A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/49/129 17 February 1995 Forty-ninth session Agenda item 12 RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [on the report of the Second Committee (A/49/726)] 49/129. Commemoration of the millennium of the Kyrgyz national epic, Manas The General Assembly, Considering that 1995 is the year that marks the millennium of the Kyrgyz national epic, Manas, which corresponds to the principles of the World Decade for Cultural Development, 1988-1997, 1/ Recalling resolution 27 C/13.22 of the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, concerning the commemoration of anniversaries during the biennium 1994-1995, 2/ Taking into consideration that the Manas epic has been a vital link in sustaining and unifying the peoples of the Central Asian region throughout their long history, Recognizing that the epic is not only the source of the Kyrgyz language and literature but also the foundation of the cultural, moral, historical, social and religious traditions of the Kyrgyz people, Bearing in mind that the epic promotes widely shared ideals and values of humanity, 1/ General Assembly resolution 41/187. 2/ See United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Records of the General Conference, Twenty-seventh Session, vol. I, Resolutions, sect. IV.13. 95-76867 /...