A/RES/69/80. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2014

• Resolution Number: A/RES/69/80
• Year: 2014
• Session: 69th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations A/RES/69/80

General Assembly Distr.: General

11 December 2014

Sixty-ninth session

Agenda item 101

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 2 December 2014

[on the report of the First Committee (A/69/445)]

69/80. Strengthening of security and cooperation in the

Mediterranean region

The General Assembly

,

Recalling

its previous resolutions on the subject, including resolution 68/67 of

5 December 2013,

Reaffirming

the primary role of the Mediterranean countries in strengthening

and promoting peace, security and cooperation in the Mediterranean region,

Wel co mi ng

the efforts deployed by the Euro-Mediterranean countries to

strengthen their cooperation in combating terrorism, in particular through the

adoption of the Euro-Mediterranean Code of Conduct on Countering Terrorism by

the Euro-Mediterranean Summit, held in Barcelona, Spain, on 27 and 28 November

2005,

Bearing in mind

all the previous declarations and commitments, as well as all

the initiatives taken by the riparian countries at the recent summits, ministerial

meetings and various forums concerning the question of the Mediterranean region,

Recalling

, in this regard, the adoption on 13 July 2008 of the Joint Declaration

of the Paris Summit for the Mediterranean, which launched a reinforced partnership,

named the “Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean”, and the common

political will to revive efforts to transform the Mediterranean into an area of peace,

democracy, cooperation and prosperity,

Wel co mi ng

the entry into force of the African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone

Treaty (Treaty of Pelindaba)

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as a contribution to the strengthening of peace and

security both regionally and internationally,

Recognizing

the indivisible character of security in the Mediterranean and that

the enhancement of cooperation among Mediterranean countries with a view to

promoting the economic and social development of all peoples of the region will

contribute significantly to stability, peace and security in the region,

Recognizing also

the efforts made so far and the determination of the

Mediterranean countries to intensify the process of dialogue and consultations with

a view to resolving the problems existing in the Mediterranean region and to

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1 A/50/426, annex.