A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/50/3 23 October 1995 Fiftieth session Agenda item 157 RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [without reference to a Main Committee (A/50/L.4 and Add.1)] 50/3. Cooperation between the United Nations and the Agency for Cultural and Technical Cooperation The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 33/18 of 10 November 1978, by which it granted observer status to the Agency for Cultural and Technical Cooperation, Recalling also that one of the purposes of the United Nations is to achieve international cooperation in solving international problems, in particular those of an economic, social and cultural character, Further recalling that the Charter of the United Nations provides for the existence of regional arrangements or agencies whose objectives and activities are consistent with the purposes and principles of the United Nations, Noting with appreciation the desire expressed by the heads of State and Government of the countries that use French as a common language at their Fifth Summit, held at Grand-Baie, Mauritius, from 16 to 18 October 1993, to contribute actively to the solution of the major political and economic problems of today’s world and to begin a new partnership with all the institutions that make up the United Nations family, Considering that the Agency for Cultural and Technical Cooperation brings together a considerable number of States Members of the United Nations that use French as a common language, among which it promotes multilateral cooperation in areas of interest to the United Nations, Convinced of the need to coordinate the use of available resources to serve the common objectives of the two organizations, 95-25640 /...

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