A/RES/54/100 Page 3 the establishment of a drug control coordination unit within the Economic Cooperation Organization secretariat and other activities contributing towards curtailment of the drug abuses and drug trafficking in the Economic Cooperation Organization region; 6. Welcomes the recommendations of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific at its fifty-fifth session, held in Bangkok from 22 to 28 April 1999, on promoting cooperation with the Economic Cooperation Organization in the identified areas of mutual concern, and invites the Commission to enhance the mutual collaboration with that organization, focusing on implementable projects in the priority areas of the Economic Cooperation Organization, namely, transport and communications, trade, investment, energy, environment, industry and agriculture, for the overall benefit of the entire region; 7. Also welcomes the continuation of efforts towards further consolidation of interregional consultations and exchange of views on issues of common concern through such useful forums as the fourth Consultative Meeting among Executive Heads of Subregional Organizations and the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, held in Kathmandu in October 1998; 8. Further welcomes the enhanced contacts between the Economic Cooperation Organization and the World Bank pursuant to resolution 53/15, and reiterates its invitation addressed to the relevant international financial institutions to initiate, maintain and increase consultations in order to extend their assistance to the Economic Cooperation Organization and its associated institutions towards the realization of their objectives; 9. Requests the United Nations system and the international community to continue assisting in the strengthening of the capacity of the States members of the Economic Cooperation Organization as well as its secretariat to meet the challenges, and benefit from the opportunities, of globalization; 10. Invites the United Nations system, its relevant bodies and the international community to provide technical and other assistance, as appropriate, to the States members of the Economic Cooperation Organization and its secretariat in strengthening their early warning system, preparedness, timely response and reconstruction with a view to reducing human casualties and mitigating the socio-economic impact of natural disasters; 11. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its fifty-fifth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution; 12. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-fifth session the item entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Economic Cooperation Organization”. 75th plenary meeting 9 December 1999