Regional Confidence-Building Measures Activities of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 99e Regional confidence-building measures : activities of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa, published in 2008.

What other versions does this mandate have?

5 versions · 1999–2008

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2008	A/RES/62/53	Regional confidence-building measures activities of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa :	1,033	32%Compare
2003	A/RES/57/88	Regional confidence-building measures activities of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa :	1,224	—
2002	A/RES/56/25[A]	Regional confidence-building measures :#activities of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa	—	—
2001	A/RES/55/34[B]	Regional confidence-building measures :#activities of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa	—	—
1999	A/RES/53/78[A]	Regional confidence-building measures activities of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa	—	–

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report · 2008

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2008	A/63/164	Regional confidence-building measures activities of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa : report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/62/53

What’s in this document?

19 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms its support for efforts aimed at promoting confidence-building measures at the regional and subregional levels in order to ease tensions and conflicts in Central Africa and to further peace, stability and sustainable development in the subregion;

Reaffirms the importance of disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programmes, and encourages the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission to support efforts for the political stabilization and reconstruction of post-conflict countries;

Notes with satisfaction the revitalization of the work of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa following the decision of the twenty-fourth ministerial meeting of the Standing Advisory Committee, held at Kigali from 25 to 29 September 2006;

Welcomes the adoption by the twenty-fifth ministerial meeting of the Standing Advisory Committee, held at Sao Tome from 14 to 18 May 2007, of the “Sao Tome Initiative”, which provides for the drafting of a legal instrument on the control of small arms and light weapons in Central Africa and of a code of conduct for defence and security forces in Central Africa, and encourages interested countries to provide their financial support for the development of these two projects;

Also welcomes the holding at Yaoundé, from 4 to 6 September 2007, of a special conference of the Standing Advisory Committee on cross-border security issues in Central Africa, and takes note of its recommendations, particularly the recommendation relating to the project for the establishment of an international school in Cameroon to train African gendarmes and police in peacekeeping operations;

Encourages the States members of the Economic Community of Central African States to continue their efforts to promote peace and security in their subregion;

Requests the Secretary-General, pursuant to Security Council resolution 1197 (1998), to provide the States members of the Standing Advisory Committee with the necessary support for the smooth functioning of the Council for Peace and Security in Central Africa;

Encourages the States members of the Economic Community of Central African States to pursue their efforts to render the early-warning mechanism for Central Africa fully operational as an instrument for analysing and monitoring the political situation in the subregion within the framework of the prevention of crises and armed conflicts, and requests the Secretary-General to provide the necessary assistance for its smooth functioning;

Reaffirms its support for the programme of work of the Standing Advisory Committee, adopted at the organizational meeting of the Committee, held in Yaoundé from 27 to 31 July 1992;

Notes with satisfaction the progress made by the Standing Advisory Committee in implementing its programme of work for the period 2006–2007;⁶

⁶A/62/129.

Emphasizes the importance of providing the States members of the Standing Advisory Committee with the essential support they need to carry out the full programme of activities which they adopted at their ministerial meetings;

Appeals to the international community to support the efforts undertaken by the States concerned to implement disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programmes;

Requests the Secretary-General and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to continue their assistance to the countries of Central Africa in tackling the problems of refugees and displaced persons in their territories;

Requests the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to continue to provide their full assistance for the proper functioning of the Subregional Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Central Africa;

Urges Member States and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to support the activities of the Standing Advisory Committee effectively through voluntary contributions to the Trust Fund for the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa;

Encourages the States members of the Standing Advisory Committee to implement resolution 1540 (2004), adopted by the Security Council on 28 April 2004, which deals with combating the use of and trafficking in nuclear, biological or chemical weapons and their means of delivery by non-State actors;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue to provide assistance to the States members of the Standing Advisory Committee to ensure the continuation of their efforts;

Calls upon the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-third session a report on the implementation of the present resolution;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-third session the item entitled “Regional confidence-building measures: activities of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa”.

Regional Confidence-Building Measures Activities of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa

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