A/RES/64/63
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Welcomes the physical operation of the United Nations Regional Centre
for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific from Kathmandu in close
cooperation with Member States;
Expresses its gratitude to the Government of Nepal for its cooperation
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and financial support, which has allowed the new office of the Regional Centre to
operate from Kathmandu;
Expresses its appreciation to the Secretary-General and the Office for
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Disarmament Affairs of the Secretariat for providing necessary support with a view
to ensuring the smooth operation of the Regional Centre from Kathmandu and to
enabling the Centre to function effectively;
Appeals to Member States, in particular those within the Asia-Pacific
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region, as well as to international governmental and non-governmental
organizations and foundations, to make voluntary contributions, the only resources
of the Regional Centre, to strengthen the programme of activities of the Centre and
the implementation thereof;
Reaffirms its strong support for the role of the Regional Centre in the
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promotion of United Nations activities at the regional level to strengthen peace,
stability and security among its Member States;
Underlines the importance of the Kathmandu process for the
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development of the practice of region-wide security and disarmament dialogues;
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Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its
sixty-fifth session on the implementation of the present resolution;
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Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-fifth session the
item entitled “United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia
and the Pacific”.
55th plenary meeting
2 December 2009
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