A/RES/59/4 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 3 December 2004 Fifty-ninth session Agenda item 56 (h) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 22 October 2004 [without reference to a Main Committee (A/59/L.3 and Add.1)] 59/4. Cooperation between the United Nations and the Economic Cooperation Organization The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 48/2 of 13 October 1993, by which it granted observer status to the Economic Cooperation Organization, Recalling also its previous resolutions on cooperation between the United Nations and the Economic Cooperation Organization, and inviting various specialized agencies as well as other organizations and programmes of the United Nations system and relevant international financial institutions to join in their efforts towards realization of the goals and objectives of the Economic Cooperation Organization, Welcoming the efforts of the Economic Cooperation Organization with regard to consolidating ties with the United Nations system and relevant international and regional organizations, Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General on 1. the implementation of resolution 57/38 of 21 November 2002, 1 and expresses satisfaction at the enhanced cooperation between the United Nations and the Economic Cooperation Organization; Takes note of the Dushanbe Declaration, adopted at the eighth Economic 2. Cooperation Organization summit on 14 September 2004, following the fourteenth meeting of the Council of Ministers in Dushanbe on 12 September 2004; Stresses the importance of cooperation between the United Nations and 3. the Economic Cooperation Organization with regard to the provision of financial and technical cooperation for pre-feasibility and feasibility studies of projects of the Economic Cooperation Organization, consultancy services, information on drug control, training courses on trade and investment by the specialized agencies of the United Nations, including the United Nations Development Programme, the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the United Nations Office on Drugs _______________ 1 04-47644 See A/59/303, part four.