A/RES/75/312
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
5 August 2021
Seventy-fifth session
Agenda item 36
Zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 29 July 2021
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/75/L.113 and A/75/L.113/Add.1)]
75/312.
Zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 41/11 of 27 October 1986, in which the Atlantic Ocean,
in the region situated between Africa and South America, was solemnly declared a
zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic,
Recalling also its subsequent resolutions on the zone of peace and cooperation
of the South Atlantic (ZPCSA),
Reaffirming that the questions of maintenance of international peace and
security and those of development are interrelated and inseparable, and considering
that cooperation among States, in particular those of the region, for peace and
development is essential for the promotion of the objectives of the zone of p eace and
cooperation of the South Atlantic,
Reaffirming also the importance of the purposes and objectives of the zone of
peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic as a basis for the promotion of
cooperation among the States of the region,
Recalling the strong potential the South Atlantic presents for the socioeconomic
development of the States members of the zone, and reiterating that the zone is a
forum for the development and strengthening of cooperation among its member States
in areas such as science and technology, education, capacity-building, coastal
surveillance, environment, defence, strengthening of national institutions, trade,
sports, tourism, economy, communications, transport, culture and political dialogue,
Noting with appreciation the commitment of Member States towards fulfilling
the goals of the zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic and their
engagement in its revitalization through a number of initiatives, as reaffirmed during
the seventh ministerial meeting of the zone, held in Montevideo on 15 and 16 January
2013,
21-10594 (E)
100821
*2110594*