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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/53/16
11 November 1998
Fifty-third session
Agenda item 26
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/53/L.13)]
53/16.
Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of the
Islamic Conference
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 37/4 of 22 October 1982, 38/4 of 28 October 1983, 39/7 of 8 November
1984, 40/4 of 25 October 1985, 41/3 of 16 October 1986, 42/4 of 15 October 1987, 43/2 of 17 October
1988, 44/8 of 18 October 1989, 45/9 of 25 October 1990, 46/13 of 28 October 1991, 47/18 of
23 November 1992, 48/24 of 24 November 1993, 49/15 of 15 November 1994, 50/17 of 20 November
1995, 51/18 of 14 November 1996 and 52/4 of 22 October 1997,
Recalling also its resolution 3369 (XXX) of 10 October 1975, by which it decided to invite the
Organization of the Islamic Conference to participate in the sessions and the work of the General
Assembly and of its subsidiary organs in the capacity of observer,
Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on cooperation between the United Nations
and the Organization of the Islamic Conference,1
Taking into account the desire of both organizations to continue to cooperate closely in the political,
economic, social, humanitarian, cultural and technical fields and in their common search for solutions to
global problems, such as questions relating to international peace and security, disarmament, selfdetermination, decolonization, fundamental human rights and economic and technical development,
1
A/53/430.
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