United Nations General Assembly A/RES/56/40 Distr.: General 10 January 2002 Fifty-sixth session Agenda item 21 (e) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [without reference to a Main Committee (A/56/L.26 and Add.1)] 56/40. Cooperation between the United Nations and the League of Arab States The General Assembly, Recalling its previous resolutions on cooperation between the United Nations and the League of Arab States, Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on cooperation between the United Nations and the League of Arab States, 1 Recalling article 3 of the Pact of the League of Arab States, 2 which entrusts the Council of the League with the function of determining the means whereby the League will collaborate with the international organizations which may be created in the future to guarantee peace and security and organize economic and social relations, Noting the desire of both organizations to consolidate, develop and enhance further the ties existing between them in the political, economic, social, humanitarian, cultural, technical and administrative fields, Taking into account the report of the Secretary-General entitled “An Agenda for Peace”, 3 in particular section VII, concerning cooperation with regional arrangements and organizations, and the “Supplement to An Agenda for Peace”, 4 Convinced of the need for more efficient and coordinated utilization of available economic and financial resources in order to promote the common objectives of the two organizations, 1. Takes note with satisfaction of the report of the Secretary-General; 1 2. Commends the continued efforts of the League of Arab States to promote multilateral cooperation among Arab States, and requests the United Nations system to continue to lend its support; _______________ 1 A/56/474. United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 70, No. 241. 3 A/47/277-S/24111. 4 A/50/60-S/1995/1. 2 01 47905