A/RES/59/9
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
6 December 2004
Fifty-ninth session
Agenda item 56 (l)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 22 October 2004
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/59/L.13)]
59/9.
Cooperation between the United Nations and the League
of Arab States
The General Assembly,
Recalling its previous resolutions on cooperation between the United Nations
and the League of Arab States,
Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on cooperation between
the United Nations and regional and other organizations, 1
Recalling article 3 of the Pact of the League of Arab States, 2 which entrusts the
Council of the League with the function of determining the means whereby the
League will collaborate with the international organizations which may be created in
the future to guarantee peace and security and organize economic and social
relations,
Noting the desire of both organizations to consolidate, develop and enhance
further the ties existing between them in the political, economic, social,
humanitarian, cultural, technical and administrative fields,
Taking into account the report of the Secretary-General entitled “An Agenda
for Peace”, 3 in particular section VII, concerning cooperation with regional
arrangements and organizations, and the “Supplement to an Agenda for Peace”, 4
Convinced of the need for more efficient and coordinated utilization of
available economic and financial resources in order to promote the common
objectives of the two organizations,
Recognizing the need for the further strengthening of cooperation between the
United Nations system and the League of Arab States and its specialized
organizations for the realization of the common goals and objectives of the two
organizations,
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1
A/59/303.
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 70, No. 241.
3
A/47/277-S/24111.
4
A/50/60-S/1995/1.
2
04-47674