A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/48/237 30 March 1994 Forty-eighth session Agenda item 176 RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [without reference to a Main Committee (A/48/L.55)] 48/237. Observer status for the Commonwealth of Independent States in the General Assembly The General Assembly, Noting the desire of the Commonwealth of Independent States to foster its cooperation with the United Nations, 1. Decides to invite the Commonwealth of Independent States 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. 91st plenary meeting 24 March 1994