A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/48/3 22 October 1993 Forty-eighth session Agenda item 153 RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [without reference to a Main Committee (A/48/L.4 and Add.1)] 48/3. Observer status for the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the General Assembly The General Assembly, Noting the desire of the Permanent Court of Arbitration to intensify its cooperation with the United Nations, 1. Decides to invite the Permanent Court of Arbitration to participate in the sessions and the work of the General Assembly in the capacity of observer; 2. Requests the Secretary-General to take the necessary action to implement the present resolution. 29th plenary meeting 13 October 1993