United Nations A/RES/55/217 General Assembly Fifty-fifth session Agenda item 50 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [without reference to a Main Committee (A/55/L.37/Rev.1 and Corr.1 and Add.1)] 55/217. Causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 53/92 of 7 December 1998 and 54/234 of 22 December 1999 on the causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa, Having considered the report of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Working Group on the Causes of Conflict and the Promotion of Durable Peace and Sustainable Development in Africa, 1 as well as the note by the Secretary-General on the implementation of resolution 54/234, 2 Recalling its resolution 46/151 of 18 December 1991, the annex to which contains the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s, its resolutions 48/214 of 23 December 1993, 49/142 of 23 December 1994 and 51/32 of 6 December 1996, on the mid-term review of the New Agenda, as well as its resolution 53/90 of 7 December 1998 on the implementation of the New Agenda, as well as chapter VII of the United Nations Millennium Declaration, 3 Reaffirming the close linkage between peace, security and sustainable development and the need for a comprehensive implementation of the recommendations contained in the report of the Secretary-General, 4 Expressing deep concern about the obstacles to the effective implementation of the recommendations of the Secretary-General, including the lack of financial and technical resources for development in Africa, Emphasizing the need to strengthen further the political will that is indispensable for the successful implementation of the recommendations of the Secretary-General and the proposals of the Working Group, 1 Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-fifth Session, Supplement No. 45 (A/55/45). A/55/431. 3 See resolution 55/2. 4 A/52/871-S/1998/318. 2 00 57217 Distr.: General 6 March 2001