Co-Operation Between the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 29Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity, published in 1982.

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33 versions · 1966–2002

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3 topics

Africa Cooperation Between Organizations Economic Assistance

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21 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on co-operation between the United Nations and the Organi zation of African Unity and commends his efforts in strengthening such co-operation;

Notes with appreciation the increasing participation of the Organization of African Unity in the work of the United Nations and the specialized agencies and its con structive contribution to that work;

Commends the continued efforts of the Organization of African Unity to promote multilateral co-operation among African States and to find solutions to African problems of vital importance to the international community and notes with satisfaction the increased collaboration of various United Nations agencies in support of those efforts;

Reiterates the determination of the United Nations, in co-operation with the Organization of African Unity, to intensify its efforts to eliminate colonialism, racial discrim ination and apartheid in southern Africa;

Approves the decisions, recommendations, proposals and arrangements contained in the conclusions of the Ge neva Meeting of representatives of the General Secretariat of the Organization of African Unity and the secretariats of the United Nations and other organizations of the United Nations system;

Calls upon the competent organizations and bodies of the United Nations system to give urgent consideration to the various recommendations and proposals contained in the conclusions of the Geneva Meeting, with the objective of enhancing co-operation between the United Nations sys tem and the Organization of African Unity;

Calls upon the competent organs, specialized agen cies and other organizations of th• United Nations system to ensure that their personnel and recruitment policies pro vide for the just and equitable representation of Africa at all levels at their respective headquarters and in their re gional and field operations and to give due consideration to the various suggestions and proposals in the relevant para graphs of the conclusions and recommendations of the Geneva Meeting;

Requests the Secretary-General, in consultation with the Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity, to arrange the date, venue and agenda for the next meeting between representatives of the General Secretariat of that organization and the secretariats of the United Nations and other organizations of the United Nations system, taking into account suggestions made at the Geneva Meeting;

Recognizes the importance of continued close asso ciation by the United Nations and the specialized agencies, where appropriate, with the efforts of the Organization of African Unity to promote social and economic development and to advance intra-African co-operation in that vital field;

Reaffirms the determination of the United Nations to work closely with the Organization of African Unity towards the establishment of the new international economic order in accordance with the resolutions adopted by the General Assembly and, in that regard, to take full account of the Lagos Plan of Action for the Implementation of the Monrovia Strategy for the Economic Development of Africa in the implementation of the International Development Strategy for the Third United Nations Development Decade;25

Reiterates its appreciation to the Secretary-General for his efforts, on behalf of the international community, to organize and mobilize special programmes of economic as sistance for African States experiencing grave economic difficulties, in particular for newly independent African States and the front-line States, to help them to cope with the situation caused by the acts of aggression committed against their territories by the apartheid regime of South Africa;

Calls upon all Member States, regional and inter national organizations and organizations of the United Na tions system to participate actively in the implementation of those special programmes of economic assistance;

Requests the Secretary-General to keep the Organ ization of African Unity informed periodically of the re sponse of the international community to those programmes and to co-ordinate efforts with all similar programmes in itiated by the Organization of African Unity;

Also requests the Secretary-General and the organ izations of the United Nations system to ensure that ade quate facilities continue to be made available for the provision of technical assistance to the General Secretariat of the Organization of African Unity as required;

Further requests the Secretary-General to continue to take the necessary measures to strengthen co-operation at the political, economic, cultural and administrative levels between the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, particularly with regard to the provision of assistance to the victims of colonialism and apartheid in southern Africa, and in this connection draws once again the attention of the international community to the need to contribute to the Assistance Fund for the Struggle against Colonialism and Apartheid established by the Organization of African Unity;

Calls upon all Member States and organizations of the United Nations system to increase their assistance to the African States affected by serious economic problems, in particular problems of displaced persons, resulting from natural or other disasters, by mobilizing special programmes of economic and emergency assistance;

Urges all Member States and regional and inter national organizations, in particular those of the United Na tions system, and non-governmental organizations to continue their support of African refugee programmes and to provide material and economic assistance to help host countries to cope with the heavy burden imposed on their limited resources and weak infrastructures;

Requests the Secretary-General to draw the attention of specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system to the need to give increasingly wide pub licity to all matters relating to the social and economic development of Africa;

Calls upon United Nations bodies-in particular the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council, the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Im plementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Inde pendence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, the Special Committee against Apartheid and the United Nations Coun cil for Namibia-to continue to associate closely the Or ganization of African Unity with all their work concerning Africa;

Urges the specialized agencies and the other or g.inizations concerned within the United Nations system to continue and expand their co-operation with the Organi zation of African Unity and, through it, their assistance to the liberation movements recognized by that organization;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the Gen eral Assembly at its thirty-eighth session on the implemen tation of the present resolution and on the development of co-operation between the Organization of African Unity and the organization, concerned within the United Nations system.

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