United Nations A/RES/57/146 General Assembly Distr.: General 22 January 2003 Fifty-seventh session Agenda item 21 (b) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [without reference to a Main Committee (A/57/L.43/Rev.1 and Add.1)] 57/146. Special assistance for the economic recovery and reconstruction of the Democratic Republic of the Congo The General Assembly, Recalling its previous resolutions on special assistance for the economic recovery and reconstruction of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Recalling also all resolutions of the Security Council and the statements by its President regarding the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Recalling further the Ceasefire Agreement signed in Lusaka 1 and the Kampala disengagement plan, 2 the obligations of all signatories to those agreements and the obligations deriving from all relevant Security Council resolutions, including resolution 1304 (2000) of 16 June 2000, Reaffirming the sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and all States in the region, Alarmed at the plight of the civilian population throughout the country, and calling for its protection, Gravely concerned at the deteriorating humanitarian, economic and social situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in particular in eastern Congo, and at the effect of the continued fighting on the inhabitants of the country, especially women and children, Deeply concerned at the human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) pandemic, in particular among women and girls, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Expressing its deep concern at the dire consequences of the conflict for the humanitarian and human rights situations and at the findings contained in the reports on the illegal exploitation of the natural resources of the Democratic Republic of the Congo 3 in this regard, _______________ 1 S/1999/815, annex. See S/2000/330 and Corr.1, paras. 21–28. 3 See S/2001/357, S/2001/1072 and S/2002/1146. 2 02 54785