United Nations
General Assembly
A/RES/55/166
Distr.: General
12 February 2001
Fifty-fifth session
Agenda item 20 (b)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/55/L.36 and Add.1)]
55/166. Special assistance for the economic recovery and
reconstruction of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 52/169 A of 16 December 1997, 53/1 L of
7 December 1998 and 54/96 B of 8 December 1999,
Recalling also Security Council resolutions 1234 (1999) of 9 April 1999, 1258
(1999) of 6 August 1999, 1273 (1999) of 5 November 1999, 1279 (1999) of
30 November 1999, 1291 (2000) of 24 February 2000, 1304 (2000) of 16 June 2000,
1316 (2000) of 23 August 2000 and 1323 (2000) of 13 October 2000, the statement
adopted by the Council at its meeting of 7 September 2000, held at the level of
heads of State and Government, 1 and all previous statements by its President relating
to the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Recalling further the Ceasefire Agreement signed in Lusaka 2 and the Kampala
disengagement plan 3 and the obligations of all signatories to those agreements and
the obligations deriving from Security Council resolution 1304 (2000),
Reaffirming the sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence of
the Democratic Republic of the Congo and all States in the region,
Alarmed at the plight of the civilian population throughout the country, and
calling for its protection,
Gravely concerned at the deteriorating economic and social situation in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo, in particular in the eastern Congo, and at the
effect of the continued fighting on the inhabitants of the country,
Expressing its deep concern at the dire consequences of the conflict for the
humanitarian and human rights situation, as well as at the reports of the illegal
exploitation of the natural resources of the Democratic Republic of the Congo,
1
S/PRST/2000/28; see Resolutions and Decisions of the Security Council, 2000.
S/1999/815, annex.
3
See S/2000/330 and Corr.1, paras. 21–28.
2
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