A/RES/53/9 Page 2 Aware that the effective consolidation of a new international order requires regional action in harmony with that of the United Nations, 1. Takes note with satisfaction of the report of the Secretary-General on cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of American States1 and his efforts to strengthen that cooperation; 2. Also takes note with satisfaction of the exchange of information between the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the Secretariat and the Organization of American States with respect to the implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States,2 which is helping to keep that organization abreast of the work of the Commission on Sustainable Development; 3. Recognizes the work being done by the Organization of American States, on the occasion of its fiftieth anniversary, in the field of regional cooperation and in connection with its task of coordination with the United Nations; 4. Welcomes the undertaking of technical cooperation activities under the United Nations Trust Fund for New and Renewable Sources of Energy, financed by the Government of Italy, to assist small island developing States, including States members of the Organization of American States; 5. Recommends that a general meeting of representatives of the United Nations system and of the Organization of American States should be held in 1999 for the continued review and appraisal of cooperation programmes and of other matters to be mutually decided upon; 6. Expresses its satisfaction at the exchange with the Organization of American States of information and substantive reports on the advancement in the status of women, on matters relating to youth and on the eradication of poverty; 7. Emphasizes that the cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of American States should be undertaken in accordance with their respective mandates, scope and composition and be suited to each specific situation, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations; 8. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its fifty-fifth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution; 9. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-fifth session the item entitled "Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of American States". 42nd plenary meeting 22 October 1998 2 Report of the Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, Bridgetown, Barbados, 25 April-6 May 1994 (United Nations publication, Sales No. 94.I.18 and corrigenda), chap. I, resolution 1, annex II.