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the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola, under the leadership of
Jonas Savimbi, to comply with its obligations under the Peace Accords, 10 the Lusaka
Protocol 11 and relevant Security Council resolutions;
7.
Affirms the importance of the South Atlantic to global maritime and
commercial transactions and its determination to preserve the region for all peaceful
purposes and activities protected by international law, in particular the United
Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea;12
8.
Calls upon Member States to continue their efforts towards the
achievement of appropriate regulation of maritime transport of radioactive and toxic
wastes, taking into account the interests of coastal States and in accordance with the
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and the regulations of the
International Maritime Organization and the International Atomic Energy Agency;
9.
Views with concern the increase in drug trafficking and related crimes,
including drug abuse, and calls upon the international community and the States
members of the zone to promote regional and international cooperation to combat all
aspects of the problem of drugs and related offences;
10. Recognizes, in the light of the number, magnitude and complexity of
natural disasters and other emergencies, the need to continue to strengthen the
coordination of humanitarian assistance by States members of the zone, so as to
ensure a timely and effective response;
11. Welcomes the offer by Benin to host the sixth meeting of the States
members of the zone;
12. Requests the relevant organizations, organs and bodies of the United
Nations system to render all appropriate assistance that States members of the zone
may seek in their joint efforts to implement the declaration of the zone of peace and
cooperation of the South Atlantic;
13. Requests the Secretary-General to keep the implementation of resolution
41/11 and subsequent resolutions on the matter under review and to submit a report
to the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth session, taking into account, inter alia,
the views expressed by Member States;
14. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-eighth session the
item entitled “Zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic”.
61st plenary meeting
21 November 2001
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10
See S/22609.
See S/1994/1441.
12
See The Law of the Sea: Official Texts of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of
10 December 1982 and of the Agreement relating to the Implementation of Part XI of the United Nations
Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 with Index and Excerpts from the Final Act of the
Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.97.V.10).
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