Causes of Conflict and the Promotion of Durable Peace and Sustainable Development in Africa

A/RES/55/217View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 50 Causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa, published in 2001.

What other versions does this mandate have?

4 versions · 2001–2006

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/60/223

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2006	A/RES/60/223	Causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa	1,540	18%Compare
2003	A/RES/57/296	Causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa	568	27%Compare
2001	A/RES/56/37	Causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa	841	32%Compare
2001	A/RES/55/217	Causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa	650	–

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report · 2003

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2003	A/58/352	Implementation of the recommendations contained in the report of the Secretary-General on the causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/57/296

What subjects does this mandate have?

7 subjects

Africa Coordination Within UN System Recommendations Regional Conflicts Regional Security Report Preparation Sustainable Development

What’s in this document?

10 operative paragraphs

Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Working Group on the Causes of Conflict and the Promotion of Durable Peace and Sustainable Development in Africa;1

Endorses the proposals of the Working Group contained in paragraphs 25 to 57 of chapter IV of its report, entitled “Modalities for further action”, and the follow-up action proposed in paragraph 60 of the report;

Encourages Member States, the organizations of the United Nations system and other relevant international and regional institutions, within their respective mandates, to take necessary measures to implement fully the proposals made by the Working Group in its report;

Decides to extend the mandate of the Working Group until the fifty-sixth session of the General Assembly, to enable it to continue to monitor the implementation of all of the recommendations made by the Secretary-General in his report;4

Requests the Working Group, in devising the modalities for its work, to consider the need for a comprehensive follow-up to the recommendations of the Secretary-General and the necessity of ensuring efficiency by focusing on selected thematic areas;

Invites the Security Council to pursue its consideration of the follow-up to the recommendations in the areas of peace and security, with a view to ensuring coordinated and integrated implementation of the recommendations contained in the report of the Secretary-General;

Requests the Economic and Social Council, at its substantive session of 2001, to consider the proposals of the Working Group contained in chapter IV of its report, including the creation of an ad hoc advisory group on countries emerging from conflict, with a view to assessing their humanitarian and economic needs and elaborating a long-term programme of support for implementation that begins with the integration of relief into development;

Requests that, where applicable, benchmarks be developed by the Secretary-General to assess the impact of and measure performance in the implementation of the recommendations contained in his report and that he submit them to the Working Group for its consideration;

Requests the Working Group to submit a report to the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session a progress report on the implementation of the recommendations contained in his report.

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

What other versions does this mandate have?

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

What subjects does this mandate have?

What’s in this document?

Table of contents