United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 99a United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa, published in 2011.

What other versions does this mandate have?

27 versions · 1999–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/60

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/60	United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa	1,142	99%Compare
2024	A/RES/79/65	United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa	1,140	99%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/56	United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa	1,142	99%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/83	United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa	1,142	99%Compare
2021	A/RES/76/57	United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa	1,142	92%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

14 reports · 2003–2026

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2026	A/81/152	United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/80/60
2025	A/80/128	United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/79/65
2024	A/79/128	United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/78/56
2023	A/78/152	United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/77/83
2022	A/77/121	United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/76/57

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Africa Cooperation Between Organizations Peacebuilding Regional Disarmament Regional Security

What’s in this document?

12 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;⁴

⁴A/66/159.

Welcomes the continental dimension of the activities of the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa in response to the evolving needs of African Member States in the areas of disarmament, peace and security;

Also welcomes the undertaking by the Regional Centre to provide capacity-building, technical assistance programmes and advisory services to the African Union Commission and subregional organizations on the control of small arms and light weapons, including on stockpile management and destruction, the proposed arms trade treaty and issues related to weapons of mass destruction, as detailed in the report of the Secretary-General;

Further welcomes the contribution of the Regional Centre to continental disarmament, peace and security, in particular its assistance to the African Union Commission in the elaboration of the African Union Strategy on the Control of Illicit Proliferation, Circulation and Trafficking of Small Arms and Light Weapons and the ongoing process of seeking an African common position on the proposed arms trade treaty, and to the African Commission on Nuclear Energy in its implementation of the African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty (Treaty of Pelindaba);⁵

⁵See A/50/426, annex.

Notes with appreciation the tangible achievements and impact of the Regional Centre at the regional level, including its assistance to Central African States in their elaboration 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),⁶ to Central and West African States in the elaboration of their respective common positions on the proposed arms trade treaty, to West Africa on security sector reform initiatives, and to East Africa on programmes to control brokering of small arms and light weapons;

⁶See A/65/517-S/2010/534, annex.

Also notes with appreciation the contribution of the Regional Centre to the “One United Nations” approach and to United Nations inter-agency mechanisms, including the United Nations Development Assistance Framework, the common country assessments and the poverty reduction strategy papers, in a number of African countries;

Urges all States, as well as international governmental and non-governmental organizations and foundations, to make voluntary contributions to enable the Regional Centre to carry out its programmes and activities and meet the needs of the African States;

Urges, in particular, States members of the African Union to make voluntary contributions to the Trust Fund for the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa in conformity with the decision taken by the Executive Council of the African Union in Khartoum in January 2006;Error: Reference source not found

Requests the Secretary-General to continue to facilitate close cooperation between the Regional Centre and the African Union, in particular in the areas of disarmament, peace and security;

Also requests the Secretary-General to continue to provide the necessary support to the Regional Centre for greater achievements and results;

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

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session the sub-item entitled “United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa”.

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