(Resolution adopted at the ninth plenary session, held on June 9, 1995)
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
HAVING SEEN United Nations General Assembly resolution 49/139 and the Declaration of Principles and Plan of Action of the Summit of the Americas;
BEARING IN MIND the Cooperation Agreement signed by the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) on June 1, 1995; and
CONSIDERING:
That the heads of state and government of the Hemisphere, gathered in Miami in December 1994, agreed that the White Helmets initiative could help to eradicate poverty in the Hemisphere; and
That their decision is based on the conviction that a concerted international effort by the developed and developing countries can facilitate attainment of this objective and can also strengthen the Hemisphere's ability to respond jointly to emergencies of a humanitarian, social, and development-related nature,
RESOLVES: