Co-Operation Between the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity

A/RES/35/117View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 21 Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity, published in 1981.

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33 versions · 1966–2002

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/56/48

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2002	A/RES/56/48	Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity	2,168	49%Compare
2001	A/RES/55/218	Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity	1,136	36%Compare
2000	A/RES/54/94	Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity	1,725	47%Compare
1999	A/RES/53/91	Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity	1,696	65%Compare
1997	A/RES/52/20	Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity	2,139	90%Compare

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1 subject

Cooperation Between Organizations

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19 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on co-operation between the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity and commends his efforts in strengthening such co-operation: . 2.

Notes with appreciation the increasing participation of the Organization of African Unity in the work of the United Nations and the specialized agencies and its constructive contribution to that work;

Commends the continued efforts of the Organization of African Unity to promote multilateral cooperation among African States and to find solutions to African problems of vital importance to the international community and notes with satisfaction the increased collaboration of various United Nations agencies in support of those efforts;

Reiterates the determination of the United Nations, in co-operation with the Organization of African Unity, to intensify its efforts to eliminate colonialism. racial discrimination and apartheid in southern Africa:

Approves the decisions, recommendations, proposals and arrangements contained in the conclusions of the Nairobi meeting of representatives of the General Secretar_iat of the Orga_nization of African Unity and the secretariats of the United Nations and other organizations within the United Nations system, 2' in particular the decision to hold periodic consultations to discuss matters of mutual concern and to follow up decisions of the Nairobi meeting;

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Requests the Secretary-General, in consultation wit~ the ~ecretary-General of the Organization of Afncan Unity, to arrange for the next meeting between representatives of the General Secretariat of the Organization of African Unity and the secretariats of the United Nations and other organizations of the United Nations system to be held at Geneva in April 1981. as called for in the conclusions of the Nairobi meeting;

Recognizes the importance of continued close association by the United Nations and the specialited

agencies, where appropriate, with the efforts of the Organization of African Unity to promote social and economic development and to advance intra-African cooperation in this vital field;

Reaffirms the determination of the United Nations to work closely with the Organization of African Unity towards the establishment of the new international economic order in accordance with the resolutions adopted by the General Assembly and, in that regard, to take full account of the Lagos Plan of Action for the Implementation of the Monrovia Strategy for the Economic Development of Africa in the implementation of the International Development Strategy for the Third United Nations Development Decade; 27 9.

Reiterates its appreciation to the Secretary- General for his efforts, on behalf of the international community, to organize and mobilize special economic assistance programmes for African States experiencing grave economic difficulties, in particular fot newly independent African States and the front-line States, to help them to cope with the situation caused by the acts of aggression committed against their territories by the apartheid regime of South Africa;

Calls upon all Member States, regional and international organizations and organizations within the United Nations system to participate actively in the implementation of those special economic assistance programmes;

Requests the Secretary-General to keep the Organization of African Unity informed periodically of the response of the international community to those programmes and to co-ordinate efforts with all similar programmes initiated by the Organization of African Unity;

Requests the Secretary-General and the organizations within the United Nations system to ensure that adequate facilities continue to be made available for the provision of technical assistance to the General Secretariat of the Organization of African Unity as required;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue to take the necessary measures to strengthen co-operation at the political, economic, cultural and administrative levels between the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, particularly with regard to the provision of assistance to the victims of colonialism and apartheid in southern Africa, and in this connexion draws once again the attention of the international community to the need to contribute to the Assistance Fund for the Struggle against Colonialism and Apartheid established by the Organization of African Unity;

Calls upon all Member States and organizations within the United Nations system to increase their assistance to the · African States affected by natural or other disasters by mobilizing special economic and emergency assistance programmes;

Further calls upon all Member States and regional and international organizations, in particular the specialized agencies, and non-governmental organizations to increase their aid to refugees in Africa;

Requests the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat and all the specialized agencies and other organizations within the United Nations system to generate publicity and intensify the dissemination of information on social and economic development matters concerning Africa;

Calls upon United Nations bodies, in particular the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council, the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, the Special Committee against Apartheid and the United Nations Council for Namibia, to continue to associate closely the Organization of African Unity with all their work concerning Africa:

Urges the specialized agencies and other organizations concerned within the United Nations system to continue and expand their co-operation with the Organization of African Unity and, through it, their assistance to the liberation movements recognized by the Organization of African Unity:

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its thirty-sixth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution and on the development of co-operation between the Organization of African Unity and the organizations concerned within the United Nations system.

"Official Records of the General Assemblv. Thirty-fifth Session. Plenary Meetings. 8th meeting, paras. 2- 76. · "A /35/446. para J 1_

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Plenary Meetings, 93rd meeting.

"Resolution 262'i (XXV) annex. "See sect. V, resolution 35/56, annex.

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