United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 91d United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, published in 2006.

What other versions does this mandate have?

26 versions · 2001–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/61

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/61	United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean	1,418	96%Compare
2024	A/RES/79/66	United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean	1,375	88%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/57	United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean	1,219	100%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/84	United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean	1,219	95%Compare
2021	A/RES/76/58	United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean	1,200	99%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

15 reports · 2003–2025

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2025	A/80/122	United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/79/66
2024	A/79/126	United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/78/57
2023	A/78/153	United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/77/84
2014	A/69/136	United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/68/60
2013	A/68/134	United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/67/66

What subjects does this mandate have?

13 subjects

Arms Limitation Caribbean Region Confidence-Building Measures Disarmament Latin America Programme Management Regional Development Regional Disarmament Regional Security Report Preparation Small Arms Transparency in Armaments Weapons of Mass Destruction

What’s in this document?

11 operative paragraphs

Reiterates its strong support for the role of the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean in the promotion of United Nations activities at the regional level to strengthen peace, stability, security and development among its member States;

Expresses its satisfaction and congratulates the Regional Centre for the activities carried out in the last year in the areas of peace, disarmament and development, and requests the Centre to take into account the proposals to be submitted by the countries of the region in promoting confidence-building measures, arms control and limitation, transparency, disarmament and development at the regional level;

Expresses its appreciation for the 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 Latin American and Caribbean region, and to international governmental and non-governmental organizations and foundations to make and to increase voluntary contributions to strengthen the Regional Centre, its programme of activities and the implementation thereof;

Invites all States of the region to continue to take part in the activities of the Regional Centre, proposing items for inclusion in its programme of activities and making greater and better use of the potential of the Centre to meet the current challenges facing the international community with a view to fulfilling the aims of the Charter of the United Nations in the areas of peace, disarmament and development;

Recognizes that the Regional Centre has an important role in the promotion and development of regional initiatives agreed upon by the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean in the field of weapons of mass destruction, in particular nuclear weapons, and conventional arms, including small arms and light weapons, as well as in the relationship between disarmament and development;

Encourages the Regional Centre to further develop activities in the important area of disarmament and development;

Highlights the conclusion contained in the report of the Secretary-General that, through its activities, the Regional Centre has demonstrated its role as a viable regional actor in assisting States in the region to advance the cause of peace, disarmament and development in Latin America and the Caribbean;⁵

⁵See A/61/157, para. 49.

Requests the Secretary-General to provide the Regional Centre with all necessary support, within existing resources, so that it may carry out its programme of activities in accordance with its mandate;

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

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-second session the item entitled “United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean”.

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