Cooperation between the United Nations and the International Organization of la Francophonie A/RES/73/290 Framework Convention on Climate Change, held in Katowice, Poland, from 2 to 14 December 2018, including the adoption of the decisions on the Paris Agreement work programme, Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of resolution 71/289, 5 Noting with satisfaction the substantial progress achieved in cooperation between the United Nations, the specialized agencies and other United Nations b odies and programmes and the International Organization of la Francophonie, Convinced that strengthening cooperation between the United Nations and the International Organization of la Francophonie serves the purposes and principles of the United Nations, Noting the will of the two organizations to consolidate, develop and strengthen the ties that exist between them in the political, economic, social and cultural fields with respect to each of the pillars of international peace and security, development and human rights, 1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General, 5 and welcomes the strengthened and fruitful cooperation between the United Nations and the International Organization of la Francophonie; 2. Notes with satisfaction, in accordance with the Yerevan Declaration 1 adopted by the Heads of State and Government of countries using French as a common language at the seventeenth Summit of la Francophonie, the active participation of the International Organization of la Francophonie in the work of the United Nations, among whose purposes, as set forth in its Charter, a re to maintain international peace and security, to develop friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples, and respect for the principle of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of States, to achieve international cooperation in solving international problems of an economic, social, cultural or humanitarian character and to be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations in the attainment of those common ends; 3. Also notes with satisfaction the continued strengthening of cooperation between the United Nations and the International Organization of la Francophonie in the area of human rights and in the promotion of gender equality, and commends the initiatives taken by the International Organization of la Francophonie in the areas of crisis and conflict prevention, management and resolution, the promotion of peace, support for democracy and the rule of law, full respect for human rights and good governance, the fight against impunity and the promotion of international criminal justice, in accordance with the commitments set forth in its Bamako Declaration of 3 November 2000 on the practices of democracy, rights and freedoms in the francophone world, 6 and reaffirmed at the Ministerial Conference of la Francophonie on Conflict Prevention and Human Security, held on 13 and 14 May 2006 in Saint Boniface, Canada; 4. Welcomes the signing in December 2018 of a memorandum of understanding between the International Organization of la Franco phonie and the Permanent Secretariat of the Group of Five for the Sahel and the involvement of the International Organization of la Francophonie in high-level consultations on the Sahel and its genuine contribution, in cooperation with, among others, the U nited Nations, to crisis resolution, recovery and peacebuilding; __________________ 5 6 19-06370 See A/73/328-S/2018/592, sect. II. A/55/731, annex. 3/11