United Nations
A/RES/65/263
Distr.: General
23 May 2011
General Assembly
Sixty-fifth session
Agenda item 122 (l)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 14 January 2011
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/65/L.26/Rev.1 and Add.1)]
65/263. Cooperation between the United Nations and the
International Organization of la Francophonie
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 33/18 of 10 November 1978, 50/3 of 16 October
1995, 52/2 of 17 October 1997, 54/25 of 15 November 1999, 56/45 of 7 December
2001, 57/43 of 21 November 2002, 59/22 of 8 November 2004, 61/7 of 20 October
2006 and 63/236 of 22 December 2008, as well as its decision 53/453 of
18 December 1998,
Recalling also its resolutions 61/266 of 16 May 2007 and 63/306 of
9 September 2009 on multilingualism,
Considering that the International Organization of la Francophonie, which is
made up of seventy-two States Members of the United Nations, representing more
than one third of the members of the General Assembly, is promoting multilateral
cooperation in areas of common interest,
Bearing in mind the Articles of the Charter of the United Nations which
encourage the promotion of the purposes and principles of the United Nations
through regional cooperation,
Bearing in mind also that, according to the Charter of la Francophonie adopted
on 23 November 2005 at the Ministerial Conference of la Francophonie, held in
Antananarivo, the objectives of the International Organization of la Francophonie
are to assist in the establishment and development of democracy, the prevention,
management and settlement of conflicts, support for the rule of law and for human
rights, the intensification of dialogue between cultures and civilizations, the
establishment of closer ties among peoples through mutual knowledge, the
strengthening of their solidarity through multilateral cooperation activities with a
view to promoting the growth of their economies, and the promotion of education
and training,
Welcoming the steps taken by the International Organization of la Francophonie
to strengthen its ties with the organizations of the United Nations system and with
international and regional organizations with a view to attaining its objectives,
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