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

A/RES/80/61View PDF

Who created this mandate?

A document of the General Assembly, under agenda item 100cUnited Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, published in 2025.

What other versions does this mandate have?

26 versions · 2001–2025
  • 2025A/RES/80/61United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the CaribbeanLatestCompare with previous version
  • 2024A/RES/79/66United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the CaribbeanCompare with previous version
  • 2023A/RES/78/57United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the CaribbeanCompare with previous version
  • 2022A/RES/77/84United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the CaribbeanCompare with previous version
  • 2021A/RES/76/58United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the CaribbeanCompare with previous version

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

iExtracted automatically from each entity’s budget submission.

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 topics
Confidence-Building MeasuresDevelopmentLatin America and the CaribbeanRegional DisarmamentTechnical Cooperation

What does this mandate say?

10 operative paragraphs
1
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 activities of the United Nations at the regional and subregional levels to strengthen peace, disarmament, stability, security and development among its Member States;
2
Welcomes the activities carried out in the past year by the Regional Centre, and requests the Centre to continue to take into account the proposals to be submitted by the countries of the region for the implementation of the mandate of the Centre in the areas of peace, disarmament and development and for the promotion of, inter alia, the prevention, combating and eradication of the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons, ammunition and explosives, the non‑proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and the reduction and prevention of armed violence at the regional and subregional levels;
3
Expresses its appreciation for the political support provided by Member States, as well as for the financial contributions made by Member States and international governmental and non‑governmental organizations, to strengthen the Regional Centre, its programme of activities and the implementation thereof, and strongly encourages them to continue to make and to increase voluntary contributions;
4
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 of activities and maximizing the potential of the Centre to meet the current challenges facing the international community with a view to fulfilling the aims of the Charter of the United Nations in the areas of peace, disarmament and development;
5
Recognizes that the Regional Centre has an important role in the promotion and development of regional and subregional initiatives agreed upon by the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean in the field of weapons of mass destruction, in particular nuclear weapons, and conventional arms, including small arms and light weapons, in the relationship between disarmament and development, including the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, in the promotion of the participation of women and youth in this field and in strengthening voluntary confidence-building measures among the countries of the region;
6
Encourages the Regional Centre to further develop activities in all countries of the region in the important areas of peace, disarmament and development and to provide, upon request and in accordance with its mandate, support to Member States of the region in the national implementation of relevant instruments, inter alia, the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects and the Arms Trade Treaty, as well as in the implementation of the 1540 programme on the non‑proliferation of weapons of mass destruction;
7
Also encourages the Regional Centre to continue to provide, upon request and in accordance with its mandate, support for the development and implementation of regional and subregional initiatives agreed upon by the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, including the Roadmap for Implementing the Caribbean Priority Actions on the Illicit Proliferation of Firearms and Ammunition across the Caribbean in a Sustainable Manner by 2030 (Caribbean Firearms Roadmap), the Central America and Dominican Republic Roadmap to Prevent Illicit Trafficking and Proliferation of Firearms, Ammunition and Explosives (Central America and Dominican Republic Firearms Roadmap) and the Andean Community Roadmap to Prevent and Combat the Illicit Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition and Explosives (in line with the Andean Community Resolute Action Plan on transnational organized crime);
8
Calls upon those in a position to do so to make voluntary contributions to the Regional Centre in order to sustain and further develop its activities in response to the continuing requests for assistance and cooperation by Member States in the region;
9
Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its eighty-first session on the implementation of the present resolution;
10
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its eighty-first session, under the item entitled “Review and implementation of the Concluding Document of the Twelfth Special Session of the General Assembly”, the sub-item entitled “United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean”.

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