A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/54/10 18 November 1999 Fifty-fourth session Agenda item 171 RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [without reference to a Main Committee (A/54/L.15 and Add.1)] 54/10. Observer status for the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries in the General Assembly The General Assembly, Bearing in mind that the purposes of the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries, as enunciated in its constitutive declaration, are consistent with those of the United Nations, Considering that, accordingly, it is mutually advantageous to provide for cooperation between the United Nations and the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries, Taking note of the desire of the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries for the establishment of that cooperation, 1. Decides to invite the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries to participate in the sessions and the work of the General Assembly in the capacity of observer; 2. Requests the Secretary-General to take the necessary action to implement the present resolution. 39th plenary meeting 26 October 1999