A/RES/59/54
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
8 February 2005
Fifty-ninth session
Agenda item 161
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 2 December 2004
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/59/L.20/Rev.1)]
59/54. Andean Zone of Peace
The General Assembly,
Aware of the determination of the States members of the Andean Community
to preserve their independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity, promote
peaceful coexistence in the Andean region and develop their relations in conditions
of peace, self-determination and freedom,
Bearing in mind the commitment of the States members of the Andean
Community to promote political, economic, social and cultural integration and
cooperation in order to contribute to the sustainable long-term peace, security and
balanced and harmonious development of the Andean region,
Noting its resolution 58/317 of 5 August 2004, by which it reaffirmed the
central role of the United Nations in the maintenance of international peace and
security and the promotion of international cooperation,
Recognizing the Declaration of San Francisco de Quito on the Establishment
and Development of the Andean Zone of Peace, 1 adopted in Quito on 12 July 2004
by the Heads of State of the member countries of the Andean Community within the
framework of the fifteenth Andean Presidential Council, which sets forth the
purpose of establishing a zone of peace within the geographical area comprising the
territories, airspace and waters under the sovereignty and jurisdiction of Bolivia,
Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), as a nuclear,
chemical and biological weapons-free zone, as well as the objective of definitively
eradicating anti-personnel mines in the Andean Community, by which the necessary
conditions will be developed to permit the peaceful and agreed resolution of
conflicts of any nature whatsoever, as well as the causes thereof,
Noting with satisfaction that the Andean Zone of Peace is based on the
responsible exercise by citizens of democratic values, principles and practices, the
rule of law, human rights, social justice, human development, eradicating poverty,
social exclusion and inequity, national sovereignty and non-interference in internal
affairs, as well as on Andean identity, the promotion of relations of friendship and
cooperation for all-round development, the culture of peace, joint efforts to prevent
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A/59/235, annex II.