Security Council resolution 1653 (2006) [on conflict prevention and peaceful resolution of disputes in the Great Lakes region]

Urges the countries of the Great Lakes region to continue in their collective efforts to develop a subregional approach for promoting good relations, peaceful coexistence, peaceful resolution of disputes as envisaged in the Dar es Salaam Declaration; calls upon the countries of the region to agree on confidence-building measures based on effective and concrete actions; urges all States concerned to take action to bring to justice perpetrators of grave violations of human rights and international humanitarian law and to take appropriate measures of international cooperation and judicial assistance in this regard; strongly condemns the activities of militias and armed groups operating in the Great Lakes region; calls upon all States in the region to deepen their cooperation with a view to putting an end to the activities of illegal armed groups; urges the governments concerned in the region to enhance their cooperation to promote lawful and transparent exploitation of natural resources among themselves and in the region.

Adopted unanimously, 5359th meeting

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Issued in: Resolutions and decisions of the Security Council, 1 August 2005-31 July 2006 - S/INF/61 - (SCOR, 61st year).