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108 General Assembly-Forty-third Session tation and used as a means of pressure or threat to and de- stabilization of other States and regions; 5. Expresses its conviction that the gradual military disengagement of the great Powers and their military al- liances from various parts of the world should be pro- moted; 6. Emphasizes the role that the United Nations has in the maintenance ofinternational peace and security and in economic and social development and progress for the benefit of ali mankind; 7. Stresses that there is a need further to enhance the etfectiveness of the Security Council in discharging its principal role of maintaining international peace and security and to enhance the authority and enforcement capacity of the Council in accordance with the Charter; 8. Reiterates the need for the Security Council, in par- ticular its permanent members, to ensure the etfective im- plementation of its decisions in compliance with the rele- vant provisions of the Charter; 9. Emphasizes that there can be no lasting peace and security in the world without the solution of the interna- tional economic problems, particularly those of the devel- oping countries, and the ensuring of the sustained growth and development of the world economy; 10. Considers that respect for and promotion ofhuman 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; 11. Reaffirms the legitimacy of the struggle of peoples under colonial domination, foreign occupation or racist régimes and their inalienable right to self-determination and independence, and urges Member States to increase their support for and solidarity with them and their na- tional liberation movements and to take urgent and etfec- tive measures for the speedy completion of the implemen- tation ofthe Declaration on the Granting oflndependence to Colonial Countries and Peoples136 and for the final elimination of colonialism, racism and apartheid; 12. Calls upon ali States, particularly the members of the Security Council, to take appropriate and etfective measures to promote the fulfilment of the objective of the denuclearization of Africa in order to avert the serious danger that 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; 13. Reaffirms that the democratization of interna- tional relations is an imperative necessity enabling, under the ?onditions of interdependence, the ful! development and mdependence of ali States, as well as the attainment of genuine security, peace and co-operation in the world, and stresses its firm belief that the United Nations otfers the best framework for the promotion of these goals; 14. 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 As- sembly at its forty-fourth session on the basis of the replies received; 15. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its forty-fourth session the ítem entitled "Review of the im- 136 Resolution 1514 (XV). plementation of the Declaration on the Strengthening of International Security". 73rd plenary meeting 7 December 1988 43/89. Comprehensive approach to strengthening inter- national peace and security in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations The General Assembly, Convinced of the need to strengthen further the role and etfectiveness ofthe United Nations on the basis offull and universal implementation ofits Charter, in order to ensure international peace and security on a comprehensive basis covering ali States and ali aspects of their interrelation- ship, Expressing the firm conviction that ensuring interna- tional peace and security requires concerted etforts and close co-operation among ali States on the basis of the Charter ofthe United Nations in order to resolve issues of crucial importance in the following spheres: disarmament, peaceful settlement of disputes and conflicts, international economic co-operation and development, protection ofthe environment, and human rights and fundamental free- doms, Affirming that the system of security embodied in the Charter is the fundamental and irreplaceable mechanism for the preservation or restoration of international peace and security, Reaffirming that in the interest of ensuring international peace and security on a comprehensive basis ali States should adhere strictly to the fundamental principies of in- ternational law, especially respect for the sovereignty, equality, political independence and territorial integrity of States, non-intervention and non-interference in interna! atfairs, refraining from the threat or use of force, peaceful settlement of disputes, self-determination of peoples, re- spect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, co- operation among States and compliance in good faith with their obligations assumed in accordance with the Charter, Bearing in mind the report of the Secretary-General on the ways and means of organizing an exchange of views on the subject among the States Members of the United Na- tions, 137 Taking note of the suggestions, ideas and views ex- pressed in the deliberations on this matter,138 1. Encourages Member Sta tes to con tribute toan inter- national dialogue, primarily within the framework of the United Nations, its Security Council and General Assem- bly and their subsidiary bodies, in arder to find universally acceptable ways and means and to co-ordinate practica! measures to strengthen on a comprehensive basis the sys- tem ofsecurity laid down in the Charter ofthe United Na- tions and to enhance the role and etfectiveness of the United Nations in the maintenance of international peace and security in ali aspects; 2. Calls upan ali States to intensify their practica! ef- forts towards ensuring international security in ali its as- 117 A/ 43/7 32. 1-18 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Forty-third Session. Fi"1 Committee, 47th to 'í41h meetings, and corrigendum. 111. Resolutions adopted on the reports of the First Committee 109 pects through peaceful means, in accordance with the pur- poses and principies of the Charter; 3. Decides to include in the agenda of its forty-fourth session an item entitled "Comprehensive approach to strengthening international peace and security in accord- ance with the Charter of the United Nations". 73rd plenary meeting 7 December 1988

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