A/RES/49/14 Page 4 (a) To continue to cooperate with the Secretary-General and among themselves, as well as with the League of Arab States and its specialized organizations, in the follow-up of multilateral proposals aimed at strengthening and expanding cooperation in all fields between the United Nations system and the League of Arab States and its specialized organizations; (b) To maintain and increase contacts and improve the mechanism of consultation with the counterpart programmes, organizations and agencies concerned regarding projects and programmes, in order to facilitate their implementation; (c) To associate whenever possible with organizations and institutions of the League of Arab States in the execution and implementation of development projects in the Arab region; (d) To inform the Secretary-General, not later than 15 May 1995, of the progress of their cooperation with the League of Arab States and its specialized organizations, in particular the follow-up action taken on the multilateral and bilateral proposals adopted at the previous meetings between the two organizations; 11. Decides that, in order to intensify cooperation and for the purpose of review and appraisal of progress as well as to prepare comprehensive periodic reports, a general meeting between the United Nations system and the League of Arab States should take place once every two years, and inter-agency sectoral meetings should be organized annually on areas of priority and wide importance in the development of the Arab States; 12. Recommends, on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations and the League of Arab States, that the next general meeting on cooperation between the representatives of the secretariats of the United Nations system and the General Secretariat of the League of Arab States and its specialized organizations be held during 1995; 13. Requests the Secretary-General of the United Nations, in cooperation with the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, to encourage periodic consultation between representatives of the Secretariat of the United Nations and the General Secretariat of the League of Arab States to review and strengthen coordination mechanisms with a view to accelerating implementation and follow-up action of multilateral projects, proposals and recommendations adopted at the meetings between the two organizations; 14. Also requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its fiftieth session a progress report on the implementation of the present resolution; 15. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fiftieth session the item entitled "Cooperation between the United Nations and the League of Arab States". 57th plenary meeting 15 November 1994