United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 100c United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, published in 2017.

What other versions does this mandate have?

26 versions · 2001–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/61

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/61	United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean	1,418	96%Compare
2024	A/RES/79/66	United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean	1,375	88%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/57	United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean	1,219	100%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/84	United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean	1,219	95%Compare
2021	A/RES/76/58	United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean	1,200	99%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

15 reports · 2003–2025

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2025	A/80/122	United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/79/66
2024	A/79/126	United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/78/57
2023	A/78/153	United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/77/84
2014	A/69/136	United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/68/60
2013	A/68/134	United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/67/66

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Confidence-Building Measures Development Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Disarmament Technical Cooperation

What’s in this document?

8 operative paragraphs

Reiterates its strong support for the role of the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean in the promotion of activities of the United Nations at the regional and subregional levels to strengthen peace, disarmament, stability, security and development among its Member States;

Welcomes the activities carried out in the past year by the Regional Centre, and requests the Centre to continue to take into account the proposals to be submitted by the countries of the region for the implementation of the mandate of the Centre in the areas of peace, disarmament and development and for the promotion of, inter alia, nuclear disarmament, the prevention, combating and eradication of the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons, ammunition and explosives, the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, confidence-building measures, arms control and limitation, transparency, and the reduction and prevention of armed violence at the regional and subregional levels;

Expresses its appreciation for the political support provided by Member States, as well as for the financial contributions made by Member States and international governmental and non-governmental organizations, to strengthen the Regional Centre, its programme of activities and the implementation thereof, and encourages them to continue to make and to increase voluntary contributions;

Invites all States of the region to continue to take part in the activities of the Regional Centre, proposing items for inclusion in its programme of activities and maximizing the potential of the Centre to meet the current challenges facing the international community with a view to fulfilling the aims of the Charter of the United Nations in the areas of peace, disarmament and development;

Recognizes that the Regional Centre has an important role in the promotion and development of regional and subregional initiatives agreed upon by the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean in the field of weapons of mass destruction, in particular nuclear weapons, and conventional arms, including small arms and light weapons, in the relationship between disarmament and development, including the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, in the promotion of the participation of women in this field and in strengthening voluntary confidence-building measures among the countries of the region;

Encourages the Regional Centre to further develop activities in all countries of the region in the important areas of peace, disarmament and development and to provide, upon request and in accordance with its mandate, support to Member States of the region in the national implementation of relevant instruments, inter alia, the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects3 and the Arms Trade Treaty,⁶ as well as in the implementation of the Caribbean 1540 programme on the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction;

⁶6 See resolution 67/234 B.

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its seventy-third session on the implementation of the present resolution;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-third 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 “United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean”.

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