United Nations
General Assembly
A/RES/57/48
Distr.: General
20 January 2003
Fifty-seventh session
Agenda item 22 (m)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/57/L.39 and Add.1)]
57/48.
Cooperation between the United Nations and the African
Union
The General Assembly,
Having considered the report of the Secretary-General, 1
Recalling the provisions of Chapter VIII of the Charter of the United Nations,
as well as all its resolutions on cooperation between the United Nations and the
Organization of African Unity, including resolutions 55/218 of 21 December 2000
and 56/48 of 7 December 2001,
Bearing in mind the decisions and declarations adopted by the Assembly of the
African Union at its first ordinary session, held in Durban, South Africa, on 9 and
10 July 2002, 2
Taking note of declaration ASS/AU/Decl. 1 (I), adopted on 10 July 2002 by the
Assembly of the African Union at its first ordinary session, on the implementation
of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development, mandating the Implementation
Committee of the New Partnership and its Steering Committee to elaborate further
the Framework for the New Partnership to ensure the implementation of the Initial
Action Plan,
Bearing in mind the United Nations Declaration on the New Partnership for
Africa’s Development, contained in its resolution 57/2 of 16 September 2002, and
its resolution 57/7 of 4 November 2002, and welcoming the strong support the New
Partnership has received on various occasions, in particular at the summit meeting
of the Group of Eight, held in Kananaskis, Canada, on 26 and 27 June 2002, as a
framework for promoting sustainable development and growth in Africa,
Taking note of decision AHG/Dec. 175 (XXXVIII), adopted by the Assembly
of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity at its thirtyeighth ordinary session, held in Durban on 8 July 2002, approving the Memorandum
of Understanding on Security, Stability, Development and Cooperation in Africa,
thereby affirming the centrality of the process of the Conference on Security,
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A/57/351 and Corr.1.
On 8 July 2002, the Organization of African Unity ceased to exist and, in its place, the African Union
came into force on 9 July 2002.
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