A/RES/55/34 consideration of the report of the Secretary-General on the causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa, 7 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 United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, a subregional centre for human rights and democracy in Central Africa, 1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on regional confidencebuilding 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 54/55 A; 8 2. Reaffirms its support for efforts aimed at promoting confidence-building measures at 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; 3. Also reaffirms its support for the programme of work of the Standing Advisory Committee adopted at the organizational meeting of the Committee, held at Yaoundé from 27 to 31 July 1992; 4. Notes with satisfaction the progress made by the States members of the Standing Advisory Committee in implementing the programme of activities for the period 1999-2000, in particular by: (a) Holding the Subregional Conference on the Proliferation of and Illicit Traffic in Small Arms in Central Africa at N’Djamena from 25 to 27 October 1999; (b) Holding the twelfth ministerial meeting of the Standing Advisory Committee at N’Djamena from 27 to 30 October 1999; (c) Holding a meeting of experts of the countries of the subregion to draft the Protocol on the Council for Peace and Security in Central Africa and the Mutual Assistance Pact between countries of Central Africa at Malabo from 14 to 17 February 2000; (d) Holding the thirteenth ministerial meeting of the Standing Advisory Committee at N’Djamena from 2 to 6 May 2000; (e) Holding the Subregional Conference on the Question of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons in Central Africa at Bujumbura from 14 to 16 August 2000; (f) Holding the fourteenth ministerial meeting of the Standing Advisory Committee at Bujumbura from 17 to 19 August 2000; 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; 7 8 4 A/52/871-S/1998/318. A/55/170.