A/RES/65/263
Affirming the importance of a balanced and effective multilateral system that is
representative of today’s world, one that is based upon a strong and renewed United
Nations,
Noting with satisfaction the commitment of the International Organization of
la Francophonie to multilateral cooperation for peace, democratic governance and
the rule of law, economic governance and solidarity, the environment, sustainable
development, and climate change,
Noting with satisfaction also the commitments made at the High-level Plenary
Meeting of the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals, held in
New York from 20 to 22 September 2010, and reaffirmed by the Heads of State and
Government of countries using French as a common language at the thirteenth
Summit of la Francophonie, held in Montreux, Switzerland, from 22 to 24 October
2010, and their determination to work together to bring about, through targeted action,
added value in these areas,
Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation
of resolution 63/236, 1
Noting with satisfaction the substantial progress achieved in cooperation
between the United Nations, the specialized agencies and other United Nations
bodies and programmes and the International Organization of la Francophonie,
Convinced that strengthening cooperation between the United Nations and the
International Organization of la Francophonie serves the purposes and principles of
the United Nations,
Noting the desire of the two organizations to consolidate, develop and
strengthen the ties that exist between them in the political, economic, social and
cultural fields,
Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General,1 and welcomes the
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strengthened and fruitful cooperation between the United Nations and the
International Organization of la Francophonie;
Notes with satisfaction that, in accordance with the declaration adopted
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by Heads of State and Government of countries using French as a common language
at the thirteenth Summit of la Francophonie, the International Organization of la
Francophonie participates actively in the work of the United Nations whose
purposes, as set forth in its Charter, include to achieve international cooperation in
solving international problems of an economic, social, cultural or humanitarian
character and to be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations in the attainment
of common ends;
Notes with great satisfaction the recent strengthening of cooperation
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between the United Nations and the International Organization of la Francophonie
in the area of human rights, and commends the initiatives taken by the International
Organization of la Francophonie in the areas of crisis and conflict prevention, the
promotion of peace, support for democracy and the rule of law, in accordance with
the commitments set forth in the Bamako Declaration on an African Common
Position on the Illicit Proliferation, Circulation and Trafficking of Small Arms and
Light Weapons 2 and reaffirmed at the Ministerial Conference of la Francophonie on
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See A/65/382-S/2010/490, sect. II.
A/CONF.192/PC/23, annex.