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,
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A/55/184.