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

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 26 Co-operation between the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity, published in 1988.

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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

What subjects does this mandate have?

19 subjects

Africa Apartheid Commodities Consultations Cooperation Between Organizations Desertification Drought Control Economic Assistance Economic Development Experts Export Diversification External Debt Front-Line States Programme Implementation Programmes of Action Refugee Assistance Regional Cooperation Southern Africa Specialized Agencies

What’s in this document?

18 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 of his efforts to strengthen such co-operation;

Notes with appreciation the increasing and continued 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;

Reaffirms that the implementation of the United Nations Programme of Action for African Economic Recovery and Development 1986-1990 is the responsibility of the international community as a whole and commends the efforts undertaken by African countries in spite of the effects of the ad verse international economic environment;

Calls upon the Secretary-General of the United Nations to continue to ensure closer co-operation and coordination with the Secretary-General ofthe Organization of African Unity in the implementation and monitoring of the United Nations Programme of Action for African Economic Recovery and Development 1986-1990, as well as in the search for solutions to Africa's debt and debtservicing burden, taking into account Africa's common position on its externa! debt, adopted by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity at its third extraordinary session, held at Addis Ababa on 30 November and 1 December 1987,25 and within the terms of the Medium-term Review of the Programme of Action, to consult the Organization of African Unity with a view to establishing a group of experts to undertake an in-depth assessment of the question of commodities of interest to Africa and the scope for export diversification;

Reaffirms that ali Member States and regional and international organizations, in particular those of the United Nations system, should continue to give their maximum support to Africa's Priority Programme for Economic Recovery 1986-1990;26 7.

Requests ali Member States, United Nations bodies, the specialized agencies and ali other relevant organs of the United Nations, as well as non-governmental organizations, to actívate and increase their programme of assistance to African subregional organizations for drought and desertification control such as the Permanent Inter- State Committee on Drought Control in the Sahel and the

Intergovernmental Authority for Drought and Development;

Reiterates its appreciation to the Secretary-General for bis efforts, on behalf of the international community, to organize and mobilize special programmes of economic assistance for those African States facing grave economic difficulties, the front-line States and other independent Sta tes of southern Africa to help them to withstand the effects of the acts of aggression and destabilization committed by the apartheid régime of South Africa;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue to keep the Organization of African Unity informed periodically of the response of the international community to those special programmes of economic assistance and to continue to co-ordinate efforts with ali similar programmes initiated by that organization;

Expresses its appreciation to the United Nations Development Programme, the Office of the United Nations Disaster Relief Co-ordinator, the World Food Programme, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children's Fund, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research for the assistance so far rendered to the African States in dealing with the emergency situation as well as with the critica! economic problems that exist on the African continent;

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;

Requests the Secretary-General 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;

Urges the international community to contribute generously to the Assistance Fund for the Struggle against Colonialism and Apartheid established by the Organization of African Unity and to the Action for Resisting lnvasion, Colonialism and Apartheid Fund, established by the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries;27 14.

Calls upon the competent organs ofthe United Nations and the specialized agencies to continue to ensure the just and equitable representation of Africa at ali levels at their respective headquarters and in their regional and field operations;

Urges ali Member States and regional and international organizations, in particular those ofthe United Nations system, as well as non-governmental organizations to provide material and economic assistance to African countries of asylum to enable them to withstand the heavy burden imposed on their limited resources and weak infrastructure by the presence in their countries of large numbers of refugees;

Calls upan the United Nations organs-in particular the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council, t'.:e Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation ofthe 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 ali their activities concerning Africa;

Congratula tes the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Secretary-General ofthe Organization of African Unity for reactivating the machinery for cooperation of the two organizations and encourages them to further strengthen the said machinery;

Requests the Secretary-General of the United Nations to invite the representative of the Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity to participate in the meetings of the United Nations Steering Committee and its Inter-Agency Task Force and working groups on the implementation ofthe United Nations Programme of Action for African Economic Recovery and Development 1986-1990;28 19.

Also requests the Secretary-General to ensure that adequate facilities continue to be made available to facilitate continued liaison and consultations on matters of common interest as well as the provision oftechnical assistance to the General Secretariat of the Organization of African Unity, as required;

Further requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its forty-fourth session on the implementation ofthe present resolution and on the development of co-operation between the Organization of African Unity and the organizations within the United Nations system.

21 A/43/497 and Add. l.

22 A/ 43/398, annex l.

23 /bid., annex II.

24 See Official Records of the General Assemhly, Fom•-third Session.

2' A/42/874, annex 11 Plenary Meetings, 16th meeting.

2" A/40/666, annex l. declarat1on AHG/Decl. 1 (XXI), annex.

28 See A/42/560. paras. 121 and 122, and A/43/664 and Corr. l, 27 A/42/422, annex 111.

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