United Nations General Assembly A/RES/55/167 Distr.: General 12 February 2001 Fifty-fifth session Agenda item 20 (b) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [without reference to a Main Committee (A/55/L.53 and Add.1)] 55/167. Assistance to Mozambique The General Assembly, Recalling Security Council resolution 386 (1976) of 17 March 1976, Recalling also its relevant resolutions, in particular resolution 45/227 of 21 December 1990, 47/42 of 9 December 1992, 49/21 D of 20 December 1994, 51/30 D of 5 December 1996 and 53/1 G of 16 November 1998, in which it urged the international community to respond effectively and generously to the call for assistance to Mozambique, Reaffirming the principles for humanitarian assistance contained in the annex to its resolution 46/182 of 19 December 1991, Recalling its resolutions 48/7 of 19 October 1993, 49/215 of 23 December 1994, 50/82 of 14 December 1995, 51/149 of 13 December 1996 and 52/173 of 18 December 1997 on assistance in mine clearance, and stressing the need to foster the establishment of national mine-clearance capacity with a view to enabling the Government of Mozambique to deal more effectively with the adverse effects of those weapons within the framework of the efforts for national reconstruction, Recalling also its resolution 54/96 L of 10 March 2000 on assistance to Mozambique following the devastating floods, Deeply concerned at the unprecedented floods in Mozambique, which have resulted in tragic loss of human lives and extensive destruction of property and infrastructure, Also deeply concerned at the impact of the disaster on the economic, social and humanitarian situation in Mozambique, Recognizing that natural disasters constitute one of the major problems for the development of Mozambique, Aware that, to prevent and manage natural disasters, strategies at local, national and regional levels are required, in addition to international assistance, Bearing in mind the Paris Declaration and the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the 1990s, adopted by the Second United Nations 00 56941