A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/49/82 11 January 1995 Forty-ninth session Agenda item 69 RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [on the report of the First Committee (A/49/706)] 49/82. Implementation of the Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace The General Assembly, Recalling the Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace, contained in its resolution 2832 (XXVI) of 16 December 1971, and recalling also its resolution 48/82 of 16 December 1993 and other relevant resolutions, Recalling also the report of the Meeting of the Littoral and Hinterland States of the Indian Ocean held in July 1979, 1/ Noting that the emerging international climate of confidence, trust and cooperation has been further enhanced by significant new developments in the Indian Ocean region, including the establishment of the democratic, non-racial Government of South Africa, as well as encouraging developments in the Middle East, Welcoming these positive developments, which have been reflected in the work of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Indian Ocean as providing favourable opportunities to pursue global and regional cooperation in the Indian Ocean region, Having considered new alternative approaches in the Ad Hoc Committee with a view to reaching early agreement to give new impetus to the process of 1/ Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-fourth Session, Supplement No. 45 and corrigendum (A/34/45 and Corr.1). 95-76081 /...