Cooperation between the United Nations and the Economic Cooperation Organization
A/RES/69/111
9.
Notes the recommendations of the joint workshop of the Economic
Cooperation Organization and the Economic Commission for Europe on a unified
railway law, held in Ankara in June 2012, regarding the formulation of a unified law
on international freight and passenger traffic by rail with a view to the facilitation of
transport by rail in the region, and invites the relevant United Nations agencies to
consider implementing the recommendations;
10. Appreciates the efforts of the Economic Cooperation Organization, the
Economic Commission for Europe and other institutions for the reactivation of the
Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR
Carnets (TIR Convention)3 in Afghanistan and the accession of Pakistan in 2013 to
the Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail, 4 and expresses its
satisfaction with the support of the Economic Commission for Europe for the
implementation of the TIR pilot project along the corridor between Pakistan, the
Islamic Republic of Iran and Turkey;
11. Appreciates the efforts of the Economic Cooperation Organization to
develop two road transport corridors, between Pakistan, the Islamic Republic of Iran
and Turkey, and between Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan and the Islamic
Republic of Iran, invites the relevant international and regional organizations,
notably the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, the Islamic
Development Bank and the Economic Commission for Europe, to consider
participating in the fields of study, demonstration caravans and other activities
envisaged in the project of the Economic Cooperation Organization to develop these
corridors, within their respective mandates, and, noting the progress on development
of the two road transport corridors, invites the Economic Cooperation Organization
and the Economic Commission for Europe to conduct a study on road safety along
these corridors and to organize capacity-building programmes and training courses
on road safety and security with the support of the relevant institutions, as
appropriate;
12. Encourages the States members of the Economic Cooperation
Organization that have not done so to accede to the Convention on the Contract for
the International Carriage of Goods by Road,5 the TIR Convention, the International
Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods, 6 the European
Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road7 and
the Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail,8 and invites the relevant
United Nations institutions and agencies and other international bodies to provide
the necessary support to the States members of the Organization, particularly for
capacity-building activities and the holding of workshops;
13. Invites the Economic Commission for Europe and the United Nations
Conference on Trade and Development to cooperate with the Economic Cooperation
Organization for the facilitation of transit trade among the member States of the
Organization and the modernization of their border crossing points;
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3
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1079, No. 16510.
Ibid., vol. 1397, No. 23353.
5
Ibid., vol. 399, No. 5742.
6
Ibid., vol. 1409, No. 23583.
7
Ibid., vol. 619, No. 8940.
8
Ibid., vol. 1397, No. 23353.
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