A/RES/42/91 GA

100 General Assembl)-h>rt) -second Scssion count the debate 011 this question during 1h forty-second session, an updated report on the strengthening of security and co-operation in the Mediterranean regmn, 12. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of 1h forty-third session the ítem entitled "Strengthening of security and co-operation in the Mediterranean region" 93rd plenary meeting 7 December 1987 42/91. lmplementation of the Declaration on the Prepa- ration of Societies for Life in Peace The General Assembly, Recalling its Declaratíon 011 the Preparation of Societ1cs for Life in Peace, contained in resolution 3V7:l of 15 December 1978, Recalling a/so that, in its resolutions 36/104 of 9 December 1981 and 39/157 of 17 December 1984, 1t reaffirmed the lasting importance and validity of the pur- poses and principies enshrined in thc Declaration on thc Preparation of Societies for Life in Peacc, based on thc Charter of the United Nations, Taking into account its invitation 123 to ali Governments, the United Nations and the concerned organizations of its system, and other international as well as national organi- zations, both governmental and non-governmental, to in- corporate active promotion of the ideas of t he preparation ofsocieties for life in peace in their programmes, including those concerning the observances of the International Year of Peace, 1986, Noting the report ofthe Secretary-Gem:raii 24 on the rc- sults of the International Y car of Peace and General As sembly resolution 42/13 of 28 October 1987 on thc achievements of the International Y ear of Peace, as well as the high rank that issues pertaining to the preparation of societies for life in peace were accorded in those docu- ments, Appreciating the need for the preparation of societies for life in peace in order to promote the pattern of peaceful re- lations among nations, Aware ofthe importan! role that the idea of the prepara- tion of societies for life in peace can play in the process of confidence-building and laying the foundations of durable international security through fostering in the minds of men and societies a perception of the right to life in peace as a fundamental human right, Recognizing the desirability of providing for the fulle~t implementation ofthe principies contained in the Declara- tion on the Preparation of Societies for Life in Peace and for their further development in a manner consisten! with and corresponding to the customs and traditions of each country, Taking into accuunt the growing timeliness ofthe Decla- ration as well as the valuable experience gained in the course of the implementation of its principies and objec- tives, Considering that the year 1988 will mark the tenth anni- versary of the adoption of the Declaration, Taking note with appreciatio11 of the report of the Secre- tary-General, 125 prepared in accordance with resolution 39/157, 123 Resolution 39/157. 124 A/42/487 and Corr.2 ami Add 1 12l A/42/668. 1. Solemnly reajjim1s the lasting validity of the pur- ¡m~es and principies enshrined in the Declaration on the Preparation of Societies for Lif'e in Peace, based 011 the Charter of the l'nited Nations; 2. Reajjirm.1 the determination of the peoples of the l:nited Nations 10 establish lasting conditions of world peace, internatinnal understanding and mutually benefi- cia! co-operation. 3. Urges ali State~ to continue their sustained efforts towards the fullest implementation of the Declaration al t he national and the international levels and towards in- creasing its national and international role by st rictly ad- hcring to the principies enshrined in that document; 4. Recommends that ali Governments and appropriate mstitutions, while elaborating their policies, in particular their education prngrammes and school curricula, should keep in mind the principies contained in the Declaration; 5. A/so recommends that the appropriate bodies of the Llnited Nations and the specialized agencies concerned, as well as other mternational organizations, both govern- mental and non-governmental, should be guided by the principies and obJectives of the Declaration while prepar- ing their programmes of work; 6. Ca lis upan ali Governments and the United Nations and the concerned organizations of its system, as well as other international organizations, both governmental and 11011-governmental, to inform the Secre!ary-General of progress made in regard to the implementation ofthe Dec- laration in ali its aspects; 7. Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report thereon to the G,·neral Assembly at its forty-fifth session. 93rd plenary meeting 7 December /987 42/92. Review of the implementation of the Declaration on the Strengthening of International Security The General A rn'mbly, Having consider<'d the item entitled "Review of the im- plementation of the Declaration on the Strengthening of International Security". Voting with concern that the provisions of the Declara- tion on the Strengthening of International Security 126 have not been fully implemented, Concerned by the continued escalation of tension in the WL>rld, accompanied by the policy of competition for spheres ofinfluence, domination and exploitation in many parts of the world, the continuation of the arms race, par- ticularly in nuclear weapons, and the danger of its exten- sion into outer space, by the recourse to the use or threat of use of force, military intervention and interference and foreign occupation, by the continued infringement of the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of countries and by the lack of solutions to the world eco- nomic crisis, in which the deeper underlying problems of a structural nature have been compounded by cyclical fac- tors and which has further aggravated the inequalities and injustices in international economic relations, ali of which pose a grave threat to global peace and security, .4 ware of the increasing interdependence among nations and of the fact that in the present-day world, there is no al- ternative to a policy of peaceful coexistence, détente and c·o-operation among States on the basis of equality, irre- 2" Rt'solu11on 271-l 1.\XV)

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