United Nations
A/RES/55/218
General Assembly
Fifty-fifth session
Agenda item 27
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/55/L.67)]
55/218. Cooperation between the United Nations and the
Organization of African Unity
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
and the agreement on cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization
of African Unity, 2 as well as all its resolutions on cooperation between the United
Nations and the Organization of African Unity, including resolution 54/94 of
8 December 1999,
Taking note of the declarations and decisions adopted by the Assembly of
Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity at its thirtysixth ordinary session, held in Lomé from 10 to 12 July 2000, 3 in particular the
decision relating to the adoption of the Constitutive Act of the African Union and
the declaration on the Conference on Security, Stability, Development and
Cooperation in Africa,
Mindful of the need for continued and closer cooperation between the United
Nations and its specialized agencies and the Organization of African Unity in the
peace and security, political, economic, social, technical, cultural and administrative
fields,
Acknowledging the contribution of the United Nations Liaison Office in
strengthening coordination and cooperation between the Organization of African
Unity and the United Nations since its establishment in Addis Ababa in April 1998,
Emphasizing the importance of the effective implementation of the United
Nations Millennium Declaration, 4 and welcoming in this regard the commitments of
Member States to respond to the special needs of Africa,
Noting the efforts being made by the Organization of African Unity and its
member States in the area of economic integration and the need to accelerate the
1
A/55/498.
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 548, No. 614 (Part II).
3
See A/55/286, annex II.
4
See resolution 55/2.
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