A/RES/57/35 United Nations Distr.: General 10 January 2003 General Assembly Fifty-seventh session Agenda item 22 (s) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [without reference to a Main Committee (A/57/L.16 and Add.1)] 57/35. Cooperation between the United Nations and the Association of South-East Asian Nations The General Assembly, Bearing in mind the aims and purposes of the Association of South-East Asian Nations, as enshrined in the Bangkok Declaration of 8 August 1967, in particular the maintenance of close and beneficial cooperation with existing international and regional organizations with similar aims and purposes, Noting with satisfaction that the activities of the Association are consistent with the purposes and principles of the United Nations, Welcoming the cooperation between the Association and the United Nations system, Welcoming also the participation of the Association in the high-level meetings between the United Nations and regional organizations, including the fourth meeting, held in New York on 6 and 7 February 2001, 1 1. Encourages both the Association of South-East Asian Nations and the United Nations to increase contacts and to further identify areas of cooperation, as appropriate; 2. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution; 3. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-ninth session the sub-item entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Association of South-East Asian Nations”. 56th plenary meeting 21 November 2002 _______________ 1 02 54002 See S/2001/138.