A/RES/61/6 Taking note of the recommendations contained in the report of the Panel of Eminent Persons on United Nations-Civil Society Relations 5 in regard to engaging parliamentarians more systematically in the work of the United Nations, 1. Welcomes the efforts made by the Inter-Parliamentary Union to provide for a greater parliamentary contribution and enhanced support to the United Nations; Takes note of the conclusions of the second World Conference of 2. Speakers of Parliament, 6 held at United Nations Headquarters from 7 to 9 September 2005 in conjunction with the 2005 World Summit; 3. Encourages the United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union to continue to cooperate closely in various fields, in particular peace and security, economic and social development, international law, human rights, and democracy and gender issues, bearing in mind the significant benefits of cooperation between the two organizations, to which the report of the Secretary-General attests;1 4. Encourages the Inter-Parliamentary Union to strengthen further its contribution to the work of the General Assembly, including its revitalization, as envisaged in resolution 60/286 of 8 September 2006, and in relation to the newly established bodies such as the Human Rights Council and the Peacebuilding Commission; Also encourages the Inter-Parliamentary Union to play an active role in 5. support of the Economic and Social Council, particularly in the implementation of the new functions devolved to the Council by the 2005 World Summit; Welcomes the partnership agreement concluded recently between the 6. United Nations Democracy Fund and the Inter-Parliamentary Union, and looks forward to growing cooperation in the realm of democracy and good governance; Calls for the further development of the annual parliamentary hearing at 7. the United Nations and other specialized parliamentary meetings in the context of major United Nations meetings as joint United Nations-Inter-Parliamentary Union events; Also calls for closer involvement, as appropriate, of the Inter8. Parliamentary Union in the elaboration of system-wide strategies for consideration by the United Nations system and the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination, with a view to ensuring greater and more coherent support by parliaments to the work of the United Nations; Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-third session the 9. sub-item entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the InterParliamentary Union”. 39th plenary meeting 20 October 2006 _______________ 5 6 2 See A/58/817 and Corr.1. See A/60/398, annex.