United Nations
A/RES/68/303
General Assembly
Distr.: General
13 August 2014
Sixty-eighth session
Agenda item 33 (b)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 31 July 2014
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/68/L.55 and Add.1)]
68/303. Strengthening the role of mediation in the peaceful
settlement of disputes, conflict prevention and resolution
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 65/283 of 22 June 2011 and 66/291 of 13 September
2012 on strengthening the role of mediation in the peaceful settlement of disputes,
conflict prevention and resolution, and all other relevant General Assembly
resolutions and Security Council resolutions and presidential statements related to
mediation and to regional and subregional organizations,
Guided by the purposes and principles enshrined in the Charter of the United
Nations,
Reaffirming its commitment to respect the sovereignty, territorial integrity and
political independence of all States,
Recalling Chapter VI, including Article 33, of the Charter, and other Articles
relevant to mediation, as well as Chapter VIII of the Charter and other Articles
relevant to, inter alia, the role of regional and subregional organizations in
mediation,
Bearing in mind its responsibilities, functions and powers under the Charter,
and thus recalling all its relevant resolutions in matters related to the peaceful
settlement of disputes, conflict prevention and resolution, including through
mediation,
Reaffirming the respective role and authority of the General Assembly and the
Security Council in the maintenance of international peace and security in
accordance with the Charter,
Acknowledging the efforts of the Security Council to promote cooperation
between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations in the
peaceful settlement of disputes, conflict prevention and resolution, including
through mediation, and encouraging the continued cooperation between the United
Nations and regional and subregional organizations, as appropriate, in accordance
with the Charter,
Reaffirming its commitment to uphold the sovereign equality of all States,
respect for their territorial integrity and political independence and the duty of
Member States to refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of
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