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Cooperation Between the United Nations and the League of Arab States

A/RES/51/20No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 30Cooperation between the United Nations and the League of Arab States, published in 1996.

What other versions does this mandate have?

34 versions · 1981–2024
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/79/12
  • 2024A/RES/79/12Cooperation between the United Nations and the League of Arab StatesLatestCompare with previous version
  • 2022A/RES/77/17Cooperation between the United Nations and the League of Arab StatesCompare with previous version
  • 2020A/RES/75/11Cooperation between the United Nations and the League of Arab StatesCompare with previous version
  • 2019A/RES/73/267Cooperation between the United Nations and the League of Arab StatesCompare with previous version
  • 2016A/RES/71/11Cooperation between the United Nations and the League of Arab StatesCompare with previous version

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 topics
Arab CountriesCooperation Between OrganizationsRegional Cooperation

What does this mandate say?

16 operative paragraphs
1
Takes note with satisfaction of the report of the Secretary-General;1
2
Commends the continued efforts of the League of Arab States to promote multilateral cooperation among Arab States, and requests the United Nations system to continue to lend its support;
3
Expresses its appreciation to the Secretary-General for the follow-up action taken by him to implement the proposals adopted at the meetings between the representatives of the secretariats of the United Nations and other organizations of the United Nations system and the General Secretariat of the League of Arab States and its specialized organizations, including the last meeting held at Vienna in 1995;
4
Requests the Secretariat of the United Nations and the General Secretariat of the League of Arab States, within their respective fields of competence, to intensify further their cooperation towards the realization of the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, the strengthening of international peace and security, economic development, disarmament, decolonization, self-determination and the eradication of all forms of racism and racial discrimination;
5
Requests the Secretary-General to continue his efforts to strengthen cooperation and coordination between the United Nations and other organizations and agencies of the United Nations system and the League of Arab States and its specialized organizations in order to enhance their capacity to serve the mutual interests of the two organizations in the political, economic, social, humanitarian, cultural and administrative fields;
6
Calls upon the specialized agencies and other organizations and programmes of the United Nations system:
a
To continue to cooperate with the Secretary-General and among themselves, as well as with the League of Arab States and its specialized organizations, in the follow-up of multilateral proposals aimed at strengthening and expanding cooperation in all fields between the United Nations system and the League of Arab States and its specialized organizations;
b
To maintain and increase contacts and improve the mechanism of consultation with the counterpart programmes, organizations and agencies concerned regarding projects and programmes, in order to facilitate their implementation;
c
To associate whenever possible with organizations and institutions of the League of Arab States in the execution and implementation of development projects in the Arab region;
d
To inform the Secretary-General, not later than 15 June 1997, of the progress of their cooperation with the League of Arab States and its specialized organizations, in particular the follow-up action taken on the multilateral and bilateral proposals adopted at the previous meetings between the two organizations;
7
Also calls upon the specialized agencies and other organizations and programmes of the United Nations system to intensify cooperation with the League of Arab States and its specialized organizations in the following priority sectors, namely, energy, rural development, desertification and green belts, training and vocational training, technology, environment, and information and documentation;
8
Requests the Secretary-General of the United Nations, in cooperation with the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, to encourage periodic consultation between representatives of the Secretariat of the United Nations and the General Secretariat of the League of Arab States to review and strengthen coordination mechanisms with a view to accelerating implementation of, and follow-up action on, multilateral projects, proposals and recommendations adopted at the meetings between the two organizations;
9
Decides that, in order to enhance cooperation and for the purpose of review and appraisal of progress, a general meeting between the United Nations system and the League of Arab States should take place once every two years, and inter-agency sectoral meetings should be organized regularly on areas of priority and wide importance in the development of the Arab States, on the basis of agreement between the counterpart programmes of the United Nations system and the League of Arab States and its specialized organizations;
10
Recommends that the next general meeting on cooperation between the representatives of the secretariats of the United Nations system and the General Secretariat of the League of Arab States and its specialized organizations be held during 1997;
11
Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its fifty-second session a report on the implementation of the present resolution;
12
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-second session the item entitled "Cooperation between the United Nations and the League of Arab States".

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