A/RES/61/96 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, Noting with satisfaction the efforts being made by the countries members of the Economic Community of Central African States to promote peace and security in their subregion, including the convening in N’Djamena, at the initiative of the current Chairman of the Central African Economic and Monetary Community, of two extraordinary sessions of the Conference of Heads of State of the Central African Economic and Monetary Community, for the purpose of considering the risk of destabilization in Chad, Recalling the Brazzaville Declaration of 2 September 2005 on the situation between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of Rwanda, 5 Taking note of the successful completion of electoral processes in Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon and Sao Tome and Principe, Recognizing the importance of disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programmes in strengthening peace, political stability and reconstruction, especially in post-conflict situations, Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on regional confidence1. 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 its resolution 60/87; 6 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 sustainable peace, stability and development in the subregion; Encourages the States members of the Economic Community of Central 3. African States to pursue their efforts to promote peace and security in their subregion; _______________ 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/60/393-S/2005/616, annex. 6 A/61/365. 2 2