United Nations
A/RES/59/310
General Assembly
Fifty-ninth session
Agenda item 56 (g)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 14 July 2005
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/59/L.16/Rev.1)]
59/310. Cooperation between the United Nations and the
Economic Community of Central African States
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 55/22 of 10 November 2000, 55/161 of 12 December
2000, 56/39 of 7 December 2001 and 57/40 of 21 November 2002 on cooperation
between the United Nations and the Economic Community of Central African
States,
Bearing in mind the treaty establishing the Economic Community of Central
African States, by which the Central African countries have agreed to work for the
economic development of their subregion, to promote economic cooperation and to
establish a Common Market of Central Africa,
Recalling the United Nations Millennium Declaration, adopted on 8 September
2000 by the Heads of State and Government at the Millennium Summit of the
United Nations, 1 and especially section VII thereof,
Noting that, at the ninth regular session of the Economic Community of
Central African States, held at Malabo on 24 June 1999, the Heads of State and
Government of the member States decided to resume the activities of the
Community, in particular by incorporating a collective security component, and by
providing it with sufficient financial and human resources to enable it to become a
real tool for the integration of their economies and to foster the development of
cooperation between their peoples, with the ultimate aim of making it one of the
five pillars of the African community and of helping Central Africa to meet the
challenges of globalization,
Bearing in mind the report of the Secretary-General on the causes of conflict
and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa, 2
Welcoming the establishment of the Council for Peace and Security in Central
Africa with a view to creating a climate of peace and security in the subregion and
strengthening the rule of law essential to its development,
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See resolution 55/2.
A/52/871-S/1998/318.
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