A. Maintenance of international peace and security
Zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic
This item was included in the agenda of the forty-first session of the General Assembly, in 1986, at the request of Brazil (A/41/143 and Corr.1).
The General Assembly considered the question at its forty-first to sixtieth sessions (resolutions 41/11, 42/16, 43/23, 44/20, 45/36, 46/19, 47/74, 48/23, 49/26, 50/18, 51/19, 52/14, 53/34, 54/35, 55/49, 56/7, 58/10 and 60/509).
At its fifty-fifth session, the General Assembly decided to consider the item biennially as from the fifty-sixth session (resolution 55/285).
At its sixtieth session, the General Assembly decided: (a) to defer consideration of the item to its sixty-first session; and (b) to maintain biennial consideration of the item thereafter (decision 60/509).
At its sixty-first session, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit a report to the Assembly at its sixty-third session, taking into account the views expressed by Member States (resolution 61/294).
Document:
- Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 61/294)
References for the sixtieth session (agenda item 16)
References for the sixty-first session (agenda item 15)
- Draft resolution A/61/L.66 and Add.1
- Plenary meeting A/61/PV.107
- Resolution 61/294
Related links
- UN Charter
- Peace and Security
- Economic and Social Development
- International Law
- Department of Political Affairs
Source: A/63/100
