A/RES/70/63
United Nations
Distr.: General
11 December 2015
General Assembly
Seventieth session
Agenda item 98 (c)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 7 December 2015
[on the report of the First Committee (A/70/461)]
70/63.
United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament
and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 41/60 J of 3 December 1986, 42/39 K of 30 November 1987
and 43/76 H of 7 December 1988 on the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace,
Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, with headquarters in
Lima,
Recalling also its resolution 69/72 of 2 December 2014, as well as all previous
resolutions on the Regional Centre,
Recognizing that the Regional Centre has continued to provide substantive support
for the implementation of regional and subregional initiatives and has intensified its
contribution to the coordination of United Nations efforts towards peace and disarmament
and for the promotion of economic and social development,
Reaffirming the mandate of the Regional Centre to provide, on request, substantive
support for the initiatives and other activities of the Member States of the region for the
implementation of measures for peace and disarmament and for the promotion of
economic and social development,
Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General,1 and expressing its appreciation
for the important assistance provided, upon request, by the Regional Centre to several
countries in the region, including through capacity-building and technical assistance
activities for the implementation of disarmament, non-proliferation and arms control
instruments,
Welcoming the support provided by the Regional Centre to Member States in the
implementation of disarmament and non-proliferation instruments,
Emphasizing the need for the Regional Centre to develop and strengthen its activities
and programmes in a comprehensive and balanced manner, in accordance with its mandate
and in line with the requests for assistance by Member States,
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