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Noting the initiatives taken by countries of the region to promote cooperation, in particular economic
cooperation, in the Indian Ocean area and the possible contribution of such initiatives to overall objectives
of a zone of peace,
Convinced that the participation of all the permanent members of the Security Council and the major
maritime users of the Indian Ocean in the work of the Ad Hoc Committee is important and would assist
the progress of a mutually beneficial dialogue to develop conditions of peace, security and stability in the
Indian Ocean region,
Considering that greater efforts and more time are required to develop a focused discussion on
practical measures to ensure conditions of peace, security and stability in the Indian Ocean region,
Having considered the report of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Indian Ocean,3
1.
Takes note of the report of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Indian Ocean;3
2. Reiterates its conviction that the participation of all the permanent members of the Security
Council and the major maritime users of the Indian Ocean in the work of the Ad Hoc Committee is
important and would greatly facilitate the development of a mutually beneficial dialogue to advance peace,
security and stability in the Indian Ocean region;
3. Requests the Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee to continue his informal consultations with
the members of the Committee and to report through the Committee to the General Assembly at its fiftysixth session;
4. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to render, within existing resources, all necessary
assistance to the Ad Hoc Committee, including the provision of summary records;
5. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-sixth session the item entitled
“Implementation of the Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace”.
69th plenary meeting
1 December 1999
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Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-fourth Session, Supplement No. 29 (A/54/29).