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 97h Regional confidence-building measures: activities of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa, published in 2014.

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?

10 subjects

Central Africa Confidence-Building Measures Disarmament Displaced Persons Peacebuilding Post-Conflict Reconstruction Refugee Assistance Refugee-Receiving Countries Regional Security War Prevention

What’s in this document?

21 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 steps taken by States members of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa to facilitate the early entry into force 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),¹⁰ and encourages States members of the Standing Advisory Committee and other interested States to provide financial support for the implementation of the Convention;

¹⁰See A/65/517-S/2010/534, annex.

Encourages the States members of the Standing Advisory Committee to implement the declaration on a road map for counter-terrorism and non-proliferation of arms in Central Africa,Error: Reference source not found and requests the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1373 (2001) concerning counter-terrorism and the international community to support those measures;

Also encourages the States members of the Standing Advisory Committee to carry out the programmes of activities 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;

Welcomes the adoption, during the Summit of Heads of State and Government on Maritime Safety and Security in the Gulf of Guinea, held in Yaoundé on 24 and 25 June 2013, of the Code of Conduct concerning the Prevention and Repression of Piracy, Armed Robbery against Ships, and Illegal Maritime Activity in West and Central Africa, which defines the regional maritime security strategy and paves the way for a legally binding instrument, and the decision to establish, in Cameroon, an interregional coordination centre responsible for coordinating the implementation of the regional strategy, and requests the Secretary-General to support the implementation of the outcomes of the Summit, including through the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa;

Expresses concern over the negative impact that poaching and illegal wildlife trafficking have on the ecosystem, human development and regional security, and calls upon Member States to take immediate concerted action to counter this phenomenon;

Expresses its full support for the efforts of the Economic Community of Central African States, the African Union and the United Nations in the Central African Republic, and calls upon the international community to support these efforts;

Encourages the States members of the Standing Advisory Committee to pursue their discussions on concrete conflict prevention initiatives, and requests the assistance of the Secretary-General in this regard;

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;¹¹

¹¹See 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 on the adoption of the Declaration on the Trust Fund of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa (Libreville Declaration)¹² on 8 May 2009, and invites those States members of the Committee that have not already done so to contribute to the Trust Fund;

¹²See 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 to the Standing Advisory Committee, welcomes the role played by the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa, and strongly encourages the States members of the Committee and international partners to support the work of the Office, including by ensuring that it has adequate resources to undertake its mandate;

Welcomes the efforts of the Standing Advisory Committee towards addressing cross-border security threats in Central Africa, including activities of Boko Haram and the Lord’s Resistance Army, and acts of piracy and armed robbery at sea in the Gulf of Guinea, as well as the fallout from the situation in Libya and the crisis in Mali, and also 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 seventieth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventieth session, under the item entitled “Review and implementation of the Concluding Document of the Twelfth Special Session of the General Assembly”, 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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