A/RES/60/223. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2005

• Resolution Number: A/RES/60/223
• Year: 2005
• Session: 60th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations A/RES/60/223

General Assembly Distr.: General

24 March 2006

Sixtieth session

Agenda item 66 (b)

05-50098

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 23 December 2005

[without reference to a Main Committee (A/60/L.45 and Add.1)]

60/223. Implementation of the recommendations contained in

the report of the Secretary-General on the causes of

conflict and the promotion of durable peace and

sustainable development in Africa

The General Assembly

,

Recalling

the report of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Working Group on the Causes

of Conflict and the Promotion of Durable Peace and Sustainable Development in

Africa,

1

and its resolutions 53/92 of 7 December 1998, 54/234 of 22 December

1999, 55/217 of 21 December 2000, 56/37 of 4 December 2001, 57/296 of

20 December 2002, 57/337 of 3 July 2003, 58/235 of 23 December 2003 and 59/255

of 23 December 2004, as well as resolution 59/213 of 20 December 2004 on

cooperation between the United Nations and the African Union,

Recalling also

, in this context, Security Council resolutions 1325 (2000) of

31 October 2000 on women and peace and security, 1366 (2001) of 30 August 2001

on the role of the Council in the prevention of armed conflicts, and 1625 (2005) of

14 September 2005 on strengthening the effectiveness of the Council’s role in

conflict prevention, especially in Africa,

Recalling further

the creation by the Economic and Social Council, by its

resolution 2002/1 of 15 July 2002, of ad hoc advisory groups on African countries

emerging from conflict,

Having considered

the progress report of the Secretary-General

2

on the

implementation of the recommendations contained in his report on the causes of

conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa,

3

Recalling

the 2005 World Summit Outcome,

4

through which world leaders

reaffirmed their commitment to addressing the special needs of Africa,

_______________

1 Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 45 (A/56/45).

2 A/60/182.

3 A/52/871-S/1998/318.

4 See resolution 60/1.