United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 74c United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, published in 2004.

What other versions does this mandate have?

26 versions · 2001–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/61

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/61	United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean	1,418	96%Compare
2024	A/RES/79/66	United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean	1,375	88%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/57	United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean	1,219	100%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/84	United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean	1,219	95%Compare
2021	A/RES/76/58	United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean	1,200	99%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

15 reports · 2003–2025

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2025	A/80/122	United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/79/66
2024	A/79/126	United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/78/57
2023	A/78/153	United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/77/84
2014	A/69/136	United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/68/60
2013	A/68/134	United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/67/66

What subjects does this mandate have?

16 subjects

Arms Limitation Caribbean Region Confidence-Building Measures Conventional Weapons Disarmament Disarmament-Development Link Latin America Nuclear Weapons Programme Management Regional Development Regional Disarmament Regional Security Report Preparation Small Arms Transparency in Armaments Weapons of Mass Destruction

What’s in this document?

11 operative paragraphs

Reiterates its strong support for the role of the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean in the promotion of United Nations activities at the regional level to strengthen peace, stability, security and development among its member States;

Expresses its satisfaction and congratulates the Regional Centre for the expansion of the vast range of activities carried out last year in the field of peace, disarmament and development, and requests the Regional Centre to take into account the proposals to be submitted by the countries of the region in promoting confidence-building measures, arms control and limitation, transparency, disarmament and development at the regional level;

Expresses its appreciation for the political support and financial contributions to the Regional Centre, which are essential for its continued operation;

Invites all States of the region to continue to take part in the activities of the Regional Centre, proposing items for inclusion in its programme, making greater and better use of the Centre’s potential to meet the current challenges facing the international community and with a view to fulfilling the aims of the Charter of the United Nations in the field of peace, disarmament and development;

Recognizes that the Regional Centre has an important role in the promotion and development of regional initiatives agreed upon by the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean in the field of weapons of mass destruction, in particular nuclear weapons, conventional arms, including small arms and light weapons, as well as the relationship between disarmament and development;

Welcomes the establishment of the Group of Governmental Experts on the relationship between disarmament and development pursuant to General Assembly resolution 57/65 of 22 November 2002, whose report, to be submitted to the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session, will be of utmost interest for the role the Regional Centre plays in promoting those issues in the region in pursuit of its mandate to promote economic and social development related to peace and disarmament;

Highlights the conclusion of the Secretary-General that the Regional Centre has demonstrated, in a concrete manner, the role of the Organization as a regional catalyst for peace and disarmament in assisting countries in the region to advance the cause of peace, disarmament and development in Latin America and the Caribbean;⁴

⁴A/58/122, para. 39.

Appeals to Member States, in particular those within the Latin American and Caribbean region, as well as to international governmental and non-governmental organizations and foundations, to make and increase voluntary contributions to strengthen the Regional Centre, its programme of activities and the implementation thereof;

Requests the Secretary-General to provide the Regional Centre with all necessary support, within existing resources, so that it may carry out its programme of activities in accordance with its mandate;

Also requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session on the implementation of the present resolution;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-ninth session the item entitled “United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean”.

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