A/RES/64/63
United Nations
Distr.: General
14 January 2010
General Assembly
Sixty-fourth session
Agenda item 97 (d)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 2 December 2009
[on the report of the First Committee (A/64/392)]
64/63. United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and
Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 42/39 D of 30 November 1987 and 44/117 F of
15 December 1989, by which it established the United Nations Regional Centre for
Peace and Disarmament in Asia and renamed it the United Nations Regional Centre
for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific, with headquarters in Kathmandu
and with the mandate of providing, on request, substantive support for the initiatives
and other activities mutually agreed upon by the Member States of the Asia-Pacific
region for the implementation of measures for peace and disarmament, through
appropriate utilization of available resources,
Welcoming the physical operation of the Regional Centre from Kathmandu in
accordance with General Assembly resolution 62/52 of 5 December 2007,
Recalling the Regional Centre’s mandate of providing, on request, substantive
support for the initiatives and other activities mutually agreed upon by the Member
States of the Asia-Pacific region for the implementation of measures for peace and
disarmament,
Expressing its appreciation to the Regional Centre for its important work in
promoting confidence-building measures through the organization of meetings,
conferences and workshops in the region, including conferences held on Jeju Island,
Republic of Korea, from 24 to 26 November 2008 and in Niigata, Japan, from 26 to
28 August 2009,
Concerned by the report of the Secretary-General, in which he indicates that in
order to be able to carry out its mandate fully and effectively, the Regional Centre
needs to rely on a stable core team of skilled professional and support staff, 1
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Appreciating the timely execution by Nepal of its financial commitments for
the physical operation of the Regional Centre,
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