Plan International - Girls' Rights Platform - Girls' rights are human rights: Positioning girls at the heart of the international agenda

United Nations General Assembly A/RES/55/15 Distr.: General 5 December 2000 Fifty-fifth session Agenda item 21 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [without reference to a Main Committee (A/55/L.21 and Add.1)] 55/15. Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of American States The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 53/9 of 22 October 1998 relating to the promotion of cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of American States, Having examined the report of the Secretary-General on cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of American States, 1 Recalling that the purposes of the United Nations are, inter alia, to achieve international cooperation in solving international problems of an economic, social, cultural or humanitarian character and in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms and to be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations in the attainment of these common ends, Recalling also that the Charter of the Organization of American States reaffirms these purposes and principles and provides that that organization is a regional agency under the terms of the Charter of the United Nations, Recalling further its resolutions 47/20 A of 24 November 1992, 47/20 B of 20 April 1993, 48/27 B of 8 July 1994, 49/5 of 21 October 1994, 49/27 B of 12 July 1995, 50/86 B of 3 April 1996, 51/4 of 24 October 1996 and 53/9 of 22 October 1998, Welcoming the upcoming Summit of the Americas to be held in Quebec City, Canada, from 20 to 22 April 2001, Welcoming also resolution AG/RES.1733 (XXX-O/00), adopted by the General Assembly of the Organization of American States at its thirtieth regular session, by which it declared 2001 as the Inter-American Year of the Child and the Adolescent, and related efforts in the Americas to address emerging issues for children in the twenty-first century, during lead-up to the special session of the General Assembly of the United Nations in 2001 for follow-up to the World Summit for Children, 1 00 56029 A/55/184.