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UNITED
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General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/54/123
20 January 2000
Fifty-fourth session
Agenda item 106
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/54/595)]
54/123. Cooperatives in social development
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 47/90 of 16 December 1992 and 49/155 of 23 December 1994 and its resolution
51/58 of 12 December 1996 in which it requested the Secretary-General to ascertain, in cooperation with the
Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives, the desirability and feasibility of
elaborating United Nations guidelines aimed at creating a supportive environment for the development of
cooperatives,
Welcoming the report of the Secretary-General on the status and role of cooperatives in the light of new
economic and social trends1 and the draft guidelines aimed at creating a supportive environment for the
development of cooperatives annexed thereto,
Recognizing that cooperatives, in their various forms, are becoming a major factor of economic and
social development by promoting the fullest possible participation in the development process of women and
all population groups, including youth, older persons and people with disabilities, and are increasingly
providing an effective and affordable mechanism for meeting people’s needs for basic social services,
Recognizing also the important contribution and potential of all forms of cooperatives to the follow-up
to the World Summit for Social Development, held at Copenhagen from 6 to 12 March 1995, the Fourth
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A/54/57.
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