Support by the United Nations System of the Efforts of Governments to Promote and Consolidate New or Restored Democracies

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 38 Support by the United Nations system of the efforts of Governments to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies, published in 1998.

What other versions does this mandate have?

13 versions · 1996–2012

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/66/285

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2012	A/RES/66/285	Support by the United Nations system of the efforts of Governments to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies	777	64%Compare
2009	A/RES/64/12	Support by the United Nations system of the efforts of Governments to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies	1,147	57%Compare
2007	A/RES/62/7	Support by the United Nations system of the efforts of Governments to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies	1,030	30%Compare
2007	A/RES/61/226	Support by the United Nations System of the efforts of Governments to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies	924	27%Compare
2006	A/RES/60/253	Support by the United Nations System of the efforts of Governments to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies	1,168	48%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

7 reports · 2001–2011

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2011	A/66/353	Support by the United Nations system of the efforts of Governments to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/64/12
2009	A/64/372	Support by the United Nations system of the efforts of Governments to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/62/7
2007	A/62/302	Support by the United Nations System of the efforts of Governments to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/60/253
2007	A/62/296	Support by the United Nations System of the efforts of Governments to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/60/253A/RES/61/226
2005	A/60/556	Support by the United Nations System of the efforts of Governments to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/58/13

What subjects does this mandate have?

7 subjects

Conferences Coordination Within UN System Democracy Democratization Election Verification Governance Participants

What’s in this document?

13 operative paragraphs

Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General;9

Expresses its appreciation for the observations and recommendations contained in the report with respect to electoral assistance, strengthening civil society, coordinating United Nations activities in democratization and governance and promoting democracy for the twenty-first century;

Takes note of the proposal of the Secretary-General that future conferences on democracy be open to all States Members of the United Nations that wish to participate;

Welcomes the decision of the Third International Conference of New or Restored Democracies to hold the next conference in an African country;

Also welcomes the offer of the Government of Benin to host at Cotonou the Fourth International Conference of New or Restored Democracies;

Commends the Secretary-General, and through him the United Nations system, for the activities undertaken at the request of Governments to support the efforts to consolidate democracy;

Recognizes that the Organization has an important role to play in providing timely, appropriate and coherent support to the efforts of Governments to achieve democratization within the context of their development efforts;

Stresses that activities undertaken by the Organization must be in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations;

Encourages the Secretary-General to continue to improve the capacity of the Organization to respond effectively to the requests of Member States through coherent, adequate support of their efforts to achieve the goals of good governance and democratization;

Encourages Member States to promote democratization and to make additional efforts to identify possible steps to support the efforts of Governments to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies;

Invites the Secretary-General, Member States, the relevant specialized agencies and bodies of the United Nations system, as well as other intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, to contribute actively to the follow-up process of the Third International Conference of New or Restored Democracies on Democracy and Development;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report to the General Assembly at its fifty-third session on the implementation of the present resolution, including innovative ways and means to enable the Organization to respond effectively and in an integrated manner to requests of Member States for assistance in the field of good governance and democratization;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-third session the item entitled "Support by the United Nations system of the efforts of Governments to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies".

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