Maintenance of International Security - Good-Neighbourliness, Stability and Development in South-Eastern Europe

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda items 66 Development of good-neighbourly relations among Balkan States and 67 Maintenance of international security, published in 2000.

What other versions does this mandate have?

5 versions · 2000–2006

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/61/53

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2006	A/RES/61/53	Maintenance of international security - good-neighbourliness, stability and development in South-Eastern Europe	1,513	72%Compare
2004	A/RES/59/59	Maintenance of international security - good-neighbourliness, stability and development in South-Eastern Europe	1,448	62%Compare
2002	A/RES/57/52	Maintenance of international security - good-neighbourliness, stability and development in South-Eastern Europe	1,271	70%Compare
2002	A/RES/56/18	Maintenance of international security - good-neighbourliness, stability and development in South-Eastern Europe	1,423	37%Compare
2000	A/RES/55/27	Maintenance of international security - good-neighbourliness, stability and development in South-Eastern Europe	1,052	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

17 subjects

Balkan Region Disarmament Dispute Settlement Economic Integration Friendly Relations Among States Good Neighbourliness Illicit Arms Trafficking Illicit Traffic International Law International Security Landmines Peacekeeping Operations Regional Cooperation Regional Security Southeast Europe Sovereignty Sustainable Development

What’s in this document?

13 operative paragraphs

Affirms the urgency of consolidating South-Eastern Europe as a region of peace, security, stability, democracy, cooperation and economic development and for the promotion of good-neighbourliness and the observance of human rights, thus contributing to the maintenance of international peace and security and enhancing the prospects for sustained development and prosperity for all peoples in the region as an integral part of Europe;

Calls upon all participants in the Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe, and all concerned international organizations, to support the efforts of South-Eastern European States to overcome the negative effects of the Kosovo crisis and other recent crises so as to enable them to pursue sustainable development and their integration into the European structures, and welcomes the results of the third meeting of the Working Table on Security Issues of the Stability Pact, held at Sofia on 4 and 5 October 2000;

Encourages all States to contribute to the full implementation of Security Council resolution 1244 (1999) on Kosovo, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and welcomes the efforts and supports the role of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo and the Kosovo Force in the implementation of their mandates under that resolution;

Calls upon all States, the relevant international organizations and competent organs of the United Nations to respect the principles of territorial integrity and sovereignty of all States and the inviolability of international borders, to continue to take measures in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, as appropriate, to eliminate threats to international peace and security and to help to prevent conflicts which can lead to the violent disintegration of States;

Stresses the importance of good-neighbourliness and the development of friendly relations among States, and calls upon all States to resolve their disputes with other States by peaceful means, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations;

Urges strengthening of the relations among the States of South-Eastern Europe on the basis of respect for international law and agreements, in accordance with the principles of good-neighbourliness and mutual respect;

Stresses the importance of regional efforts aimed at preventing conflicts that endanger the maintenance of international peace and security and, in this regard, notes with satisfaction the role of the Multinational Peace Force for South-Eastern Europe;

Emphasizes the importance of regional efforts in South-Eastern Europe for arms control, disarmament and confidence-building measures;

Recognizes the seriousness of the problem of anti-personnel mines in South-Eastern Europe and, in this context, welcomes the efforts of the international community in support of mine action and encourages States to join and support these efforts;

Urges all States to take effective measures against illicit traffic in and circulation of small arms and to help programmes and projects aimed at the safe destruction of surplus stocks of small arms and light weapons, and stresses the importance of closer cooperation among States, inter alia, in crime prevention, combating illicit trade of people, drug trafficking and money-laundering;

Stresses that closer engagement of the South-Eastern European States in furthering cooperation on the European continent will favourably influence the security, political and economic situation in the region, as well as good-neighbourly relations among the States;

Calls upon all States and the relevant international organizations to communicate to the Secretary-General their views on the subject of the present resolution;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-sixth session an item entitled “Maintenance of international security – good-neighbourliness, stability and development in South-Eastern Europe”.

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