A/RES/71/13
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
5 December 2016
Seventy-first session
Agenda item 126 (w)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 21 November 2016
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/71/L.9 and Add.1)]
71/13.
Cooperation between the United Nations and the Central
European Initiative
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 66/111 of 9 December 2011, by which it granted
observer status to the Central European Initiative,
Recalling also its resolutions 67/7 of 19 November 2012 and 69/8 of
11 November 2014, in which it invited the specialized agencies and other
organizations and programmes of the United Nations system to cooperate with the
Initiative in order to continue joint activities for the achievement of common
objectives,
Recalling further the Articles of the Charter of the United Nations that
encourage activities through regional cooperation to promote the goals and
objectives of the United Nations,
Appreciating the active involvement of the Initiative in establishing
cooperation with the United Nations system and relevant international and regional
organizations, aimed at the furthering of political and socioeconomic development
by covering all its relevant dimensions,
Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General submitted pursuant to
resolution 69/8, 1
1.
Notes the continuing efficiency of the Central European Initiative as a
promoter of political dialogue, thus supporting the stability, security and economic
growth of its member States in a project-oriented way;
2.
Values, in particular, the great adaptability of the Initiative to political
changes and its immediate response to urgent issues through providing assistance to
affected countries in the region and connecting relevant stakeholders;
3.
Welcomes, in this context, the extraordinary call for proposals on
migration and security issues launched by the Initiative in 2015, as well as its
network events regarding migration crisis management;
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See A/71/160-S/2016/621, sect. II.
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