A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/50/1 19 October 1995 Fiftieth session Agenda item 153 RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [without reference to a Main Committee (A/50/L.1)] 50/1. Cooperation between the United Nations and the Economic Cooperation Organization The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 48/2 of 13 October 1993, by which it granted observer status to the Economic Cooperation Organization, Recalling also that one of the purposes of the United Nations is to achieve international cooperation in solving international problems of an economic, social, cultural or humanitarian nature, Recalling further that the Charter of the United Nations provides for the existence of regional arrangements or agencies for dealing with such matters as maintenance of international peace and security as are appropriate for regional action, provided that their activities are consistent with the purposes and principles of the United Nations, Bearing in mind that the Treaty of Izmir, signed at Izmir, Turkey, on 12 March 1977, created a permanent body for intraregional cooperation, consultation and coordination in order to enhance economic, social and cultural development, Taking note of the communiqué of the Third Meeting of the Heads of Government of the member States of the Economic Cooperation Organization, held at Islamabad on 14 and 15 March 1995, Affirming the need to strengthen the cooperation that already exists between entities of the United Nations system and the Economic Cooperation Organization in the areas of economic and social development, 95-25628 /...