Considers town twinning to be one of the means of co-operation which the United Nations should encourage, both in connexion with the International Cooperation Year and on a permanent basis;
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Requeststhe Economic and Social Council, in collaboration with the appropriate non-governmental organizations in consultative status and taking into consideration the decisions of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization on town twinning, to prepare a programme of measures through which the United Nations and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization might take concrete steps to encourage further the achievement of the largest possible number of twinned towns ;
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Requeststhe Economic and Social Council to submit to the General Assembly at its twentv-second session a report on the programmes of action that have been taken to comply with the present resolution ; . 4. Requests the Secretary-General to take, through his offices, all suitable measures to encourage this form of co-operation.