Maintenance of International Security :#stability and Development of South-Eastern Europe

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 84 Review of the implementation of the Declaration on the Strengthening of International Security, published in 2000.

What subjects does this mandate have?

11 subjects

Arms Limitation Balkan Region Confidence-Building Measures Dispute Settlement Friendly Relations Among States Good Neighbourliness International Security Regional Cooperation Regional Security Southeast Europe Sustainable Development

What’s in this document?

12 operative paragraphs

Affirms the urgency of consolidating South-Eastern Europe as a region of peace, security, stability, democracy, cooperation, economic development, observance of human rights and good-neighbourliness, thus contributing to the maintenance of international peace and security and enhancing the prospects for sustained development and prosperity for all peoples in the region as an integral part of Europe;

Calls upon all participants in the Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe, and all concerned international organizations, to support the efforts of South-Eastern European States to overcome the negative effects of the Kosovo crisis and to enable them to pursue sustainable development and integration of their economies into the European and global economy;

Affirms the need for full observance of the Charter of the United Nations and for strict compliance with the principles of sovereign equality, territorial integrity and inviolability of international borders of any State;

Urges the normalization of relations among the States of South-Eastern Europe and the strengthening of their mutual cooperation on the basis of respect of international law and agreements and within the principle of good-neighbourliness and mutual respect;

Stresses the importance of good-neighbourliness and the development of friendly relations among States, the solution of problems among States and the promotion of international cooperation in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations;

Calls upon all States to solve their disputes with other States by peaceful means, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations;

Calls upon all States, the relevant international organizations and competent organs of the United Nations to continue to take measures in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, as appropriate, to eliminate threats to international peace and security and to help to prevent conflicts which can lead to the violent disintegration of States;

Stresses the importance of regional efforts aimed at preventing bilateral conflicts endangering the maintenance of international peace and security, and notes with satisfaction, in this regard, the establishment of the Multinational Peace Force for South-Eastern Europe, the headquarters of which, located at Plovdiv, Bulgaria, has become operational;

Emphasizes the importance of regional efforts in South-Eastern Europe on arms control, disarmament and confidence-building measures;

Stresses that closer engagement of the South-Eastern European States in furthering cooperation on the European continent will favourably influence the security, political and economic situation in the region, as well as the good-neighbourly relations among the Balkan States;

Calls upon all States and the relevant international organizations to communicate to the Secretary-General their views on the subject of the present resolution;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-fifth session an item entitled “Maintenance of international security — stability and development of South-Eastern Europe”.

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