Zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic

Reaffirms the importance of the purposes and objectives of the zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic as a basis for the promotion of cooperation among the countries of the region; 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; further welcomes the decision on the illicit proliferation, circulation and trafficking of small arms and light weapons by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the OAU at its 35th ordinary session, held in Algiers in July 1999; welcomes the signing of the Peace Agreement between the Government of Sierra Leone and the Revolutionary United Front, in Lome on 7 July 1999; further welcomes the decision taken by the Government of Liberia to destroy arms and ammunition collected during the disarmament exercise and the completion in Liberia in Oct. of 1999 of the weapons destruction programme; welcomes the signing of the Ceasefire Agreement on the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in Lusaka on 10 July 1999, and the adoption by the Security Council of resolution 1258 (1999) of 6 Aug. 1999; calls for the full implementation of the Lusaka Agreement; reaffirms the importance for Member States to contribute by all means at their disposal to an effective and lasting peace in Angola; calls upon Member States to continue their efforts towards the achievement of appropriate regulation of maritime transport of radioactive and toxic wastes; requests the relevant organizations, organs and bodies of the UN system to render all appropriate assistance that States members of the zone may seek in their joint efforts to implement the declaration of the zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic.

Adopted 97-0-1, 63rd meeting

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Adopted at the 63rd plenary meeting, 24 Nov. 1999.