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 39 Support by the United Nations System of the efforts of Governments to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies, published in 2000.

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?

4 subjects

Conferences Democracy Democratization Governance

What’s in this document?

12 operative paragraphs

Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General;8

Expresses its appreciation for the activities carried out by the United Nations system, and endorses the recommendations contained in the report;

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 continue to contribute actively to the follow-up process of the Third International Conference of New or Restored Democracies on Democracy and Development;¹⁰

¹⁰Ibid., chap. II.

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;

Welcomes the work carried out by the follow-up mechanism to the Third International Conference of 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 organizations, to collaborate in the holding of the Fourth International Conference of New of Restored Democracies;

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 the 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;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report to the General Assembly at its fifty-fifth session on the implementation of the present resolution;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-fifth 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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