United Nations regional centres for peace and disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Reiterates the importance of the UN activities at the regional level to increase the stability and security of its Member States, which could be promoted in a substantive manner by the maintenance and revitalization of the 3 regional centres for peace and disarmament; reaffirms that it is useful for the 3 regional centres to carry out dissemination and educational programmes that promote regional peace and security; appeals to Member States in each region and those that are able to do so, as well as to international governmental and non-governmental organizations and foundations, to make voluntary contributions to the regional centres in their respective regions to strengthen their activities and initiatives; emphasizes the importance of the activities of the regional branch of the Department for Disarmament Affairs of the Secretariat; requests the Secretary-General to provide all necessary support, within existing resources, to the regional centres in carrying out their programmes of activities; decides to include in the provisional agenda of its 61st session the item entitled "United Nations regional centres for peace and disarmament".

Adopted without vote, 62nd plenary meeting

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Issued in GAOR, 60th sess., Suppl. no. 49.