Zone of Peace and Cooperation of the South Atlantic

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 32 Zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic, published in 1998.

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21 versions · 1987–2021

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/75/312

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2021	A/RES/75/312	Zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic	745	75%Compare
2015	A/RES/69/322	Zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic	579	96%Compare
2013	A/RES/67/266	Zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic	573	70%Compare
2011	A/RES/65/121	Zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic	450	60%Compare
2007	A/RES/61/294	Zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic	585	31%Compare

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19 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms the importance of the purposes and objectives of the zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic as a basis for the promotion of cooperation among the countries of the region;

Calls upon all States to cooperate in the promotion of the objectives established in the declaration of the zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic and to refrain from any action inconsistent with those objectives and with the Charter of the United Nations and relevant resolutions of the Organization, particularly action which may create or aggravate situations of tension and potential conflict in the region;

* Reissued for technical reasons.

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General,² submitted in accordance with its resolution 51/19 of 14 November 1996;

²A/52/462.

Recalls the agreement reached at the third meeting of the States members of the zone, held at Brasilia in 1994, to encourage democracy and political pluralism and, in accordance with the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action adopted by the World Conference on Human Rights on 25 June 1993,³ to promote and defend all human rights and fundamental freedoms and to cooperate towards the achievement of those goals;

³A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III.

Welcomes with satisfaction the holding of the fourth meeting of the States members of the zone at Somerset West, South Africa, on 1 and 2 April 1996, and takes note of the Final Declaration, the decision on drug trafficking, the decision on the protection of the marine environment and the decision on illegal fishing activities in the zone, adopted at the meeting;

Welcomes the progress towards the full entry into force of the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (Treaty of Tlatelolco),⁴ and the conclusion of the African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty (Treaty of Pelindaba);⁵

⁴United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 634, No. 9068.

⁵See A/50/426.

Also welcomes the efforts of the Government of Angola to implement the Lusaka Protocol,⁶ expresses its deep concern at the delay in fully implementing the "Acordos de Paz"⁷ and the Lusaka Protocol, and calls upon the União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola to fulfil immediately the tasks enumerated in the relevant Security Council resolutions, in particular resolutions 1118 (1997) of 30 June 1997, 1127 (1997) of 28 August 1997 and 1135 (1997) of 29 October 1997;

⁶See Official Records of the Security Council, Forty-ninth Year, Supplement for October, November and December 1994, document S/1994/1441.

⁷Ibid., Forty-sixth Year, Supplement for April, May and June 1991, document S/22609.

Reaffirms its willingness to contribute by all means at its disposal to an effective and lasting peace in Angola;

Urges the international community and all relevant international and private organizations to fulfil expeditiously their pledges to provide assistance to facilitate the demobilization and social reintegration of ex-combatants, the demining process, the resettlement of displaced persons and the reconstruction of the Angolan economy in order to consolidate the gains in the peace process;

Welcomes with satisfaction the return of peace to Liberia following the successful conduct of the July elections and the installation of the democratically elected Government in that country, and in that regard expresses its appreciation to the Economic Community of West African States, its Monitoring Group, the United Nations and other members of the international community for their efforts in the peaceful resolution of the Liberian conflict, and calls upon them to support efforts to consolidate peace in Liberia, including a viable framework for the mobilization of resources for reconstruction and development;

Welcomes the steps taken by the newly elected Government of Liberia towards the implementation of programmes to achieve genuine reconciliation and national unity and the formation of a broad-based government, and its commitment to promoting the protection of human rights and respect for the rule of law;

Commends the efforts of Member States and humanitarian organizations in rendering humanitarian assistance to Angola and Liberia, and urges them to continue to provide and to increase such assistance;

Expresses concern at the situation in Sierra Leone, condemns the coup d'état against the democratically elected Government by the military on 25 May 1997, and calls upon the military junta in Sierra Leone to fulfil its obligations under the peace plan agreed to at Conakry on 23 October 1997;⁸

⁸See S/1997/824, annex II. For the final text, see Official Records of the Security Council, Fifty-second Year, Supplement for October, November and December 1997, document S/1997/824.

Commends the initiatives of the Economic Community of West African States and of the Security Council in trying to resolve the situation, and calls on the international community to lend its support to those initiatives by faithfully implementing the various measures adopted in order to accelerate the return to peace and stability in Sierra Leone;

Affirms the importance of the South Atlantic to global maritime and commercial transactions and its determination to preserve the region for all peaceful purposes and activities protected by international law, in particular the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea;⁹

⁹Official Records of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, vol. XVII (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.84.V.3), document A/CONF.62/122.

Welcomes the offer by Argentina to host the fifth meeting of the States members of the zone in 1998;

Requests the relevant organizations, organs and bodies of the United Nations system to render all appropriate assistance that States of the zone may seek in their joint efforts to implement the declaration of the zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic;

Requests the Secretary-General to keep the implementation of resolution 41/11 and subsequent resolutions on the matter under review and to submit a report to the General Assembly at its fifty-third session, taking into account, inter alia, the views expressed by Member States;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-third session the item entitled "Zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic".

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