A/RES/60/1
94. We support implementation of the 2001 Programme of Action to Prevent,
Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its
Aspects. 32
95. We urge States parties to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention 33 and
Amended Protocol II to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons 34 to fully
implement their respective obligations. We call upon States in a position to do so to
provide greater technical assistance to mine-affected States.
96. We underscore the importance of the recommendations of the Adviser to the
Secretary-General on Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by United Nations
Peacekeeping Personnel, 35 and urge that those measures adopted in the relevant
General Assembly resolutions based upon the recommendations be fully
implemented without delay.
Peacebuilding
97. Emphasizing the need for a coordinated, coherent and integrated approach to
post-conflict peacebuilding and reconciliation with a view to achieving sustainable
peace, recognizing the need for a dedicated institutional mechanism to address the
special needs of countries emerging from conflict towards recovery, reintegration
and reconstruction and to assist them in laying the foundation for sustainable
development, and recognizing the vital role of the United Nations in that regard, we
decide to establish a Peacebuilding Commission as an intergovernmental advisory
body.
98. The main purpose of the Peacebuilding Commission is to bring together all
relevant actors to marshal resources and to advise on and propose integrated
strategies for post-conflict peacebuilding and recovery. The Commission should
focus attention on the reconstruction and institution-building efforts necessary for
recovery from conflict and support the development of integrated strategies in order
to lay the foundation for sustainable development. In addition, it should provide
recommendations and information to improve the coordination of all relevant actors
within and outside the United Nations, develop best practices, help to ensure
predictable financing for early recovery activities and extend the period of attention
by the international community to post-conflict recovery. The Commission should
act in all matters on the basis of consensus of its members.
99. The Peacebuilding Commission should make the outcome of its discussions
and recommendations publicly available as United Nations documents to all
relevant bodies and actors, including the international financial institutions. The
Peacebuilding Commission should submit an annual report to the General Assembly.
100. The Peacebuilding Commission should meet in various configurations.
Country-specific meetings of the Commission, upon invitation of the Organizational
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32
See Report of the United Nations Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in
All Its Aspects, New York, 9-20 July 2001 (A/CONF.192/15), chap. IV, para. 24.
33
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-personnel Mines
and on Their Destruction (United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2056, No. 35597).
34
Amended Protocol II to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain
Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate
Effects (CCW/CONF.I/16 (Part I), annex B).
35
A/59/710, paras. 68-93.
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