A/RES/56/45 secretariat of the International Organization of la Francophonie in order to promote the exchange of information, coordination of activities and identification of new areas of cooperation; 13. Invites the Secretary-General to take the necessary steps, in consultation with the Secretary-General of the International Organization of la Francophonie, to continue to promote cooperation between the two organizations; 14. Invites the specialized agencies, funds and programmes of the United Nations, as well as the regional commissions, including the Economic Commission for Africa, to collaborate to this end with the Secretary-General of the International Organization of la Francophonie by identifying new synergies in favour of development, in particular in the areas of poverty elimination, energy, sustainable development, education, training and the development of new information technologies; 15. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its fifty-seventh session a report on the implementation of the present resolution; 16. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-seventh session the sub-item entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the International Organization of la Francophonie”. 80th plenary meeting 7 December 2001 3