United Nations A/RES/55/19 General Assembly Distr.: General 9 January 2001 Fifty-fifth session Agenda item 26 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [without reference to a Main Committee (A/55/L.20 and Add.1)] 55/19. Cooperation between the United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 54/12 of 27 October 1999, in which it expressed the wish that the cooperation between the United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union be strengthened further, Having considered the report of the Secretary-General, 1 which takes stock of such cooperation over the last twelve months, Noting with appreciation the resolutions adopted by the Inter-Parliamentary Union and its activities during the past year in support of the United Nations, as well as the recommendation contained in the aforementioned report that the increasingly close and productive relationship between the two organizations be recognized through a new and formalized relationship between the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the General Assembly, Welcoming the Conference of Presiding Officers of National Parliaments which was held at United Nations Headquarters from 30 August to 1 September 2000 and which concluded with the unanimous adoption of the Declaration entitled “The Parliamentary vision for international cooperation at the dawn of the third millennium”, Recalling with satisfaction the United Nations Millennium Declaration 2 in which Member States resolved to strengthen further cooperation between the United Nations and national parliaments through their world organization, the InterParliamentary Union, in various fields, including peace and security, economic and social development, international law and human rights and democracy and gender issues, 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 2 00 56053 A/55/409. Resolution 55/2.