A/RES/75/269
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
29 March 2021
Seventy-fifth session
Agenda item 130 (aa)
Cooperation between the United Nations and regional and
other organizations: cooperation between the United
Nations and the Organization for Economic Cooperation
and Development
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 25 March 2021
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/75/L.70 and A/75/L.70/Add.1)]
75/269.
Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organisation for
Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 53/6 of 15 October 1998, in which it invited the
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to participate as
an observer in its sessions and work,
Recalling also the decision of the Economic and Social Council of 20 May 1971
to extend a standing invitation to the OECD to be represented by an observer at future
sessions of that Council and to participate, with the approv al of the Council and
without the right to vote, in the Council’s debates on questions of concern to the
OECD,
Recalling further all relevant United Nations resolutions in which it is
recognized that cooperation between the United Nations and internation al
organizations such as the OECD can further contribute to addressing several
challenges of an economic, social, or environmental character, among others,
Acknowledging the role of cooperation between the United Nations and the
OECD in advancing the interests of Member States, within their respective mandates,
in achieving sustainable development in its three dimensions – economic, social and
environmental – in a balanced and integrated manner,
Reaffirming its commitment to international cooperation and multilateralism in
the global response to the unprecedented and multidimensional challenges presented
by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, and acknowledging the benefits
that the cooperation between the United Nations and the OECD can bring in the
sustainable and inclusive recovery from the pandemic,
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