United Nations
A/RES/56/114
General Assembly
Distr.: General
18 January 2002
Fifty-sixth session
Agenda item 108
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/56/572)]
56/114. Cooperatives in social development
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 47/90 of 16 December 1992, 49/155 of 23 December
1994 and 51/58 of 12 December 1996 and its resolution 54/123 of 17 December
1999, in which it requested the Secretary-General to seek the views of Governments
on the draft guidelines aimed at creating a supportive environment for the
development of cooperatives1 and to provide, if necessary, a revised version for
adoption,
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 people 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, held at
Copenhagen from 6 to 12 March 1995, the Fourth World Conference on Women,
held at Beijing from 4 to 15 September 1995, and the second United Nations
Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II), held at Istanbul, Turkey, from 3 to
14 June 1996, and their five-year reviews, as well as the World Food Summit, held
at Rome from 13 to 17 November 1996,
1.
Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General; 2
2.
Draws the attention of Member States to the draft guidelines aimed at
creating a supportive environment for the development of cooperatives, 3 to be
considered by them in developing or revising their national policies on cooperatives;
3.
Encourages Governments to keep under review, as appropriate, the legal
and administrative provisions governing the activities of cooperatives, with a view
to ensuring a supportive environment for them and to protecting and advancing the
potential of cooperatives to help them to achieve their goals;
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1
A/54/57, annex.
A/56/73-E/2001/68 and Add.1.
3
A/56/73-E/2001/68, annex.
2
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