Regional confidence-building measures: activities of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa A/RES/74/73 Noting the entry into force of the Central African Convention for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons, Their Ammunition and All Parts and Components That Can Be Used for Their Manufacture, Repair and Assembly (Kinshasa Convention) on 8 March 2017 1 and the third Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty, held in Geneva from 11 to 15 September 2017, Convinced that the resources released by disarmament, including regional disarmament, can be devoted to economic and social development and to the protection of the environment for the benefit of all peoples, in particular those of developing countries, Welcoming the Libreville Declaration on the Adoption and Implementation of the Regional Strategy and Plan of Action for Combating Terrorism and the Trafficking in Small Arms and Light Weapons in Central Africa, adopted by the States members of the Standing Advisory Committee on 26 November 2015 at their forty -first ministerial meeting, held in Libreville from 23 to 27 November 2015, 2 Welcoming also the adoption, at the forty-fourth ministerial meeting of the Standing Advisory Committee, of the plan of action and schedule for the implementation of the regional strategy under the auspices of the Economic Community of Central African States, Considering the importance and effectiveness of confidence-building measures taken on the initiative and with the participation of all States concerned and taking into account the specific characteristics of each region, since such measures can contribute to regional stability and to international peace and security, Convinced that development can be achieved only in a climate of peace, security and mutual confidence both within and among States, Recalling the communiqué of the forty-eighth ministerial meeting of the Standing Advisory Committee, held in Kinshasa from 27 to 31 May 2019, 3 the Brazzaville Declaration on Cooperation for Peace and Security in Central Africa, 4 the Bata Declaration for the Promotion of Lasting Democracy, Peace and Development in Central Africa 5 and the Yaoundé Declaration on Peace, Security and Stability in Central Africa, 6 Bearing in mind resolutions 1196 (1998) and 1197 (1998), adopted by the Security Council on 16 and 18 September 1998, respectively, following its consideration of the report of the Secretary-General on the causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa, 7 Welcoming the successful conclusion of the Summit of Heads of State and Government on Maritime Safety and Security in the Gulf of Guinea, held in Yaoundé on 24 and 25 June 2013, the inauguration in Yaoundé, on 11 September 2014, of the Interregional Coordination Centre for Maritime Security in the Gulf of Guinea, the effective commencement of its activities with the installation of its statutory officials in Yaoundé on 22 February 2017, the inauguration of new offices of the Regional Centre for Maritime Security in Central Africa in Pointe Noire, Congo, on 20 October 2014, and the launch of the Multinational Maritime Coordination Centre in Cotonou, Benin, in March 2015, and also the conclusion of the African Union Extraordinary __________________ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 2/7 See A/65/517-S/2010/534, annex. See A/70/682-S/2016/39, annex 3. A/73/967-S/2019/613, annex, enclosure I. A/50/474, annex I. A/53/258-S/1998/763, annex II, appendix I. A/53/868-S/1999/303, annex II. A/52/871-S/1998/318. 19-21874