A/RES/71/289
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
31 May 2017
Seventy-first session
Agenda item 126 (j)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 24 May 2017
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/71/L.69 and Add.1)]
71/289. Cooperation between the United Nations and the
International Organization of la Francophonie
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 33/18 of 10 November 1978, 50/3 of 16 October
1995, 52/2 of 17 October 1997, 54/25 of 15 November 1999, 56/45 of 7 December
2001, 57/43 of 21 November 2002, 59/22 of 8 November 2004, 61/7 of 20 October
2006, 63/236 of 22 December 2008, 65/263 of 14 January 2011, 67/137 of
18 December 2012 and 69/270 of 2 April 2015, as well as its decision 53/453 of
18 December 1998,
Recalling also its resolutions 61/266 of 16 May 2007, 63/306 of 9 September
2009, 65/311 of 19 July 2011, 67/292 of 24 July 2013 and 69/324 of 11 September
2015 on multilingualism,
Considering that the International Organization of la Francophonie, which is
made up of 78 States Members of the United Nations, representing more than one
third of the members of the General Assembly, is promoting multilateral cooperation
in areas of common interest,
Bearing in mind the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations which
encourage the promotion of the purposes and principles of the United Nations
through regional cooperation,
Bearing in mind also that, according to the Charter of la Francophonie,
adopted on 23 November 2005 at the Ministerial Conference of la Francophonie,
held in Antananarivo, the objectives of the International Organization of la
Francophonie are to assist in the establishment and development of democracy, the
prevention, management and settlement of conflicts, support for the rule of law and
for human rights, the intensification of dialogue between cultures and civilizations,
the establishment of closer ties among peoples through mutual knowledge, the
strengthening of their solidarity through multilateral cooperation activities with a
view to promoting the growth of their economies, and the promotion of education
and training,
Welcoming the steps taken by the International Organization of la
Francophonie to strengthen its ties with the organizations of the United Nations
system and with international and regional organizations with a view to attaining its
objectives,
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