United Nations A/RES/59/255 General Assembly Distr.: General 4 March 2005 Fifty-ninth session Agenda item 38 (b) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 23 December 2004 [without reference to a Main Committee (A/59/L.50/Rev.1 and Add.1)] 59/255. 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 its resolutions 53/92 of 7 December 1998, 54/234 of 22 December 1999, 55/217 of 21 December 2000, 56/37 of 4 December 2001, 57/296 of 20 December 2002, 57/337 of 3 July 2003 and 58/235 of 23 December 2003, as well as resolution 59/213 of 20 December 2004 on cooperation between the United Nations and the African Union, 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 role of the Council in the prevention of armed conflicts, Recalling further the creation by the Economic and Social Council, by its resolution 2002/1 of 15 July 2002, of ad hoc advisory groups on African countries emerging from conflict, Reaffirming that 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 2 must remain a priority on the agenda of the United Nations system and for Member States, Noting with concern the slow progress in the implementation of many of the recommendations contained in the report of the Secretary-General, as well as the emergence of trends that could potentially affect the peace and stability of Africa, Stressing that the responsibility for peace and security in Africa, including the capacity to address the root causes of conflict and to resolve conflicts in a peaceful _______________ 1 2 04-49156 Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 45 (A/56/45). A/52/871-S/1998/318.