A/RES/63/78. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2008

• Year: 2008
• Resolution Number: A/RES/63/78
• Session: 63rd
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations A/RES/63/78

General Assembly Distr.: General

13 January 2009

Sixty-third session

Agenda item 90 (g)

08-47547

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 2 December 2008

[on the report of the First Committee (A/63/390)]

63/78. Regional confidence-building measures: activities of the

United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security

Questions in Central Africa

The General Assembly

,

Recalling

its previous relevant resolutions, in particular resolution 62/53 of

5 December 2007,

Recalling also

the guidelines for general and complete disarmament adopted at

its tenth special session, the first special session devoted to disarmament,

Bearing in mind

the establishment by the Secretary-General on 28 May 1992

of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in

Central Africa, the purpose of which is to encourage arms limitation, disarmament,

non-proliferation and development in the subregion,

Convinced

that the resources released by disarmament, including regional

disarmament, can be devoted to economic and social development and to the

protection of the environment for the benefit of all peoples, in particular those of the

developing countries,

Considering

the importance and effectiveness of confidence-building measures

taken on the initiative and with the participation of all States concerned and taking

into account the specific characteristics of each region, since such measures can

contribute to regional stability and to international peace and security,

Convinced

that development can be achieved only in a climate of peace,

security and mutual confidence both within and among States,

Recalling

the Brazzaville Declaration on Cooperation for Peace and Security

in Central Africa,

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the Bata Declaration for the Promotion of Lasting Democracy,

Peace and Development in Central Africa

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2

and the Yaoundé Declaration on Peace,

Security and Stability in Central Africa,

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3

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1 A/50/474, annex I.

2 A/53/258-S/1998/763, annex II, appendix I.

3 A/53/868-S/1999/303, annex II.