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support and solidarity in the building of peace, democracy and development in
Central America;
14. Reaffirms the importance of international cooperation, in particular
cooperation with the bodies, funds and programmes of the United Nations system
and the donor community in the new stage of consolidating firm and lasting peace
and democracy in Central America, and urges them to continue to support Central
American efforts to achieve those goals;
15. Notes with satisfaction the determination of the Central American
Governments to settle their disputes through peaceful means, thereby avoiding any
setback in the efforts to consolidate firm and lasting peace in the region;
16. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to lend his full support to the
initiatives and activities of the Central American Governments, particularly their
efforts to consolidate peace and democracy through the promotion of integration and
the implementation of the comprehensive sustainable development programme,
emphasizing, inter alia, the potential repercussions of natural disasters, in particular
the persisting effects of hurricane Mitch, for the peace processes and the vulnerable
economies of the region, and to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth
session on the implementation of the present resolution;
17. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-sixth session the
item entitled “The situation in Central America: procedures for the establishment of
a firm and lasting peace and progress in fashioning a region of peace, freedom,
democracy and development”.
86th plenary meeting
19 December 2000
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