AG/RES. 1360 (XXV-O/95)

COOPERATION BETWEEN THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES AND THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM

(Resolution adopted at the ninth plenary session, held on June 9, 1995)

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

RECALLING its resolution AG/RES. 1289 (XXIV-O/94), "Cooperation between the Organization of American States and the United Nations"; and

HAVING SEEN the report of the Secretary General on the implementation of resolution AG/RES. 1289 (XXIV-O/94),

RESOLVES:

  1. To express satisfaction with the efforts made by the Secretary General to strengthen cooperation and coordination between the Organization of American States and the United Nations.

  2. To note with satisfaction that collaboration between the secretariats of the two organizations and of the specialized agencies has been reinforced, and contacts and consultation between counterparts in these agencies have been maintained and increased.

  3. To express satisfaction that the coordination mechanism set up between the secretariats of the two organizations to promote OAS-UN cooperation has functioned satisfactorily, to congratulate the Assistant Secretary General on the successful implementation of the mechanism, and to urge the secretariats of the two organizations to implement the recommendations of the Third OAS-UN General Meeting to improve that mechanism.

  4. To note with satisfaction that the Secretary General of the Organization of American States and the Secretary-General of the United Nations inaugurated the Third OAS-UN General Meeting on Cooperation at United Nations Headquarters on April 17 and 18, 1995.

  5. To urge the Secretary General of the OAS, in collaboration with the Secretary-General of the UN, to implement the recommendations of the Third OAS-UN General Meeting.

  6. To request that the Secretary General of the OAS arrange for the holding of consultations with the Secretary-General of the UN or his representatives on the frequency of general meetings and intersessional sectoral meetings, as recommended by the Third OAS-UN General Meeting.

  7. To note with satisfaction that a Cooperation Agreement between the OAS and the UN was drawn up and signed by the Secretaries General of both organizations

  8. To recommend that the Secretary General of the OAS use the framework for cooperation provided for in the Agreement to promote and deepen collaboration between the OAS and the UN.

  9. To request the Secretary General of the OAS to submit to the General Assembly at its twenty-sixth regular session a report on implementation of this resolution.

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