A/RES/59/96 Recalling the Brazzaville Declaration on Cooperation for Peace and Security in Central Africa, 1 the Bata Declaration for the Promotion of Lasting Democracy, Peace and Development in Central Africa 2 and the Yaoundé Declaration on Peace, Security and Stability in Central Africa, 3 Bearing in mind resolutions 1196 (1998) and 1197 (1998), adopted by the Security Council on 16 and 18 September 1998 respectively, following its consideration of the report of the Secretary-General on the causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa, 4 Emphasizing the need to strengthen the capacity for conflict prevention and peacekeeping in Africa, Recalling the decision of the fourth ministerial meeting of the Standing Advisory Committee in favour of establishing, under the auspices of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, a subregional centre for human rights and democracy in Central Africa at Yaoundé, Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on regional 1. confidence-building measures, which deals with the activities of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa in the period since the adoption by the General Assembly of resolution 58/65; 5 2. Reaffirms its support for efforts aimed at promoting confidence-building measures at the regional and subregional levels in order to ease tensions and conflicts in Central Africa and to further peace, stability and sustainable development in the subregion; Also reaffirms its support for the programme of work of the Standing 3. Advisory Committee adopted at the organizational meeting of the Committee, held at Yaoundé from 27 to 31 July 1992; Notes with satisfaction the progress made by the States members of the 4. Standing Advisory Committee in implementing the programme of activities for the period 2003–2004, in particular by holding the twenty-first ministerial meeting of the Standing Advisory Committee in Malabo from 21 to 25 June 2004; 6 5. Emphasizes the importance of providing the States members of the Standing Advisory Committee with the essential support they need to carry out the full programme of activities which they adopted at their ministerial meetings; Welcomes the creation of a mechanism for the promotion, maintenance 6. and consolidation of peace and security in Central Africa, known as the Council for Peace and Security in Central Africa, by the Conference of Heads of State and Government of the member countries of the Economic Community of Central African States, held at Yaoundé on 25 February 1999, and requests the Secretary-General to give his full support to the effective realization of that important mechanism; _______________ 1 A/50/474, annex I. A/53/258-S/1998/763, annex II, appendix I. 3 A/53/868-S/1999/303, annex II. 4 A/52/871-S/1998/318. 5 A/59/182. 6 See A/59/154-S/2004/576, annex. 2 2