A/RES/59/257 Noting that during the Special Conference on Security, held in Mexico City on 27 and 28 October 2003, the States members of the Organization of American States defined a new concept of security that is multidimensional in scope and includes traditional and new threats, concerns and challenges to their security, Mindful of the meeting held in March 2004 between the secretariats of the Organization of American States and the United Nations, which reviewed the progress made in promoting transparency in the area of conventional weapons, and reviewed their cooperation with a view to curbing the illicit traffic in weapons, Aware of the increased cooperation between bodies of the inter-American system for the protection of human rights and the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, Noting with grave concern the continuing spread of the HIV/AIDS pandemic in the region, which requires coordinated action at the national, regional and global levels, Takes note with satisfaction of the report of the Secretary-General on 1. cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of American States 2 and his continuing efforts to strengthen that cooperation; 2. Notes with satisfaction the cooperation between the Organization of American States and the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti as well as other bodies and programmes of the system providing assistance and support for the recovery and stability of Haiti, and calls upon them to continue to support the planning, organization and monitoring of elections in 2005 in that country; Calls for a prompt mobilization of resources to meet the emergency 3. needs of the Caribbean countries, especially Haiti and Grenada, in the wake of the serious floods and hurricanes that affected that region; Expresses its appreciation to the Economic Commission for Latin 4. America and the Caribbean for the initiatives to strengthen cooperation with interAmerican institutions in various fields, in particular, hemispheric integration, statistics, women and development; Recognizes the work of the Organization of American States in 5. promoting democracy, in the field of regional cooperation and in connection with its task of coordination with the United Nations; Also recognizes the close cooperation between the United Nations and 6. the Organization of American States in promoting the necessary transparency in all matters concerning the registration of conventional weapons, and calls upon them to continue intraregional dialogue and coordination with a view to curbing the illicit traffic in weapons; Calls upon the Organization of American States to actively participate in 7. the International Meeting to Review the Implementation of the Barbados Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, to be held in Port Louis from 10 to 14 January 2005; Invites the Organization of American States to participate actively in the 8. World Conference on Disaster Reduction, to be held in Kobe, Japan, from 18 to 22 January 2005; _______________ 2 2 See A/59/303.