United Nations General Assembly A/RES/59/20 Distr.: General 27 January 2005 Fifty-ninth session Agenda item 56 (q) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 8 November 2004 [without reference to a Main Committee (A/59/L.11 and Add.1)] 59/20. Cooperation between the United Nations and the Pacific Islands Forum The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 56/41 of 7 December 2001 and 57/37 of 21 November 2002, Welcoming the ongoing efforts towards closer cooperation between the United Nations and the Pacific Islands Forum and its associated institutions, Reaffirming that one of the guiding principles for cooperation in peacebuilding adopted by the fourth high-level meeting between the United Nations and heads of regional organizations is that, as the promotion of self-reliance should be a fundamental goal of all cooperative and peacebuilding activities, peacebuilding must be a home-grown process in which the role of the United Nations and regional organizations is to support national endeavours, Noting the outcomes of the Special Leaders’ Retreat of the Pacific Islands Forum, held in New Zealand in April 2004, 1 Taking note of the communiqué of the thirty-fifth meeting of the Pacific Islands Forum, held in Apia from 5 to 7 August 2004, Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on cooperation between the United Nations and regional and other organizations, 2 1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General,2 in particular the section on cooperation between the United Nations and the Pacific Islands Forum, and encourages further such cooperation; Welcomes the ongoing work of various international organizations, 2. United Nations agencies, funds and programmes in advancing knowledge in the key strategic areas related to governance, security, economic growth, trade and sustainable development, as well as in the implementation of the internationally _______________ 1 2 04-47740 See A/59/95. A/59/303.