United Nations General Assembly A/RES/56/41 Distr.: General 15 January 2002 Fifty-sixth session Agenda item 21 (m) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [without reference to a Main Committee (A/56/L.29 and Add.1)] 56/41. Cooperation between the United Nations and the Pacific Islands Forum The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 49/1 of 17 October 1994, by which it granted observer status to the South Pacific Forum, Taking note of the communiqué of the thirtieth meeting of the Pacific Islands Forum, held in Koror from 3 to 5 October 1999, which, inter alia, agreed to change the name of the organization from the “South Pacific Forum” to the “Pacific Islands Forum”, Recalling that one of the purposes of the United Nations is to achieve international cooperation in addressing international problems of an economic, social, cultural or humanitarian character, Bearing in mind that one of the purposes of the Pacific Islands Forum, established in 1971, is to promote regional cooperation among its members through trade, investment, economic development and political and international affairs, Welcoming the ongoing efforts towards closer cooperation between the United Nations and the Pacific Islands Forum, Bearing in mind the provisions of Chapter VIII of the Charter of the United Nations on the existence of regional arrangements or agencies for dealing with such matters relating to the maintenance of international peace and security as are appropriate for regional action and other activities consistent with the purposes and principles of the United Nations, Welcoming the assistance given by the United Nations towards the maintenance of peace and security in the Pacific Islands Forum region, Welcoming also the fact that in the United Nations Millennium Declaration, adopted by resolution 55/2 of 8 September 2000, heads of State and Government resolved to address the special needs of small island developing States by implementing the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small 01 48328