Resolution adopted by the General Assembly  on 4 December 2017          [on the report of the First Committee (A/72/401)]        72/21. 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, 58/29 of 8 December  2003, 60/48 of 8 December 2005, 62/14 of 5 December 2007, 64/23 of 2 December  2009, 66/22 of 2 December 2011, 68/24 of 5 December 2013 and 70/22 of  7 December 2015 and other relevant resolutions,    Recalling also the report of the Meeting of the Littoral and Hinterland States  of the Indian Ocean, held in New York from 2 to 13 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 in  Kuala Lumpur on 24 and 25 February 2003,2 in which it was noted, inter alia, that  the Chair 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  __________________    1  Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-fourth Session, Supplement No. 45 and  corrigendum (A/34/45 and A/34/45/Corr.1).    2  A/57/759-S/2003/332, annex I.   A/RES/72/21  Implementation of the Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace   17-21687  2/2    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,     Having considered the report of the Ad Hoc Committee,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 Chair 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 seventy-fourth 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 seventy-fourth session  the item entitled “Implementation of the Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone  of Peace”.    62nd plenary meeting  4 December 2017    __________________    3  Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-second Session, Supplement No. 29 (A/72/29).