A/RES/65/278
Reaffirming the political declaration on Africa’s development needs adopted at
the high-level meeting on Africa’s development needs on 22 September 2008, 3
Recalling the High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on the
Millennium Development Goals and its outcome document, 4
Recognizing that development, peace, security and human rights are
interlinked and mutually reinforcing,
Stressing that the responsibility for peace and security in Africa, including the
capacity to address the root causes of conflict and to resolve conflicts in a peaceful
manner, lies primarily with African countries, while recognizing the need for
support from the international community and the United Nations, taking into
account the responsibilities of the United Nations in this regard according to the
Charter of the United Nations,
Recognizing, in particular, the importance of strengthening the capacity of the
African Union and subregional organizations to address the causes of conflict in
Africa,
Noting that, despite the positive trends and advances in obtaining durable
peace in Africa, the conditions required for sustainable development have yet to be
consolidated throughout the continent and that there is therefore an urgent need to
continue developing African human and institutional capacities, particularly in
countries emerging from conflict,
Noting also that conflict prevention and the consolidation of peace would
benefit from the coordinated, sustained and integrated efforts of the United Nations
system and Member States and regional and subregional organizations, as well as
international and regional financial institutions,
Reaffirming the need to strengthen the synergy between Africa’s economic and
social development programmes and its peace and security agenda,
Underlining the need to address the negative implications of the illegal
exploitation of natural resources in all its aspects for peace, security and
development in Africa, and condemning the illicit trade in natural resources that
fuels armed conflict and the illicit trade in and proliferation of arms, especially
small arms and light weapons,
Reaffirming the importance of the Peacebuilding Commission as a dedicated
mechanism to address, within its existing mandate and in an integrated manner, the
special needs of countries emerging from conflict towards recovery, reintegration
and reconstruction and to assist them in laying the foundation for peace and
sustainable development, taking into consideration the principle of national
ownership,
Welcoming the establishment of the United Nations Office to the African
Union to enhance the partnership between the United Nations and the African
Union, particularly in the areas of peace, security and political and humanitarian
affairs, and reaffirming the need to ensure coordination and increase costeffectiveness among relevant entities of the United Nations system involved in the
implementation of the ten-year capacity-building programme, in particular the
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See resolution 63/1.
See resolution 65/1.