A/RES/68/67. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2013

• Resolution Number: A/RES/68/67
• Year: 2013
• Session: 68th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

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/RES/68/67

General Assembly

Distr.: General

11 December 2013

Sixty-eighth session

Agenda item 104

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 2013

[on the report of the First Committee (A/68/416)]

68/67. Strengthening of security and cooperation in the

Mediterranean region

The Genera l Assem bly

,

Reca lling

it s prev ious r esolut ions o n the subje ct, inc luding resol ution 67/75 of

3 De cember 2012,

Reaffirming

the primar y ro le of t he Mediter ranean cou ntries in stre ngtheni ng

and promot ing pea ce, sec urity and coo peratio n in t he Medi terrane an reg ion,

Welcoming

the effo rts depl oyed by th e Euro -Medite rranea n countr ies to

stre ngthen th eir coop eration in co mbatin g te rrorism , i n pa rticula r th rough th e

adop tion of the Euro- Mediter ranean Cod e o f Co nduct on Coun tering Terro rism by

the Euro- Mediter ranean Sum mit, h eld i n Bar celona, Spai n, on 27 a nd 28 Nove mber

2005 ,

Bea ring in min d

a ll the prev ious declara tions and commit ments, as well as all

the i nitiati ves tak en by t he ripa rian co untries at the recent summit s, mini sterial

meet ings a nd vari ous for ums co ncerni ng the questio n of t he Medi terrane an reg ion,

Reca lling

, in this regard , the adoptio n on 13 July 2008 of th e Join t Decl aration

of t he Par is Sum mit for the M editer ranean, which launc hed a r einfor ced par tnersh ip,

name d the “ Barcel ona Pro cess: U nion fo r the M editerr anean” , and th e commo n

poli tical will to rev ive e fforts to tr ansfor m the Medit errane an int o an area of p eace,

demo cracy, c oopera tion an d prosp erity,

Welcoming

th e entr y into force of th e Afri can Nu clear-Wea pon-Fr ee Zon e

Treat y (Treaty o f P elinda ba)

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as a co ntribut ion to the st rengthe ning of pe ace and

secu rity bo th reg ionally and in ternati onally,

Reco gnizing

th e indi visible char acter of sec urity in the Medi terrane an and that

the enhan cement of coo peratio n amon g Medi terrane an coun tries with a view t o

prom oting the ec onomic an d social dev elopme nt of all peopl es of the regio n w ill

cont ribute signifi cantly to stab ility, pe ace and secur ity in the reg ion,

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A/50/426, annex.