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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/53/78 (A-G)
8 January 1999
Fifty-third session
Agenda item 72
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the First Committee (A/53/585)]
53/78.
Review and implementation of the Concluding Document of the Twelfth
Special Session of the General Assembly
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REGIONAL CONFIDENCE-BUILDING MEASURES: ACTIVITIES OF THE UNITED NATIONS STANDING
ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON SECURITY QUESTIONS IN CENTRAL AFRICA
The General Assembly,
Bearing in mind the purposes and principles of the United Nations and its primary responsibility for
the maintenance of international peace and security in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations,
Recalling its resolutions 43/78 H and 43/85 of 7 December 1988, 44/21 of 15 November 1989, 45/58
M of 4 December 1990, 46/37 B of 6 December 1991, 47/53 F of 15 December 1992, 48/76 A of 16
December 1993, 49/76 C of 15 December 1994, 50/71 B of 12 December 1995, 51/46 C of 10 December
1996 and 52/39 B of 9 December 1997,
Considering the importance and effectiveness of confidence-building measures taken at the initiative
and with the participation of all States concerned and taking into account the specific characteristics of
each region, since such measures can contribute to regional stability and to international security,
Convinced that the resources released by disarmament, including regional disarmament, can be
devoted to economic and social development and to the protection of the environment for the benefit of
all peoples, in particular those of the developing countries,
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