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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/49/155
7 February 1995
Forty-ninth session
Agenda item 95
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/49/605)]
49/155.
The role of cooperatives in the light of
new economic and social trends
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 47/90 of 16 December 1992, in particular
paragraph 2 thereof, in which it proclaimed the first Saturday of July 1995 to
be International Day of Cooperatives,
Welcoming the report of the Secretary-General on the status and role of
cooperatives in the light of new economic and social trends, 1/ especially
the important recommendations contained in section II of the report aimed at
ensuring the best possible means of dealing with the issue of cooperatives,
taking into account their broad significance in contributing to the solution
of major economic and social problems,
Recognizing that cooperatives in their various forms are becoming an
indispensable factor in the economic and social development of all countries,
promoting the fullest possible participation in the development process of all
population groups, including women, youth, disabled persons and the elderly,
Recognizing also the important contribution and potential of all forms
of cooperatives to the preparations for and follow-up to the World Summit for
Social Development and the Fourth World Conference on Women: Action for
Equality, Development and Peace, to be held in 1995 and the United Nations
Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) to be held in 1996,
1.
Takes note with appreciation of the report of the SecretaryGeneral on the status and role of cooperatives in the light of new economic
and social trends;
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