A/RES/67/303
United Nations
Distr.: General
24 September 2013
General Assembly
Sixty-seventh session
Agenda item 121 (s)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 16 September 2013
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/67/L.79 and Add.1)]
67/303. Cooperation between the United Nations and the Pacific
Islands Forum
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 49/1 of 17 October 1994, 59/20 of 8 November 2004,
61/48 of 4 December 2006, 63/200 of 19 December 2008 and 65/316 of
12 September 2011,
Recognizing the key role the Pacific Islands Forum continues to play in
promoting sustainable development, environmental protection, good governance and
peace and security in the Pacific through regional cooperation,
Recognizing also the important role and contribution of the United Nations
system in the Pacific,
Reaffirming the importance of enhanced high-level dialogue between the
members of the Pacific Islands Forum and the United Nations, including regular
meetings between the Secretary-General of the United Nations and Forum leaders,
and welcoming in this regard the first-ever participation by a Secretary-General at a
Forum, at the forty-second Forum, held on 7 and 8 September 2011, in Auckland,
New Zealand, and the first summit meeting between the Secretary-General and
Forum leaders, in New York on 26 September 2012,
Noting with appreciation the report of the Secretary-General on cooperation
between the United Nations and regional and other organizations, 1
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Encourages the scheduling of the next meeting between the SecretaryGeneral and Pacific Islands Forum leaders no later than 2014;
2.
Takes note of the joint statements issued by Pacific Islands Forum leaders
and the Secretary-General on 7 September 2011 and 26 September 2012, and urges
progress towards their practical implementation in advance of the next meeting
between the Secretary-General and Forum leaders;
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