Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 8 December 2005  [on the report of the First Committee (A/60/455)]  60/48.  Implementation of the Declaration of the Indian Ocean   as a Zone of Peace        The General Assembly,     Recalling the Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace, contained in  its resolution 2832 (XXVI) of 16 December 1971, and recalling also its resolutions  54/47 of 1 December 1999, 56/16 of 29 November 2001 and 58/29 of 8 December  2003 and other relevant resolutions,    Recalling also the report of the Meeting of the Littoral and Hinterland States  of the Indian Ocean held in July 1979,1    Recalling further paragraph 102 of the Final Document of the Thirteenth  Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries, held at  Kuala Lumpur, from 20 to 25 February 2003,2 in which it was noted, inter alia, that  the Chairperson of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Indian Ocean would continue his  informal consultations on the future work of the Committee,    Emphasizing the need to foster consensual approaches that are conducive to  the pursuit of such endeavours,    Noting the initiatives taken by countries of the region to promote cooperation,  in particular economic cooperation, in the Indian Ocean area and the possible  contribution of such initiatives to overall objectives of a zone of peace,    Convinced that the participation of all permanent members of the Security  Council and the major maritime users of the Indian Ocean in the work of the Ad  Hoc Committee is important and would assist the progress of a mutually beneficial  dialogue to develop conditions of peace, security and stability in the Indian Ocean  region,    Considering that greater efforts and more time are required to develop a  focused discussion on practical measures to ensure conditions of peace, security and  stability in the Indian Ocean region,  _______________  1 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-fourth Session, Supplement No. 45 and corrigendum  (A/34/45 and Corr.1).  2 See A/57/759-S/2003/332, annex I.   A/RES/60/48  2    Having considered the report of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Indian Ocean,3    1.  Takes note of the report of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Indian Ocean;3    2.  Reiterates its conviction that the participation of all permanent members  of the Security Council and the major maritime users of the Indian Ocean in the  work of the Ad Hoc Committee is important and would greatly facilitate the  development of a mutually beneficial dialogue to advance peace, security and  stability in the Indian Ocean region;    3.  Requests the Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee to continue his  informal consultations with the members of the Committee and to report through the  Committee to the General Assembly at its sixty-second session;    4.  Requests the Secretary-General to continue to render, within existing  resources, all necessary assistance to the Ad Hoc Committee, including the  provision of summary records;    5.  Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-second session  the item entitled “Implementation of the Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone  of Peace”.    61st plenary meeting  8 December 2005  _______________  3 Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixtieth Session, Supplement No. 29 (A/60/29).