Causes of Conflict and the Promotion of Durable Peace and Sustainable Development in Africa

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 48 Causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa, published in 2001.

What other versions does this mandate have?

4 versions · 2001–2006

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/60/223

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2006	A/RES/60/223	Causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa	1,540	18%Compare
2003	A/RES/57/296	Causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa	568	27%Compare
2001	A/RES/56/37	Causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa	841	32%Compare
2001	A/RES/55/217	Causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa	650	–

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report · 2003

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2003	A/58/352	Implementation of the recommendations contained in the report of the Secretary-General on the causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/57/296

What subjects does this mandate have?

14 subjects

Africa Dispute Settlement Education Inter-Agency Cooperation Peacebuilding Peacemaking Programme Implementation Recommendations Regional Conflicts Regional Security Report Preparation Sustainable Development Task Forces War Prevention

What’s in this document?

10 operative paragraphs

Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Working Group on the Causes of Conflict and the Promotion of Durable Peace and Sustainable Development in Africa1 and the progress report of the Secretary-General;2

Notes with deep concern that access to education at all levels in Africa remains low, despite the recognition that education plays a central role in conflict prevention and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development;

Also notes with deep concern that, while some efforts have been made in the prevention and settlement of conflicts, such efforts have not often brought positive results;

Endorses the recommendations entitled “Suggestions for further action and measures”, contained in paragraphs 35 to 56 of the report of the Working Group;

Decides to suspend the activities of the Working Group during the fifty-sixth session of the General Assembly in order to consider further measures for the implementation and monitoring of initiatives on Africa, including the ministerial declaration of the high-level segment of the substantive session of 2001 of the Economic and Social Council, in the light of the forthcoming review of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s⁸ and related initiatives, all of which should be guided by the New Partnership for Africa’s Development;

⁸See resolution 46/151, annex.

Invites the Working Group to re-examine its mandate during the fifty-seventh session of the General Assembly, including the most appropriate way to proceed with the deliberations of the Working Group as well as the scope and nature of its work;

Decides to continue to monitor the implementation of the recommendations contained in the report of the Secretary-General on causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa;4

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its fifty-seventh session a comprehensive report on the implementation of the recommendations contained in his report, including concrete measures needed to ensure a coordinated and integrated approach to the full and early implementation of the recommendations;

Requests that the Secretary-General designate the already established interdepartmental/inter-agency task force as the permanent focal point within the Secretariat mandated to monitor the implementation of the recommendations contained in his report, and also requests that the task force be strengthened with the necessary human, managerial and administrative resources effectively to carry out this task;

Also requests that the task force provide Member States, on an annual basis, with updated matrices indicating the current status of implementation of the various recommendations contained in the report of the Secretary-General.

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