A/RES/58/235 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 25 February 2004 Fifty-eighth session Agenda item 39 (b) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 23 December 2003 [without reference to a Main Committee (A/58/L.56 and Add.1)] 58/235. Implementation of the recommendations contained in the report of the Secretary-General on the causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa The General Assembly, Recalling the report of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Working Group on the Causes of Conflict and the Promotion of Durable Peace and Sustainable Development in Africa, 1 and resolutions 53/92 of 7 December 1998, 54/234 of 22 December 1999, 55/217 of 21 December 2000, 55/281 of 1 August 2001, 56/37 of 4 December 2001, 57/296 of 20 December 2002 and 57/337 of 3 July 2003, Recalling also, in this context, Security Council resolutions 1325 (2000) of 31 October 2000 on women and peace and security, and 1366 (2001) of 30 August 2001 on the prevention of armed conflicts, Having considered the updated matrix for 2002 contained in the report of the Secretary-General 2 on the implementation of the recommendations contained in the report of the Secretary-General on the causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa, 3 Recalling its resolution 57/7 of 4 November 2002 on the final review and appraisal of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s and support for the New Partnership for Africa’s Development, Noting that prevention of conflict must remain the fundamental focus of the work of the United Nations and that peace, security and development, in particular within post-conflict contexts, are inextricably linked, Noting also that conflict prevention and the consolidation of peace require coordinated, sustained and integrated efforts from the United Nations system and Member States, _______________ 1 Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 45 (A/56/45). See A/58/352. 3 A/52/871-S/1998/318. 2 03 50862