The Maintenance of International Security Prevention of the Violent Disintegration of States

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 81 Review of the implementation of the Declaration on the Strengthening of International Security, published in 1997.

What subjects does this mandate have?

6 subjects

Boundaries Friendly Relations Among States Good Neighbourliness International Organizations International Security Territorial Partition

What’s in this document?

6 operative paragraphs

Calls upon all States, the relevant international organizations and competent organs of the United Nations to continue to undertake measures in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations as appropriate to help to prevent the violent disintegration of States;

Stresses the importance of good-neighbourliness and the development of friendly relations among States to the solution of problems among States, to prevent the violent disintegration of States and to promote international cooperation in accordance with the Charter;

Affirms the need for strict compliance with the principle of the inviolability of international borders among States;

Affirms also the need for strict compliance with the principle of the territorial integrity of any State;

Requests all States and the relevant international organizations to communicate to the Secretary-General their views on the maintenance of international security - prevention of the violent disintegration of States;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-third session an item entitled "The maintenance of international security - prevention of the violent disintegration of States".

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