United Nations
General Assembly
A/RES/58/10
Distr.: General
19 November 2003
Fifty-eighth session
Agenda item 27
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 5 November 2003
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/58/L.12 and Add.1)]
58/10. Zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 41/11 of 27 October 1986, in which it solemnly
declared the Atlantic Ocean, in the region between Africa and South America, a
zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic,
Recalling also its subsequent resolutions on the matter, including resolution
45/36 of 27 November 1990, in which it reaffirmed the determination of the States
of the zone to enhance and accelerate their cooperation in the political, economic,
scientific, cultural and other spheres,
Reaffirming the importance of the purposes and objectives of the zone of peace
and cooperation of the South Atlantic as a basis for the promotion of cooperation
among the countries of the region,
Reaffirming also that the questions of peace and security and those of
development are interrelated and inseparable and that cooperation for peace and
development among States of the region will promote the objectives of the zone of
peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic,
Recalling the agreement reached at the third meeting of the States members of
the zone, held in Brasilia on 21 and 22 September 1994, to encourage democracy
and political pluralism and, in accordance with the Vienna Declaration and
Programme of Action adopted by the World Conference on Human Rights on
25 June 1993, 1 to promote and defend all human rights and fundamental freedoms
and to cooperate towards the achievement of these goals,
Aware of the importance that the States of the zone attach to the protection of
the environment of the region, and recognizing the threat that pollution from any
source poses to the marine and coastal environment, its ecological balance and its
resources,
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