Reiterates and emphasizes its decision to convene the Conference on the Indian Ocean at Colombo, as a necessary step for the implementation of the Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace adopted in 1971; renews the mandate of the Ad Hoc Committee as defined in the relevant resolutions, and requests the Committee to intensify its work with regard to the implementation of its mandate; urges the Ad Hoc Committee to intensify its discussions of substantive issues and principles, including those identified by the Chairman of the Working Group in his report dated 14 July 1988, with the aim of elaborating elements that might be taken into consideration during the subsequent preparation of a draft final document of the Conference; requests the Ad Hoc Committee to hold 2 preparatory sessions during the 1st half of 1989, the 1st with a duration of 1 week and the 2nd with a duration of 2 weeks, for completion of the remaining preparatory work relating to the Conference on the Indian Ocean to enable the convening of the Conference at Colombo in 1990 in consultation with the host country; decides that the Ad Hoc Committee should commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Meeting of the Littoral and Hinterland States of the Indian Ocean, which took place in July 1979, during its preparatory sessions in 1989.

Adopted without vote, 73rd meeting

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Adopted at the 73rd plenary meeting, 7 Dec. 1988.
In: Resolutions and decisions adopted by the General Assembly during its 43rd session, Volume 1, 20 September-22 December 1988. - A/43/49. - 1989. - p. 100-101. - (GAOR, 43rd sess., Suppl. no. 49).