Statement / by the President of the Security Council

Statement [made on behalf of the Security Council, at the 5187th meeting, 26 May 2005, in connection with the Council's consideration of the item entitled "Post-conflict peacebuilding"]

Reaffirms its commitment to the purposes and principles enshrined in the Charter of UN and recalls its primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security; acknowledges that serious attention to the longer-term process of peacebuilding in all its multiple dimensions is critically important, and that adequate support for peacebuilding activities can help to prevent countries from relapsing into conflict; underlines that for countries emerging from conflict, significant international assistance for economic and social rehabilitation and reconstruction is indispensable; recognises the crucial role of regional and subregional organisations in post-conflict peacebuilding and their involvement at the earliest possible stage; stresses the special needs of Africa in post-conflict situations and encourages the international community to pay particular attention to those needs.

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