- recognising that poverty, underdevelopment and fragile states create fertile conditions for conflict and the emergence of new security threats, including international crime and terrorism and, furthermore, acknowledge the need that in post-conflict settings, development has an important role to play beyond institution-building by rebuilding the social fabric of societies and supporting peace building and reconciliation processes;
- atzīstot, ka nabadzība, atpalicība un nestabilas valstis ir auglīga augsne konfliktiem un jauniem draudiem drošībai, tostarp starptautiskajai noziedzībai un terorismam, turklāt uzskata, ka konfliktu noregulēšanā attīstībai ir svarīga loma ne tikai iestāžu izveidē, sabiedrības sociālo struktūru pārveidē, bet arī miera un izlīguma procesu atbalstīšanā;