Implementation of the Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace

A/RES/3259(XXIX)[A]View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 31 Implementation of the Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace, published in 1975.

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41 documents · 1975–2025

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Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/13	Implementation of the Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace	517	–
2023	A/RES/78/13	Implementation of the Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace	509	–
2021	A/RES/76/17	Implementation of the Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace	505	–
2019	A/RES/74/25	Implementation of the Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace	500	–
2017	A/RES/72/21	Implementation of the Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace	494	–

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Indian Ocean Zones of Peace

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8 operative paragraphs

A/RES/3259(XXIX) [A]

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Urges the littoral and hinterland States of the Indian Ocean, the permanent members of the Security Council and other major maritime users of the Indian Ocean to give tanl!ible support to the establishment and preservation of the Indian Ocean as a zone of peace;

Calls upon the great Powers to refrain from increasing and strengthening their military presence in the region of the Indian Ocean as an essential first step towards the relaxation of tension and the promotion of peace and security in the area;

Endorses the recommendations concerning the future work of the Ad Hoe Committee on the Indian Ocean, as contained in paragraph 35 of the report of the Committee;

Requests the littoral and hinterland States of the Indian Ocean to enter, as soon as possible, into consultations with a view to convening a conference on the Indian Ocean;

Invites an States, especially the great Powers, to co-operate in a practical manner with the Ad Hoe Committee in the discharge of its functions;

Expresses its thanks to the Secretary-General for his efforts in the preparation of the factual statement of the great Powers' military presence in the Indian Ocean;

Requests the Ad Hoe Committee to continue its work and consultations in accordance with its mandate and to report to the GeneraJ Assembly at its thirtieth session;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue to render all necessary assistance to the Ad Hoe Committee.

R«-solutions adopted on the reports of the First Committee

ficial Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-ninth Session,

21 Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-ninth S"pplement No. 27 (A/9627).

Session, Supplement No. 29 (A/9629 and Add.I).

1 As a result of the appointments set forth in resolution B above, the Ad Hoe Committee on the Indian Ocean is com• posed of the following Member States: AUSTllALIA, BANGLA• DESk, CHINA, INDIA, INDONESIA, IRAN, IRAQ, JAPAN, KENYA,

MADAGASCAR, MALAYSIA, MAURITIUS, PAKISTAN, SOMALIA, SRI LANKA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA, YEMEN and ZAMBIA, 2s Ibid., aMex.

29 Jbid., Supplement No. 28 (A/9628).

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