Zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic

Calls upon all States to cooperate in the promotion of the objectives established in the declaration of the zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic and to refrain from any action inconsistent with those objectives and with the Charter of the UN and relevant resolutions of the Organization, particularly action which may create or aggravate situations of tension and potential conflict in the region; welcomes the holding of the 4th meeting of the States members of the zone at Somerset West, South Africa, on 1 and 2 Apr. 1996; welcomes the progress towards the full entry into force of the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (Treaty of Tlatelolco), and the conclusion of the African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty (Treaty of Pelindaba); expresses its deep concern at the delay in fully implementing the "Acordos de Paz" and the Lusaka Protocol, and calls upon the Uniao Nacional para a Independencia Total de Angola to fulfil immediately the tasks enumerated in the relevant Security Council resolutions; urges the appropriate entities to fulfil expeditiously their pledges to provide assistance to facilitate the demobilization and social reintegration of ex-combatants, the demining process, the resettlement of displaced persons and the reconstruction of the Angolan economy in order to consolidate the gains in the peace process; welcomes the return of peace to Liberia; expresses concern at the situation in Sierra Leone and condemns the coup d'état against the democratically elected Government; affirms the importance of the South Atlantic to global maritime and commercial transactions; and welcomes the offer of Argentina to host the 5th meeting of States members of the zone in 1998.

Adopted 157-0-1, 50th meeting

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Adopted at the 50th plenary meeting, 20 Nov. 1997.