Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 5 August 2004  [without reference to a Main Committee (A/58/L.67/Rev.1)]  58/317. Reaffirming the central role of the United Nations   in the maintenance of international peace and security  and the promotion of international cooperation        The General Assembly,    Bearing in mind the Charter of the United Nations, including the purposes and  principles contained therein, and especially the determination to save succeeding  generations from the scourge of war, and emphasizing its paramount importance for  the maintenance of international peace and security and the development of friendly  relations and cooperation among States,    Considering that the promotion of respect for the obligations arising from the  Charter and other instruments and rules of international law is among the basic  purposes and principles of the United Nations, and in this context recalling the  Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and  Cooperation among States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations,  annexed to its resolution 2625 (XXV) of 24 October 1970,    Recalling the United Nations Millennium Declaration, adopted by heads of  State and Government at the Millennium Summit of the United Nations on  8 September 2000,1    Reaffirming its determination to establish and maintain a just and lasting  international peace and security in accordance with the Charter and relevant  resolutions of the United Nations, upholding the need to abide strictly by the  relevant provisions of the Charter on the sovereign equality of all Member States,  respect for their territorial integrity and political independence and non-interference  in their internal affairs, the non-use of force or threat of force, resolution of disputes  by peaceful means in conformity with the principles of justice and international law,  the right to self-determination of peoples remaining under colonial or other forms of  alien domination or foreign occupation, respect for human rights and fundamental  freedoms, respect for the equal rights of all without distinction as to race, sex,  language or religion, and international cooperation in solving international problems  of an economic, social, cultural or humanitarian character, and convinced that  _______________  1 See resolution 55/2.   A/RES/58/317  2  development can be achieved only in a climate of peace, security and mutual  confidence both within and among Member States,    Reiterating that the responsibility for managing and achieving worldwide  economic and social development, as well as responding to threats to international  peace and security, must be shared among all nations of the world and exercised  multilaterally and that, in this context, as the most universal and most representative  intergovernmental organization, the United Nations must play the central role,    1.  Reiterates the need for full observance of the Charter of the United  Nations and the unrestricted application of all the principles and the achievement of  the purposes that it enshrines, including, inter alia, the principles regarding the  sovereign equality of Member States and the necessity of respecting the political  independence of nations, and reaffirms the central role of the United Nations in the  maintenance of international peace and security and the strengthening of  international cooperation in conformity with the Charter;    2.  Reaffirms the irreplaceable role of the United Nations and the necessity  of ensuring the equal participation of all Member States, in a transparent manner, in  a multilateral system, guided by the Charter and founded on universally recognized  values and norms;    3.  Also reaffirms its commitment to multilateralism, which entails, inter  alia, respect for the Charter and the principles and norms of international law and  the adoption of measures to prevent the use or the threat of use of force and the  exercise of pressure and coercion as a means for obtaining certain political  objectives, and in this context underlines the fact that Member States have  committed themselves to refraining in their international relations from the threat or  use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any State, or  in any other manner inconsistent with the purposes of the United Nations, and to  upholding the principle of settlement of international disputes by peaceful means in  such a manner as not to endanger international peace and security and justice,  bearing in mind the need to allay the legitimate concern of Member States with  regard to ensuring lasting safety and security for their peoples;    4.  Re-emphasizes the respective prerogatives and functions of the General  Assembly, the Security Council and the Economic and Social Council as defined in  the Charter, and the need to enhance the coordination among these organs, which  constitute the framework for the achievement of the purposes of the United Nations,  and underlines its conviction regarding the need to sustain as a priority in the  process of reform of the United Nations, the revitalization and strengthening of the  Assembly and the reforms of the Security Council and the Economic and Social  Council, with a view to strengthening further the capacity of the United Nations so  as to enable it to improve its performance in undertaking its functions and  responsibilities, mindful, in this context, of the need to involve all Member States in  these processes in order to ensure that their perspectives, concerns and interests will  be taken fully into account;    5.  Welcomes the establishment by the Secretary-General of the High-level  Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change, and takes note of its terms of reference;2  _______________  2 A/58/612, annex I.   A/RES/58/317  3    6.  Calls upon all States to cooperate fully through constructive dialogue in  order to ensure the full enjoyment, promotion and protection of all human rights and  fundamental freedoms for all, as well as in the promotion of the peaceful resolution  of international problems, including those of a humanitarian character, the  prevention and end of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes and the  prosecution of those responsible for such crimes, and, in their actions towards that  purpose, calls upon them to comply strictly with the principles and norms of  international law, inter alia, by fully respecting their obligations under international  human rights instruments and humanitarian law;    7.  Reaffirms the right to self-determination of peoples that remain under  colonial or other forms of alien domination or foreign occupation, in conformity  with the Charter and the relevant resolutions of the United Nations;    8.  Expresses its deep concern over any act or threat of foreign intervention  or occupation of any State or territory in contravention of the Charter;    9.  Underlines the need to strengthen the capacity of the United Nations in  the areas of prevention and resolution of armed conflict, including relevant peace- building and development activities, as well as in the areas of peacemaking and  peacekeeping, in accordance with the Charter, and calls for the building up of  consensus among Member States in defining the scope, orientation and needs of  such capacity in the light of current and evolving challenges and threats to  international peace and security, taking into consideration, in this context, the need  for partnership between the United Nations and relevant regional and subregional  intergovernmental organizations in accordance with Chapter VIII of the Charter;    10. Reaffirms the important role of women in the prevention and resolution  of conflicts and in peace-building, and stresses the importance of their full and equal  participation in all efforts to maintain and promote peace and security and the need  to increase their role in decision-making with regard to conflict prevention and  resolution and the rebuilding of post-conflict societies;    11. Condemns acts of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, wherever  and by whomsoever committed, reiterates its call upon all States to adopt and  implement further measures to prevent terrorism and to strengthen international  cooperation in combating terrorism, and reaffirms that measures taken by States  must be in accordance with the Charter and must comply with their obligations  under international law and the relevant resolutions of the United Nations;    12. Reaffirms the importance of achieving the total elimination of all  weapons of mass destruction globally, in particular nuclear weapons, which pose the  greatest danger to mankind and the survival of civilization, reiterates in this context  its deep concern over the slow pace of progress towards nuclear disarmament,  emphasizes that the achievement of genuine peace and security demands that the  policies of States be directed towards the elimination of the threat of war, in  particular nuclear war, bearing also in mind all the resulting predictable  consequences of the resurgence of a new arms race among States, also reaffirms the  need for all Member States to fulfil their obligations in relation to arms control and  disarmament and to prevent the proliferation in all its aspects of weapons of mass  destruction, and further reaffirms that the ultimate objective of the efforts of States  in the disarmament process is general and complete disarmament;   A/RES/58/317  4    13. Reiterates its call upon all States urging them, as well as the relevant  United Nations bodies, to take appropriate measures to fully implement the  Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small  Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects;3    14. Emphasizes that the United Nations has a central role in promoting and  coordinating international cooperation for development, as well as in the follow-up  to international economic affairs and the outcome of the major United Nations  conferences and summits in the economic and social fields and in promoting policy  coherence on global economic, social and development issues, in consonance with  the relevant provisions of the Charter, and expresses its commitment to work for the  strengthening of its role as coordinator of the efforts carried out by the international  community in this regard, with a view to ensuring the achievement of a fair,  democratic, transparent and equitable international economic environment, in which  the opportunities offered by globalization are to the advantage of all countries, in  particular the developing countries.    93rd plenary meeting  5 August 2004  _______________  3 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.