A/RES/50/58 Page 4 towards enabling the Central American peoples fully to achieve their objectives of peace, freedom, democracy and development, and the importance of the political dialogue and economic cooperation taking place within the ministerial conference between the European Union and the Central American countries and the joint initiative of the industrialized countries of the Group of Twenty-four and the countries of the Group of Three as cooperating countries, through the Association for Democracy and Development in Central America and other institutions, Taking note with satisfaction of the very important results achieved by the Programme for Displaced Persons, Refugees and Returnees in Central America (PRODERE) for sustainable social and economic development in Central America, and stressing the relevance of the contribution made by the Programme to the peace process in the region, Also taking note with satisfaction of the report of the SecretaryGeneral of 26 October 1995 on international assistance to and cooperation with the Alliance for the Sustainable Development of Central America, 3/ which describes the international cooperation activities implemented since January 1995 in support of the new regional development programme, following the conclusion of the Special Plan of Economic Cooperation for Central America, Recognizing the validity of the Declaration of Commitments in favour of populations affected both by uprootedness and by conflicts and extreme poverty, adopted at Mexico City on 29 June 1994, as well as the functions of lead agency assumed by the United Nations Development Programme, in replacement of the mandate previously carried out by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, which are concentrated in priority social spheres, Recognizing also that, notwithstanding the progress made, it is necessary to continue monitoring the situation in Central America until the underlying structural causes that gave rise to the deep crisis into which the region was plunged have been overcome, and to avoid set-backs in the process and consolidate a firm and lasting peace in Central America, Recognizing further the importance and validity of the commitments assumed by the Central American Presidents from the Esquipulas II summit meeting of 7 August 1987 4/ to the present, in particular at the fifteenth summit meeting held at Guácimo, Costa Rica, from 18 to 20 August 1994, 5/ the Central American Environment Summit for Sustainable Development held at Managua on 12 and 13 October 1994, 6/ the International Conference on Peace and Development in Central America held at Tegucigalpa on 24 and 25 October 1994 7/ and the sixteenth summit meeting of Central American Presidents held 3/ A/50/534. 4/ A/42/521-S/19085, annex. 5/ See A/49/340-S/1994/994, annex. 6/ See A/49/580-S/1994/1217, annex I. 7/ See A/49/639-S/1994/1247. /...