A/RES/69/111
Cooperation between the United Nations and the Economic Cooperation Organization
Cooperation Organization, especially in the field of trade capacity-building of
member States, notes with satisfaction the signing of the project document between
the two organizations on 18 March 2014 for the implementation of the third phase
of their joint programme, aimed at enhancing the capacity of member States to
strengthen their standards, metrology, testing and quality infrastructure, and invites
the relevant United Nations institutions and agencies to consider supporting the
implementation of the project;
4.
Invites the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the
World Trade Organization and the International Trade Centre to develop strategies
for the States members of the Economic Cooperation Organization for trade
liberalization and the promotion of foreign direct investment to facilitate the global
and regional integration of their economies;
5.
Notes the progress made on the trade facilitation programme of the
Economic Cooperation Organization, and invites the relevant United Nations
institutions and agencies, especially the Economic and Social Commission for Asia
and the Pacific, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the
United Nations Network of Experts for Paperless Trade in Asia and the Pacific, to
support the Organization in developing its trade facilitation agreement, single
windows in the member States, the TradeNet web portal and a unified visa system
for facilitating the work of the region's businesspeople and enhancing regional
trade;
6.
Appreciates the efforts of the Economic Cooperation Organization to
implement its Trade Agreement for the enhancement of intraregional trade, and
invites the World Trade Organization and the International Trade Centre to consider
extending technical assistance to the Economic Cooperation Organization for the
implementation of the Trade Agreement and the development and implementation of
comprehensive strategies to assist the States members of the Organization in the
trade facilitation process, leading to the regional and global integration of their
economies;
7.
Notes the basic development needs of landlocked countries, including
their need to overcome the limitations arising from their geographical positions, the
lack of access to open seas and seaport facilities and other challenges hindering
their promotion of transit transport cooperation, and invites the United Nations
Development Programme, the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the
Islamic Development Bank, the Office of the High Representative for the Least
Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island
Developing States and other relevant international and regional bodies to assist and
cooperate with the Economic Cooperation Organization on the proposed study
project of the Office and the Organization on the possibility of providing
concessional services for landlocked countries in selected ports of transit countries
of the region, within existing resources;
8.
Notes with satisfaction the approval of the railway network development
plan of the Economic Cooperation Organization at the eleventh meeting of heads of
railway authorities of the member States, held in Ankara in June 2012, and of the
road network development plan at the sixth meeting of the Road Committee of the
Transit Transport Coordination Council, held in Tehran in December 2013, and
invites all the relevant international financial and specialized institutions to consider
participating in the implementation of the plans, taking into account the key role
played by the railway and road networks of the region as land bridges between Asia
and Europe;
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