa;

Welcomes with satisfaction the establishment of an early warning mechanism in Central Africa which will serve, on the one hand, as an instrument for analysing and monitoring political situations in the States members of the Standing Advisory Committee with a view to preventing the outbreak of future armed conflicts and, on the other hand, as a technical body through which the member States will carry out the work programme of the Committee, adopted at its organizational meeting held at Yaoundé in 1992;

Requests the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to lend their support to the establishment of a subregional centre for human rights and democracy in Central Africa;

Also requests the Secretary-General, pursuant to Security Council resolution 1197 (1998), to provide the States members of the Standing Advisory Committee with the necessary support in making operational the early warning mechanism that they have just established;

Thanks the Secretary-General for having established the Trust Fund for the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa;

Appeals to Member States and to governmental and non-governmental organizations to make additional voluntary contributions to the Trust Fund for the implementation of the programme of work of the Standing Advisory Committee, in particular the activities referred to in paragraphs 5 and 7 above;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue to provide assistance to the States members of the Standing Advisory Committee to ensure that they are able to carry on with their efforts;

Also requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-fourth session the item entitled “Regional confidence-building measures: activities of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa”.

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Reaffirms its strong support for the continuing operation and further strengthening of the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific;

Underscores the importance of the Kathmandu process as a powerful vehicle for the development of the practice of region-wide security and disarmament dialogue;

Expresses its appreciation for the continuing political support and financial contributions to the Regional Centre, which are essential for its continued operation;

Appeals to Member States, in particular those within the Asia-Pacific region, as well as to international governmental and non-governmental organizations and foundations, to make voluntary contributions, the only resources of the Regional Centre, so as to strengthen the programme of activities of the Regional Centre and its implementation;

Requests the Secretary-General, taking note of paragraph 6 of General Assembly resolution 49/76 D of 15 December 1994, to provide all necessary support, within existing resources, to the Regional Centre in carrying out its programme of activities;

Also requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session on the implementation of the present resolution;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-fourth session the item entitled “United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific”.

C

Notes with satisfaction the activities carried out by the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa in support of efforts at promoting understanding and cooperation among African countries in the areas of peace, disarmament, security and development;⁷

⁷See A/53/348.

Reaffirms that there is need to revitalize the Regional Centre and provide it with resources to enable it to strengthen its activities and programmes, and welcomes the steps taken to this end by the Secretary-General, including the appointment of a Director of the Regional Centre;

Appeals urgently to Member States, mainly to African States, as well as to international governmental organizations and foundations to make voluntary contributions in order to revitalize the Regional Centre, strengthen its programmes of activities and facilitate the implementation of such programmes;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue to provide all necessary support, within existing resources, to the Regional Centre for better achievements and results;

Also requests the Secretary-General to assist the new Director of the Regional Centre in his task of stabilizing the financial situation and revitalizing the activities of the Regional Centre;

Further requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session on the implementation of the present resolution;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-fourth session the item entitled “United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa”.

D

Reiterates its request to the Conference on Disarmament to commence negotiations, in order to reach agreement on an international convention prohibiting the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons under any circumstances;

Requests the Conference on Disarmament to report to the General Assembly on the results of those negotiations.

E

Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Disarmament Information Programme;10

Commends the Secretary-General for his efforts to make effective use of the limited resources available to him in disseminating as widely as possible information on arms limitation and disarmament to Governments, the media, non-governmental organizations, educational communities and research institutes, and in carrying out a seminar and conference programme;

Stresses the importance of the Programme, as a significant instrument in enabling all Member States to participate fully in the deliberations and negotiations on disarmament in the various United Nations bodies, and in assisting them in complying with treaties, as required, and in contributing to agreed mechanisms for transparency;

Notes with appreciation the contributions to the efforts of the Programme by the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat and the information centres;

Recommends that the Programme focus its efforts:

To inform, to educate and to generate public understanding of the importance of multilateral action and support for it, including action by the United Nations and the Conference on Disarmament, in the field of arms limitation and disarmament, in a factual, balanced and objective manner, particularly through the publication in all official languages of The United Nations Disarmament Yearbook and updates of the Status of Multilateral Arms Regulation and Disarmament Agreements, and ad hoc publications, and through the Home Page on the Internet of the Department for Disarmament Affairs and other outreach activities, such as the film entitled Messenger of Peace;

To facilitate unimpeded access to and an exchange of information on ideas between the public sector and public interest groups and organizations, and to provide an independent source of balanced and factual information that takes into account a range of views to help further an informed debate on arms limitation, disarmament and security;

To organize meetings to facilitate exchange of views and information between governmental and non-governmental sectors and between governmental and other experts in order to facilitate the search for common ground;

Emphasizes the importance of contributions to the Voluntary Trust Fund for the United Nations Disarmament Information Programme to sustain a strong outreach programme, and invites all Member States to make contributions to the Fund;

Commends the Secretary-General for supporting the efforts of universities, other academic institutions and non-governmental organizations active in the education field in widening the worldwide availability of disarmament education, and invites him to continue to support and cooperate with educational institutions and non-governmental organizations engaged in such efforts, without cost to the regular budget of the United Nations;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its fifty-fifth session a report covering both the implementation of the activities of the Programme by the United Nations system during the previous two years and the activities of the Programme contemplated by the system for the following two years;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-fifth session the item entitled “United Nations Disarmament Information Programme”.

F

Reiterates the importance of the United Nations activities at the regional level to increase the stability and security of its Member States, which could be promoted in a substantive manner by the maintenance and revitalization of the three regional centres for peace and disarmament;

Reaffirms that, in order to achieve positive results, it is useful for the three regional centres to carry out dissemination and educational programmes that promote regional peace and security aimed at changing basic attitudes with respect to peace and security and disarmament so as to support the achievement of the principles and purposes of the United Nations;

Appeals to Member States in each region and those that are able to do so, as well as to international governmental and non-governmental organizations and foundations, to make voluntary contributions to the regional centres in their respective regions to strengthen their programmes of activities and implementation;

Requests the Secretary-General to provide all necessary support, within existing resources, to the regional centres in carrying out their programmes of activities;

Also requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session on the implementation of the present resolution;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-fourth session an item entitled “United Nations regional centres for peace and disarmament”.

G

Reaffirms its decisions contained in annex IV to the Concluding Document of the Twelfth Special Session of the General Assembly13 and the report of the Secretary-General¹⁵ approved by the Assembly in its resolution 33/71 E of 14 December 1978;

¹⁵A/33/305.

Expresses its appreciation to the Governments of Germany and Japan for inviting the 1997 and 1998 fellows to study selected activities in the field of disarmament, thereby contributing to the fulfilment of the overall objectives of the programme;

Commends the Secretary-General for the diligence with which the programme has continued to be carried out;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue to implement annually the Geneva-based programme within existing resources and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its fifty-fifth session;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-fifth session the item entitled “United Nations disarmament fellowship, training and advisory services”.

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