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 97e Regional confidence-building measures : activities of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa, published in 2010.

What other versions does this mandate have?

22 versions · 2003–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/63

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/63	Regional confidence-building measures : activities of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa	5,032	67%Compare
2024	A/RES/79/68	Regional confidence-building measures : activities of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa	4,315	87%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/59	Regional confidence-building measures : activities of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa	4,200	84%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/86	Regional confidence-building measures : activities of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa	3,887	78%Compare
2021	A/RES/76/60	Regional confidence-building measures : activities of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa	3,206	92%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

10 reports · 2005–2016

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2016	A/71/293	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/70/64
2015	A/70/165	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/69/73
2014	A/69/361	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/68/62
2013	A/68/384	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/67/70
2012	A/67/359	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/66/55

What subjects does this mandate have?

18 subjects

Arms Limitation Central Africa Codes of Conduct Confidence-Building Measures Disarmament Displaced Persons Human Rights Military Demobilization Peacebuilding Post-Conflict Reconstruction Programme Implementation Refugee Assistance Regional Security Resources Mobilization Small Arms Social Integration Sustainable Development Trust Funds

What’s in this document?

13 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 sustainable peace, stability and development in the subregion;

Reaffirms the importance of disarmament and arms limitation programmes in Central Africa carried out by the States of the subregion with the support of the United Nations, the African Union and other international partners;

Welcomes the adoption by the States members of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa on 8 May 2009 of the Code of Conduct for the Defence and Security Forces in Central Africa⁶ and the major strides made by States in the drafting of a legal instrument on the control of small arms and light weapons in Central Africa, and encourages interested countries to provide their financial support to the implementation of the “Sao Tome Initiative”;

⁶A/64/85-S/2009/288, annex II.

Encourages the States members of the Standing Advisory Committee to carry out the programmes of activities adopted at their ministerial meetings;

Also encourages the States members of the Standing Advisory Committee to continue 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;

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;

Welcomes the adoption on 8 May 2009 of the Libreville Declaration calling upon States members of the Standing Advisory Committee to contribute to the Trust Fund for the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa;⁷

⁷Ibid., annex I.

Urges other 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;

Expresses its satisfaction to the Secretary-General for his support for the revitalization of the activities of the Standing Advisory Committee, and requests him to continue to provide the assistance needed to ensure the success of its regular biannual meetings;

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

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

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