United Nations General Assembly A/RES/61/46 Distr.: General 19 December 2006 Sixty-first session Agenda item 108 (c) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 4 December 2006 [without reference to a Main Committee (A/61/L.13 and Add.1)] 61/46. Cooperation between the United Nations and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations The General Assembly, Bearing in mind the aims and purposes of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, as enshrined in the Bangkok Declaration of 8 August 1967, 1 in particular the maintenance of close and beneficial cooperation with existing international and regional organizations with similar aims and purposes, Recalling its resolution 59/5 of 22 October 2004 on cooperation between the United Nations and the Association, Noting with appreciation the report of the Secretary-General on cooperation between the United Nations and the Association, 2 Noting with satisfaction that the activities of the Association are consistent with the purposes and principles of the United Nations, Welcoming the ongoing efforts that strengthen the cooperation between the United Nations system and the Association, Welcoming also the participation of the Association in the high-level meetings between the United Nations and regional organizations, as well as the collaboration between the Association and the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific to promote dialogue and cooperation among regional organizations in Asia and the Pacific, Welcomes the holding of the Second Association of Southeast Asian 1. Nations-United Nations Summit at United Nations Headquarters on 13 September 2005, chaired jointly by Prime Minister Dato’ Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi of Malaysia, the rotating Chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Standing Committee and the Secretary-General of the United Nations, and attended by the leaders of the Association, as well as the heads of various United Nations agencies, funds and programmes; _______________ 1 2 06-49719 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1331, No. 22341. See A/61/256, part one, sect. III.