United Nations General Assembly A/RES/56/37 Distr.: General 20 December 2001 Fifty-sixth session Agenda item 48 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [without reference to a Main Committee (A/56/L.28 and Add.1)] 56/37. Causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa The General Assembly, 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 and the progress report of the Secretary-General, 2 Recalling its resolutions 53/92 of 7 December 1998, 54/234 of 22 December 1999 and 55/217 of 21 December 2000 on the causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa, Recalling also 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, and 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 that the implementation of the recommendations contained in the report of the Secretary-General 4 constitutes a priority that must remain high on the agenda of the United Nations system and Member States, Reaffirming also that the General Assembly, as the chief policy-making and representative organ of the United Nations, must continue to play the primary role in monitoring the implementation of the recommendations contained in the report of the Secretary-General and assessing the progress made, Emphasizing the need to strengthen further the political will to ensure the political, financial, technical and other support critical for the effective implementation of the recommendations contained in the report of the SecretaryGeneral not only in the two thematic areas – education and conflict prevention and _______________ 1 Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 45 (A/56/45). A/56/371. 3 See resolution 55/2. 4 A/52/871-S/1998/318. 2 01 47875