Cooperation Between the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 30 Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, published in 1996.

What other versions does this mandate have?

8 versions · 1996–2003

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/57/298

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2003	A/RES/57/298	Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe	2,998	48%Compare
2002	A/RES/56/216	Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe	2,041	41%Compare
2001	A/RES/55/179	Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe	1,867	43%Compare
2000	A/RES/54/117	Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe	1,723	46%Compare
1999	A/RES/53/85	Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe	1,060	40%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report · 1998

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
1998	A/53/672	Report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/52/22

What subjects does this mandate have?

14 subjects

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Situation Ceasefires Confidence-Building Measures Cooperation Between Organizations Croatia Situation Dispute Settlement Europe Field Offices Human Rights Peacebuilding Peacekeeping Operations Preventive Diplomacy Regional Security

What’s in this document?

8 operative paragraphs

Takes note with satisfaction of the report of the Secretary-General;

Welcomes the intensified cooperation and coordination between the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe on the basis of the framework agreement, 1/ and requests the Secretary-General of the United Nations to explore with the Chairman-in-Office and the Secretary-General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe possibilities for further improvement, with special regard to the mutual provision in advance of information in those areas where both organizations have their own respective roles to play;

Also welcomes the support extended by the United Nations in sharing its experience with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in conflict prevention and peace-building and peace-keeping activities;

Supports the activities of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe aimed at contributing to stability and the maintenance of peace and security within its region, and stresses the importance of the work done by its field missions;

Encourages the States members of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to make every effort to achieve peaceful settlement of disputes in the region, through conflict prevention and crisis management by the Organization, including peace-keeping;

Welcomes the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the annexes thereto, signed in Paris on 14 December 1995 by the Presidents of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Croatia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia,⁷ and the important role it assigns to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to supervise the preparation and conduct of free and fair elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina, to monitor, in cooperation with other international organizations, the human rights situation, to help guide the negotiating process to bring about regional stability and to build mechanisms to increase confidence and security;

⁷See A/50/790-S/1995/999.

Also welcomes the Basic Agreement on the Region of Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium, signed on 12 November 1995,⁸ and acknowledges the important role of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in the implementation of that agreement and the future role of the Organization in other regions of Croatia;

⁸A/50/757-S/1995/951, annex.

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-first session the item entitled "Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe", and requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its fifty-first session a report on cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in implementation of the present resolution.

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