A/RES/73/15
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
5 December 2018
Seventy-third session
Agenda item 128 (l)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 26 November 2018
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/73/L.27 and A/73/L.27/Add.1)]
73/15.
Cooperation between the United Nations and the Council
of Europe
The General Assembly,
Recalling the Agreement between the Council of Europe and the Secretariat of
the United Nations signed on 15 December 1951 and the Arrangement on Cooperation
and Liaison between the Secretariats of the United Nations and the Council of Europe
of 19 November 1971,
Recalling also its resolution 44/6 of 17 October 1989, in which it granted the
Council of Europe a standing invitation to participate as an observer in its sessions
and work, as well as its previous resolutions on cooperation between the United
Nations and the Council of Europe,
Acknowledging the contribution of the Council of Europe, which will celebrate
its seventieth anniversary in 2019, to the protection and strengthening of human rights
and fundamental freedoms, democracy and the rule of law through its standards,
principles and monitoring mechanisms, as well as to the effective implementation of
relevant international legal instruments of the United Nations,
Acknowledging also the contribution of the Council of Europe to the
development of international law, and noting the openness of the Council of Europe
to the participation of States of other regions in its legal instruments,
Welcoming the role of the Council of Europe in building a united Europe without
dividing lines, and the contribution of the Council of Europe to cohesion, stability
and security in Europe,
Commending the increasing contribution of the Council of Europe, including at
the parliamentary level, to democratic transition in its neighbouring regions aimed at
promoting democratic institutions and procedures, and welcoming the readiness of
the Council of Europe to further share its experience in democracy-building with
interested countries on the basis of a demand-driven approach,
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