Cooperation 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 35 Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity, published in 1999.

What other versions does this mandate have?

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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18 subjects

Africa Cooperation Between Organizations Democratization Development Assistance Displaced Persons Dispute Settlement Early Warning Systems Information Exchange Liaison Offices Peacekeeping Operations Preventive Diplomacy Recommendations Refugee Assistance Regional Cooperation Regional Security Sustainable Development Technical Cooperation Training Programmes

What’s in this document?

27 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity1 and of his efforts to strengthen that cooperation and to implement the relevant resolutions;

Welcomes the recent decision of the Secretary-General to establish a liaison office with the Organization of African Unity in Addis Ababa;

Notes with appreciation the continued and 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;

Calls upon the United Nations organs, in particular the Security Council and the Economic and Social Council, to continue to involve the Organization of African Unity closely in all their activities concerning Africa;

Welcomes the initiative of the ministerial meeting of the Security Council on the situation in Africa, which took place on 24 September 1998, expresses its appreciation for the report of the Secretary-General on the causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa of 13 April 1998,⁸ and encourages the early implementation of the recommendations contained in the report by the United Nations and its organs and specialized agencies, each in its respective area of competence;

⁸A/52/871–S/1998/318; see Official Records of the Security Council, Fifty-third Year, Supplement for April, May and June 1998, document S/1998/318.

Calls upon the United Nations to cooperate and coordinate its efforts with those of the Organization of African Unity, inter alia, in the following areas:

Peaceful settlement of disputes and maintenance of international peace and security in Africa, as provided for under Chapter VIII of the Charter of the United Nations;

Prevention of conflict through the promotion of a culture of peace, tolerance and harmonious relations in Africa and enhancement of the existing pattern of exchange of information and consultation;

Invites the United Nations to continue to assist the Organization of African Unity in strengthening the institutional and operational capacity of its Mechanism for Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution in Africa, in particular in the following areas:

Establishment of an early-warning system;

Technical assistance and training of personnel, including a staff exchange programme;

Exchange and coordination of information between their respective early-warning systems;

Logistical support;

Mobilization of financial support;

Notes with appreciation the assistance provided by the United Nations and its agencies to African countries in the context of the democratization process, and urges the United Nations to encourage donor countries, in consultation with the Organization of African Unity, to provide adequate funding and training for African countries in their efforts to enhance their peacekeeping capabilities, with a view to enabling those countries to participate actively in peacekeeping operations within the framework of the United Nations;

Urges the United Nations to continue to support the Organization of African Unity in its efforts to manage the expansion of the democratic experience in Africa, in particular in the areas of education for democracy, election observation, human rights and freedom, including technical support to the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights;

Calls upon all Member States and regional and international organizations, in particular those of the United Nations system, as well as non-governmental organizations, to provide appropriate assistance to refugees and displaced persons, as well as to the African countries of asylum, taking into account recent disquieting developments in this respect;

Stresses that the economic, technical and development assistance provided to Africa by the United Nations system must continue, and emphasizes the urgent need for those organizations to accord priority to Africa in this field;

Urges the Secretary-General, Member States, regional and international organizations, in particular those of the United Nations system, and non-governmental organizations to extend their support to the operations of the African Economic Community, its popularization and the strengthening of its institutional support;

Requests the agencies of the United Nations system working in Africa to include in their programmes at the national and regional levels activities that will enhance regional cooperation in their respective areas and to facilitate the realization of the objectives of the Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community;

Calls upon the United Nations agencies to intensify the coordination of their regional programmes in Africa in order to create linkages among them and to ensure the harmonization of their programmes with those of the African regional and subregional economic organizations;

Emphasizes the urgency of the need to adopt appropriate measures to ensure the effective implementation of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s4, in particular regarding (a) economic reforms, including the effective mobilization and efficient utilization of domestic resources, (b) promotion of the private sector and foreign direct investment, (c) expansion of the democratic experience and the strengthening of civil society, (d) environment and development, (e) resource flows, (f) solution of Africa's debt problem, (g) trade facilitation and market access, (h) diversification of African economies, (i) improvement of physical and institutional infrastructure and social and human resource development and (j) women in development;

Urges all States and international subregional organizations actively to implement the recommendations of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Whole of the General Assembly for the Mid-term Review of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s, as adopted by the General Assembly at its fifty-first session;

Invites the Secretary-General to associate closely the Organization of African Unity with the implementation, follow-up and evaluation of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s and beyond, including the conduct of the final review of the implementation in the year 2002;

Calls upon the Secretary-General to develop new and effective strategies for the implementation of the recommendations of the meeting of the secretariats of the Organization of African Unity and the United Nations held from 6 to 8 May 1998;

Calls upon the relevant organs of the United Nations system to ensure the effective, fair and equitable representation of Africans at senior and policy levels at their respective headquarters and in their regional field operations;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session on the implementation of the present resolution and on the development of cooperation between the Organization of African Unity and the organizations of the United Nations system.

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