United Nations General Assembly A/RES/57/47 Distr.: General 16 January 2003 Fifty-seventh session Agenda item 22 (h) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [without reference to a Main Committee (A/57/L.38 and Add.1)] 57/47. Cooperation between the United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union The General Assembly, Recalling the United Nations Millennium Declaration, 1 in which heads of State and Government resolved to strengthen further cooperation between the United Nations and national parliaments through their world organization, the InterParliamentary Union, Recalling also its resolution 56/46 of 7 December 2001, in which it welcomed the ongoing efforts to explore ways in which a new and strengthened relationship might be established between the General Assembly and its subsidiary organs on the one hand and the Inter-Parliamentary Union on the other and encouraged Member States to continue their consultations with a view to adopting a decision thereon during the fifty-seventh session of the Assembly, Having considered the report of the Secretary-General of 3 September 2002, 2 which takes stock of cooperation between the two organizations over the past twelve months, Having also considered the report of the Secretary-General of 26 June 2001, 3 Taking into consideration the Cooperation Agreement between the United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union of 1996, 4 which provides the foundation for current cooperation between the two organizations, Recalling the unique inter-State character of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, 1. Welcomes the efforts made by the Inter-Parliamentary Union to provide for a greater parliamentary contribution and enhanced support to the United Nations; _______________ 1 See resolution 55/2. A/57/375. 3 A/55/996. 4 A/51/402, annex. 2 02 54074