A/RES/49/14 Page 3 Secretariat of the League of Arab States and its specialized organizations, held at Tunis in 1983, 4/ at Amman in 1985 5/ and at Geneva in 1988 6/ and 1993; 7/ 5. Expresses its appreciation to the organizational entities of the United Nations system and the League of Arab States and its specialized organizations for their contributions leading to the success of the sectoral meeting on human resources development in rural areas; 6. Requests the Secretariat of the United Nations and the General Secretariat of the League of Arab States, within their respective fields of competence, to intensify further their cooperation towards the realization of the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, the strengthening of international peace and security, economic development, disarmament, decolonization, self-determination and the eradication of all forms of racism and racial discrimination; 7. Expresses its appreciation to the Secretary-General for his initiative in meeting with heads of regional organizations on 1 August 1994, and recommends that consideration be given to the organization of further meetings; 8. Requests the Secretary-General to continue his efforts to strengthen cooperation and coordination between the United Nations and other organizations and agencies of the United Nations system and the League of Arab States and its specialized organizations in order to enhance their capacity to serve the mutual interests of the two organizations in the political, economic, social, humanitarian, cultural and administrative fields; 9. Also requests the Secretary-General to continue to coordinate the follow-up action to facilitate the implementation of the proposals of a multilateral nature adopted at the Tunis meeting in 1983 and to take appropriate action regarding the proposals adopted at previous meetings, including the following: Promotion of contacts and consultations between the counterpart (a) programmes of the United Nations system; (b) Setting up joint sectoral inter-agency working groups; 10. Calls upon the specialized agencies and other organizations and programmes of the United Nations system: ____________ 4/ A/38/299 and Corr.1, sect. V. 5/ See A/40/481/Add.1. 6/ A/43/509/Add.1. 7/ A/48/468/Add.1. /...