A/RES/67/259 United Nations Distr.: General 22 July 2013 General Assembly Sixty-seventh session Agenda item 33 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 26 April 2013 [without reference to a Main Committee (A/67/L.61 and Add.1)] 67/259. Political declaration on the peaceful resolution of conflicts in Africa The General Assembly, Recalling the provisions of Chapter VIII of the Charter of the United Nations, all relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and resolutions and presidential statements of the Security Council related to cooperation between the United Nations and the African Union, in particular General Assembly resolutions 60/1 of 16 September 2005, 63/1 of 22 September 2008, 65/274 of 18 April 2011 and 66/286 and 66/287 of 23 July 2012 and Security Council resolutions 1809 (2008) of 16 April 2008 and 2033 (2012) of 12 January 2012, Adopts the following political declaration: Political declaration on the peaceful resolution of conflicts in Africa 1. We, representatives of Member States and observers meeting in New York on 25 April 2013, declare that the high-level meeting on the peaceful resolution of conflicts in Africa constitutes an excellent opportunity to strengthen the global partnership in support of Africa’s own efforts and leadership to resolve conflicts and promote durable peace and sustainable development. 2. We congratulate the people and the Governments of the African continent and the leadership of the African Union on the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of the Organization of African Unity, celebrated under the theme “Pan-Africanism and the African Renaissance”. We pay special tribute to the generation of pan-Africanists and the founding fathers of the African Union who strived to promote unity, solidarity, cohesion and cooperation among the people and Governments of Africa. 3. We express deep appreciation to the Organization of African Unity for its historic role in the liberation of the people of Africa from the yoke of colonialism and apartheid and for its invaluable contribution towards the objective of achieving total decolonization and unity of the African continent, and recall that African leaders reviewed the functioning of the Organization and decided to transform it into the African Union as a new continental body for political and economic renewal and decision-making to mainstream good governance and accountability. 12-49414 *1249414* Please recycle