International Assistance to and Cooperation with the Alliance for the Sustainable Development of Central America

A/RES/58/117View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 40b Special economic assistance to individual countries or regions, published in 2004.

What other versions does this mandate have?

5 versions · 1995–2004

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2004	A/RES/58/117	International assistance to and cooperation with the Alliance for the Sustainable Development of Central America	1,120	30%Compare
2002	A/RES/56/105	International assistance to and cooperation with the Alliance for the Sustainable Development of Central America	1,329	—
2000	A/RES/54/96[E]	International assistance to and cooperation with the Alliance for the Sustainable Development of Central America	—	—
1998	A/RES/52/169[G]	International assistance to and cooperation with the Alliance for the Sustainable Development of Central America	—	—
1995	A/RES/49/21[I]	International assistance to and cooperation with the Alliance for the Sustainable Development of Central America	—	–

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

2 reports · 2003–2005

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2005	A/60/218	The situation in Central America report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/58/117
2003	A/58/286	International assistance to and cooperation with the Alliance for Sustainable Development of Central America report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/52/169[G]A/RES/54/96[E]A/RES/56/105

What subjects does this mandate have?

13 subjects

Central America Cooperation Between Organizations Democratization Development Assistance Development Strategies Disaster Preparedness Mine Clearance Natural Resources Poverty Mitigation Regional Development Resources Conservation Sustainable Development Technical Cooperation

What’s in this document?

10 operative paragraphs

Takes note with satisfaction of the report of the Secretary-General;³

³A/58/286.

Notes the significant reduction in the last two years of the non-reimbursable international assistance and cooperation extended to the Alliance for the Sustainable Development of Central America, as indicated in the report of the Secretary-General;

Supports the decision of the Central American Governments to promote in a harmonious and balanced way the sustained economic, social, cultural, environmental and political development of its member States and the development of the region as a whole through programmes which help to consolidate democracy and resolve social inequalities and extreme poverty;

Reiterates the importance of supporting and strengthening the efforts of the Central American countries in the implementation of the Regional Mechanism of Coordination of Mutual Assistance in Case of Disasters and the Regional Plan for Disaster Reduction as well as the implementation of the Strategic Framework for the Reduction of Vulnerability and Disasters in Central America⁴ and, in particular, of taking measures for the prevention and mitigation of damage, with special emphasis on the most vulnerable groups and sectors;

⁴See A/54/630, annex.

Requests the Secretary-General, the organs, organizations and programmes of the United Nations system and all States, international financial institutions and regional and subregional organizations, as appropriate, to continue providing the support needed to attain the objectives of the programme for the sustainable development of Central America, including those which are being pursued within the framework of the Quinquennium for the Reduction of Vulnerability to and the Impact of Natural Disasters in Central America;

Notes with appreciation the revision of the subregional cooperation programme in Central America of the United Nations Development Programme, launched in 1996, and of the national programmes of other United Nations agencies and other humanitarian agencies on the basis of the priorities established in the regional development strategy for the transformation and modernization of Central America, contained in the initiatives of the Puebla-Panama Plan;

Encourages the Governments and disaster-related organizations of Central America to continue implementing the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction in order to reduce the vulnerability to hazards, and urges the international community to contribute to these efforts, including, as appropriate, through cooperation and technical assistance;

Notes with satisfaction the renewal, in December 2002, of the commitment by the bilateral and the multilateral development organizations to the Meso-American Biological Corridor as one of the pillars for sustainable development comprising the conservation of natural resources, economic competitiveness and efforts to alleviate poverty, which is being developed with assistance from the United Nations Development Programme’s own funds, the Global Environment Facility through the World Bank, the United Nations Environment Programme, the Inter-American Development Bank, the German Agency for Technical Cooperation and the United States Agency for International Development;

Recognizes the efforts and achievements relating to mine clearance in Central America, and calls upon the relevant organs of the United Nations system, the Organization of American States, as well as the international community, to continue providing the material, technical and financial support needed by the Central American Governments to complete mine-clearance, mine-awareness and victim assistance activities in the region, in conformity with the relevant resolutions of the United Nations and the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-personnel Mines and on Their Destruction;⁵

⁵See CD/1478.

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixtieth session on the implementation of the present resolution as part of a consolidated report under the item entitled “The situation in Central America: progress in fashioning a region of peace, freedom, democracy and development”.

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