Confidence-Building Measures in the Regional and Subregional Context

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 98u Confidence-building measures in the regional and subregional context, published in 2008.

What other versions does this mandate have?

23 versions · 2003–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/42

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/42	Confidence-building measures in the regional and subregional context	763	98%Compare
2024	A/RES/79/27	Confidence-building measures in the regional and subregional context	755	98%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/38	Confidence-building measures in the regional and subregional context	751	99%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/60	Confidence-building measures in the regional and subregional context	745	99%Compare
2021	A/RES/76/43	Confidence-building measures in the regional and subregional context	740	99%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

12 reports · 2010–2025

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2025	A/80/161	Confidence-building measures in the regional and subregional context report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/79/27
2024	A/79/125	Confidence-building measures in the regional and subregional context report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/78/38
2023	A/78/132	Confidence-building measures in the regional and subregional context report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/77/60
2022	A/77/87	Confidence-building measures in the regional and subregional context report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/76/43
2021	A/76/112	Confidence-building measures in the regional and subregional context report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/75/51

What subjects does this mandate have?

15 subjects

Arms Limitation Conciliation Confidence-Building Measures Consultations Disarmament Agreements Dispute Settlement Force in International Relations International Instruments International Security Judicial Assistance Mediation Negotiation Regional Cooperation Regional Security War Prevention

What’s in this document?

9 operative paragraphs

Calls upon Member States to refrain from the use or threat of use of force in accordance with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations;

Reaffirms its commitment to the peaceful settlement of disputes under Chapter VI of the Charter, in particular Article 33, which provides for a solution by negotiation, enquiry, mediation, conciliation, arbitration, judicial settlement, resort to regional agencies or arrangements or other peaceful means chosen by the parties;

Reaffirms the ways and means regarding confidence- and security-building measures set out in the report of the Disarmament Commission on its 1993 session;²

²Official Records of the General Assembly, Forty-eighth Session, Supplement No. 42 (A/48/42), annex II, sect. III.A.

Calls upon Member States to pursue these ways and means through sustained consultations and dialogue, while at the same time avoiding actions that may hinder or impair such a dialogue;

Urges States to comply strictly with all bilateral, regional and international agreements, including arms control and disarmament agreements, to which they are party;

Emphasizes that the objective of confidence-building measures should be to help strengthen international peace and security and be consistent with the principle of undiminished security at the lowest level of armaments;

Encourages the promotion of bilateral and regional confidence-building measures, with the consent and participation of the parties concerned, to avoid conflict and prevent the unintended and accidental outbreak of hostilities;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report to the General Assembly at its sixty-third session containing the views of Member States on confidence-building measures in the regional and subregional context;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-third session the item entitled “Confidence-building measures in the regional and subregional context”.

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