United Nations
A/RES/56/100
General Assembly
Distr.: General
31 January 2002
Fifty-sixth session
Agenda item 20 (b)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/56/L.39 and Add.1)]
56/100. 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, 54/96 B of 8 December 1999 and 55/166 of 14 December 2000,
Recalling also all resolutions of the Security Council and all statements by its
President relating to the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Recalling further the Ceasefire Agreement signed in Lusaka 1 and the Kampala
disengagement plan 2 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, social and humanitarian
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,
especially women and children,
Deeply concerned at the increased rate of infection with the human
immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS), in
particular among women and girls in the Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Expressing its deep concern at the dire consequences of the conflict for the
humanitarian and human rights situations,
Gravely concerned at the negative impact of war on the promotion of the
sustainable and overall development of the country,
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S/1999/815, annex.
See S/2000/330 and Corr.1, paras. 21–28.