Fiftieth session
Agenda item 75
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The General Assembly,
Recalling its previous resolutions on the subject, including
resolution 49/81 of 15 December 1994,
Reaffirming the primary role of the Mediterranean countries
in strengthening and promoting peace, security and cooperation
in the Mediterranean region,
Bearing in mind all the previous declarations and commitments,
as well as all the initiatives taken by the riparian countries
at the recent summits, ministerial meetings and various forums
concerning the question of the Mediterranean region,
Recognizing the efforts made so far and the determination
of the Mediterranean countries to intensify the process of dialogue
and consultations with a view to resolving the problems existing
in the Mediterranean region and to eliminate the causes of tension
and the consequent threat to peace and security,
Recognizing also the indivisible character of security
in the Mediterranean and that the enhancement of cooperation among
Mediterranean countries with a view to promoting the economic
and social development of all peoples of the region will contribute
significantly to stability, peace and security in the region,
Recognizing further that prospects for closer Euro-Mediterranean
cooperation in all spheres can be enhanced by positive developments
world wide, in particular in Europe, in the Maghreb and in the
Middle East,
Noting with satisfaction the positive developments in the
Middle East peace process that will lead to achieving a comprehensive,
just and lasting peace in the region and therefore to promoting
confidence-building measures and a good-neighbourly spirit among
the countries of the area,
Expressing satisfaction at the growing awareness of the
need for more joint efforts by all Mediterranean countries so
as to strengthen economic, social, cultural and environmental
cooperation in the region,
Reaffirming the responsibility of all States to contribute
to the stability and prosperity of the Mediterranean region and
their commitment to respect the purposes and principles of the
Charter of the United Nations, as well as the provisions of the
Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly
Relations and Cooperation among States in accordance with the
Charter of the United Nations, Resolution 2625 (XXV), annex.
Expressing its concern at the persistent tension and continuing
military activities in parts of the Mediterranean that hinder
efforts to strengthen security and cooperation in the region,
Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General on this
item, A/50/300.
1. Reaffirms that security in the Mediterranean is closely linked
to European security as well as to international peace and security;
2. Expresses its satisfaction at the continuing efforts by Mediterranean
countries to contribute actively to the elimination of all causes
of tension in the region and to the promotion of just and lasting
solutions to the persistent problems of the region through peaceful
means, thus ensuring the withdrawal of foreign forces of occupation
and respecting the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity
of all countries of the Mediterranean and the right of peoples
to self-determination, and therefore calls for full adherence
to the principles of non-interference, nonintervention, non-use
of force or threat of use of force and the inadmissibility of
the acquisition of territory by force, in accordance with the
Charter and the relevant resolutions of the United Nations;
3. Commends the efforts by the Mediterranean countries in meeting
common challenges through coordinated overall responses, based
on a spirit of multilateral partnership, towards the general objective
of turning the Mediterranean basin into an area of dialogue, exchanges
and cooperation, guaranteeing peace, stability and prosperity;
4. Recognizes that the elimination of the economic and social
disparities in levels of development as well as other obstacles
in the Mediterranean area will contribute to enhancing peace,
security and cooperation among Mediterranean countries through
the existing forums;
5. Calls upon all States of the Mediterranean region that have
not yet done so to adhere to all the multilaterally negotiated
legal instruments related to the field of disarmament, thus creating
the necessary conditions for strengthening peace and cooperation
in the region;
6. Encourages all States of the region to favour the necessary
conditions for strengthening the confidence-building measures
among them by promoting genuine openness and transparency on all
military matters, by participating, inter alia, in the United
Nations system for the standardized reporting of military expenditures
as well as by providing accurate data and information to the United
Nations Register of Conventional Arms;
7. Encourages the Mediterranean countries to strengthen further
their cooperation in combating terrorism, which poses a serious
threat to peace, security and stability in the region and therefore
to the improvement of the current political, economic and social
situation;
8. Invites all States of the region to address, through various
forms of cooperation, problems and threats posed to the region,
such as terrorism, international crime and illicit arms transfers,
as well as illicit drug production, consumption and trafficking,
which jeopardize the friendly relations among States, hinder the
development of international cooperation and result in the destruction
of human rights, fundamental freedoms and the democratic basis
of pluralistic society;
9. Encourages the continued widespread support among the Mediterranean
countries for the convening of a conference on security and cooperation
in the Mediterranean, as well as the ongoing regional consultations
to create the appropriate conditions for its convening;
10. Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report on means
to strengthen security and cooperation in the Mediterranean region;
11. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-first
session the item entitled "Strengthening of security and
cooperation in the Mediterranean region".
90th plenary meeting 12 December 1995 .