United Nations General Assembly A/RES/57/26 Distr.: General 3 February 2003 Fifty-seventh session Agenda item 159 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/57/566)] 57/26. Prevention and peaceful settlement of disputes The General Assembly, Recalling the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, Recalling also Chapter VI of the Charter, in particular Article 33, and underlining the obligation of Member States to seek a solution to their disputes by peaceful means of their own choice, Recalling further the principles in the United Nations Millennium Declaration 1 and the declaration of the Security Council on Ensuring an Effective Role of the Security Council in the Maintenance of International Peace and Security, particularly in Africa, 2 adopted during the Millennium Summit, Recalling the Manila Declaration on the Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes, 3 the Declaration on the Prevention and Removal of Disputes and Situations Which May Threaten International Peace and Security and on the Role of the United Nations in this Field,4 the Declaration on Fact-finding by the United Nations in the Field of the Maintenance of International Peace and Security,5 the Declaration on the Enhancement of Cooperation between the United Nations and Regional Arrangements or Agencies in the Maintenance of International Peace and Security,6 and the United Nations Model Rules for the Conciliation of Disputes between States,7 elaborated by the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization and adopted unanimously by the General Assembly, Noting with appreciation the work done by the Special Committee to encourage States to focus on the need to prevent and to settle peacefully their _______________ 1 See resolution 55/2. Security Council resolution 1318 (2000), annex. 3 Resolution 37/10, annex. 4 Resolution 43/51, annex. 5 Resolution 46/59, annex. 6 Resolution 49/57, annex. 7 Resolution 50/50, annex. 2 02 53947