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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/53/92
16 December 1998
Fifty-third session
Agenda item 164
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/53/L.40/Rev.1 and Rev.1/Add.1)]
53/92.
The causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and
sustainable development in Africa
The General Assembly,
Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on the causes of conflict and the promotion
of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa, which was submitted to the Security Council and
the General Assembly,1
Noting with appreciation the steps taken by the Security Council for an urgent and concerted effort
to follow up the recommendations contained in the report of the Secretary-General in the areas of conflict
prevention and the maintenance of international peace and security, in accordance with its responsibilities
under the Charter of the United Nations as a means of promoting durable peace and sustainable
development in Africa,
Taking note of the decision of the Economic and Social Council2 to undertake substantive discussions
on the implementation of the relevant recommendations contained in the report of the Secretary-General
at its substantive session of 1999, and to coordinate and harmonize, as appropriate, the work of the organs
of the United Nations system in the implementation of the initiatives on African development,
1
A/52/871–S/1998/318; see Official Records of the Security Council, Fifty-third Year, Supplement for
April, May and June 1998, document S/1998/318.
2
See Economic and Social Council decision 1998/298.
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