United Nations
A/RES/60/132
General Assembly
Distr.: General
31 January 2006
Sixtieth session
Agenda item 62
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 16 December 2005
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/60/501)]
60/132. Cooperatives in social development
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 47/90 of 16 December 1992, 49/155 of 23 December
1994, 51/58 of 12 December 1996, 54/123 of 17 December 1999, 56/114 of
19 December 2001 and 58/131 of 22 December 2003 concerning cooperatives in
social development,
Recognizing that cooperatives, in their various forms, promote the fullest
possible participation in the economic and social development of all people,
including women, youth, older persons and persons with disabilities, and are
becoming a major factor of economic and social development,
Recognizing also the important contribution and potential of all forms of
cooperatives to the follow-up to the World Summit for Social Development, the
Fourth World Conference on Women, the second United Nations Conference on
Human Settlements (Habitat II) and their reviews, the World Food Summit, the
Second World Assembly on Ageing, the International Conference on Financing for
Development and the World Summit on Sustainable Development,
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Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General; 1
2.
Draws the attention of Member States to the recommendations contained
in the report of the Secretary-General for further action to promote the greater
participation of cooperatives in poverty reduction, in particular in the design,
implementation and monitoring of poverty reduction strategy papers, where they
exist;
Encourages Governments to keep under review, as appropriate, the legal
3.
and administrative provisions and requirements governing the activities of
cooperatives in order to enhance the growth and sustainability of cooperatives in a
rapidly changing socio-economic environment, to broaden and deepen the outreach
of cooperatives among the poor, in particular those in rural areas or in the
agricultural sector, and to promote the participation of women and vulnerable
groups in cooperatives across all sectors;
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A/60/138.