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 99f Regional confidence-building measures : activities of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa, published in 2011.

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?

17 subjects

Central Africa Confidence-Building Measures Disarmament Displaced Persons Early Warning Systems Human Rights Military Demobilization Peacebuilding Post-Conflict Reconstruction Programme Implementation Refugee Assistance Refugee-Receiving Countries Regional Security Small Arms Social Integration Trust Funds War Prevention

What’s in this document?

20 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;

Renews its encouragement to the States members of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa and other interested States to provide financial support for the implementation of the Central African Convention for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons, Their Ammunition and All Parts and Components That Can Be Used for Their Manufacture, Repair and Assembly (Kinshasa Convention), adopted on 30 April 2010, at the thirtieth ministerial meeting of the Standing Advisory Committee, held in Kinshasa from 26 to 30 April 2010;⁷

⁷See A/65/517-S/2010/534, annex.

Welcomes the adoption by the States members of the Standing Advisory Committee of the Sao Tome Declaration on a Central African Common Position on the Arms Trade Treaty,Error: Reference source not found encourages the Committee to take the necessary measures for the implementation of the steps identified in the Declaration, towards the continued active participation of its member States in the process for the arms trade treaty, and requests the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa and international partners to support those measures;

Also welcomes the active participation of experts of States members of the Standing Advisory Committee in the open-ended meeting of governmental experts on the Implementation of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects, held in New York from 9 to 13 May 2011;

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 assistance necessary for its smooth functioning;

Welcomes the signing of the Kinshasa Convention by all eleven States members of the Standing Advisory Committee, and appeals to them to ratify the Convention in a timely manner in order to facilitate its early entry into force and implementation;

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

Requests the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa, in collaboration with the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa, to facilitate the efforts undertaken by the States members of the Standing Advisory Committee, in particular for their execution of the Implementation Plan for the Kinshasa Convention, as adopted on 19 November 2010 at their thirty-first ministerial meeting, held in Brazzaville from 15 to 19 November 2010;⁸

⁸See A/65/717-S/2011/53, annex.

Requests the Secretary-General and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to continue to assist 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;

Reminds the States members of the Standing Advisory Committee of the commitments they undertook at the adoption of the Declaration on the Trust Fund of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa (Libreville Declaration) on 8 May 2009,⁹ and invites those States members of the Committee that have not already done so to contribute to the Trust Fund;

⁹See A/64/85-S/2009/288, annex.

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;

Urges the States members of the Standing Advisory Committee, in accordance with Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) of 31 October 2000, to strengthen the gender component of the various meetings of the Committee relating to disarmament and international security;

Expresses its satisfaction to the Secretary-General for his support for the effective inauguration of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa in Libreville, welcomes the efforts made by the Office since its opening, and strongly encourages the States members of the Standing Advisory Committee and international partners to support the work of the Office;

Welcomes the efforts of the Standing Advisory Committee towards addressing cross-border security threats in Central Africa, including the fallout from the situation in Libya, and welcomes the role of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa in coordinating those efforts, working closely with the Economic Community of Central African States, the African Union and all relevant regional and international partners;

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-seventh session a report on the implementation of the present resolution;

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

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