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Ill. Resolutions adopted on the reports of the First Committee 109 strengthening of international security, in accordance with the Charter; 9. Stresses that there is an urgent need to enhance the effectiveness of the Security Council in discharging its principal role of maintaining international peace and secu- rity and, to that end, emphasizes the need to examine mechanisms and working methods on a continued basis in order to enhance the authority and enforcement capacity of the Council, in accordance with the Charter; 10. Emphasizes that the Security Council should con- sider holding periodic meetings in specific cases to con- sider and review outstanding problems and crises, thus enabling the Council to play a more active role in prevent- ing conflicts; 11. Reiterates the need for the S(,curity Council, in par- ticular its permanent members, to ensure the effective implementation of its decisions in compliance with the rel- evant provisions of the Charter; 12. Considers that respect for and promotion of human rights and fundamental freedoms in their civil, political, economic, social and cultural aspects, on the one hand, and the strengthening of international peace and security, on the other, mutually reinforce each other; 13. Reaffirms the legitimacy of the struggle of peoples under colonial domination, foreign occupation or racist regimes and their inalienable right to self-determination and independence, and urges Member States to increase their support for and solidarity with them and their national liberation movements and to take urgent and effective measures for the speedy completion of the imple- mentation of the Declaration on the Granting of Indepen- dence to Colonial Countries and Peoples100 and for the final elimination of colonialism, racism and apartheid; 14. Calls upon all States, particularly the members of the Security Council, to take appropriate and effective measures to promote the fulfilment of the objective of the denuclearization of Africa in order to avert the serious danger which the nuclear capability of South Africa consti- tutes to the African States, in particular the front-line States, as well as to international peace and security; 15. Welcomes the continuation of the process within the framework of the Conference on Security and Co-oper- ation in Europe and expresses the hope that the Stockholm Conference on Confidence- and Security-building Meas- ures and Disarmament in Europe, the continent with the greatest concentration of armaments and military forces. will achieve significant and positive results; 16. Reaffirms that the democratization of international relations is an imperative necessity enabling, under the conditions of interdependence, the full development and independence of all States as well as the attainment of gen- uine security, peace and co-operation in the world, and stresses its firm belief that the United Nations offers the best framework for the promotion of these goals; 17. Invites Member States to submit their views on the question of the implementation of the Declaration on the Strengthening of International Security, and requests the Secretary-General to submit a report to the General Assembly at its forty-first session on the basis of the replies received; 18. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its forty-first session the item entitled "Review of the imple- 124 O.tficia/ Records of the General Assemh/r. T/11rt.1·-seventh Session, Sup- plement No. I (N37/l). l25 fbid., T/11rty-e1ghrh Session. Supplemenr No. I (N38/l). 126 Ibid., 7hirty-mnth Sesswn. Suppt,,ment No. I (N39/ I). 127 Ibid .. For1ieth Sesswn. Supplement No. 1 (N40/I). 128 See Official Records of rhe Secumy Council, Fortierh rear. 2608th meeting; St'C also Resolutions and Decrnons o/ rhe Security Council /985, p. ] I. mentation of the Declaration on the Strengthening of International Security". 117th p/enar}' meeting 16 Decemher /985 40/159. Implementation of the collective security provisions of the Charter of the United Nations for the maintenance of interna- tional peace and security The General Assembly. Recalling its resolutions 3 7 / 119 of 16 December 1982, 38/191 of 20 December 1983 and 39/ 158 of 17 December 1984 on the implementation of the collective security pro- visions of the Charter of the United Nations for the main- tenance of international peace and security, Reaffirming that the primary function of the United Nations, in particular through the Security Council. is the maintenance of international peace and security, Stressing that the purposes of the United Nations can be achieved only under conditions in which States comply fully with their obligations assumed under the Charter, Alarmed over the growing tendency of States to resort to the use of force, intervention and interference in the inter- nal affairs of States, thus ignoring the Charter and the Dec- laration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Co-operation among States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations,gg Concerned that the Srcurity Council has not always been able to take decisive action for the maintenance of interna- tional peace and for resolving international problems, Recognizing that fundamental approaches to genuine security include, inter alia, the strengthening of the Charter system of collective security. Conscious of the important role with which the Security Council is entrusted in enhancing the collective security provisions of the Charter for the promotion of peace and security in the world in accordance with the Charter, Regretting that the provisions of the Charter relating to collective security measures have not been fully imple- mented. Taking into account. in this connection, the reports of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization to the General Assembly at its thirty-seventh, 124 thirty- eighth, 125 thirty-ninth 126 and fortieth sessions, 127 Also taking into account the statement by the President of the Security Council at the commemorative session of the Council on 26 September I 985. 118 Recalling the Final Political Declaration adopted by the Conference of Foreign Ministers of Non-Aligned Countries, held at Luanda from 4 to 7 September 1985, JN Also recalling the views of the Governments of the five Nordic countries on thr strengthening of the United Nations, 130 Taking note of the note by the Secretary-General on the implementation of the collective security provisions of the Charter of the United Nations for the maintenance of international peace and security, 111 Having considered the item entitled, "Implementation of the collective security provisions of the Charter of the 129 A/40/854-S/l 76 IO and (orr. L annex I. 1 JO A,38/271-S/15830. annex. For the printed lt'Xt, see Otfinal Records o( rh,· Sccunty C.mncil. Thmr-e,~hth l'car. S11p1•lc1110,r /,>r lpnl. Mav awl June /9113. document Sil 5810. am,n IJI A,40/454 110 General Assembly-Fortieth Session United Nations for the maintenance of international peace and security", I. Regrets that the Ad Hoe Committee on the Imple- mentation of the Collective Security Provisions of the Charter of the United Nations which the General Assem- bly, by its resolution 38/191, decided to establish for the purpose of exploring ways and means of implementing the said provisions has not been constituted; 2. Requests the President of the General Assembly, as a matter of urgency, to appoint fifty-four Member States and on the basis of consultation already conducted to con- stitute the membership of the Ad Hoe Committee on the basis of equitable geographical representation and inclu- ding the permanent members of the Security Council; 3. Requests the Secretary-General urgently to invite those Member States that have not yet done so to commu- nicate to him not later than 30 April 1986 their views and comments on the matter and to transmit those views and comments to the Ad Hoe Committee as soon as possible; 4. Requests the Ad Hoe Committee, in considering the matter, to take due account of the views and comments of Member States, including their recommendations, and to submit a progress report to the Security Council for its consideration and comments and to the General Assembly at its forty-first session, and a final report to the Assembly at its forty-second session; 5. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its forty-first session the item entitled "Implementation of the collective security provisions of the Charter of the United Nations for the maintenance of international peace and security". 117th plenary meeting 16 December 1985

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