Cooperation Between the United Nations and the League of Arab States

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A document of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, under agenda item 26 Cooperation between the United Nations and the League of Arab States, published in 1999.

What other versions does this mandate have?

34 versions · 1981–2024

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/79/12

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2024	A/RES/79/12	Cooperation between the United Nations and the League of Arab States	814	49%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/17	Cooperation between the United Nations and the League of Arab States	728	51%Compare
2020	A/RES/75/11	Cooperation between the United Nations and the League of Arab States	822	41%Compare
2019	A/RES/73/267	Cooperation between the United Nations and the League of Arab States	891	52%Compare
2016	A/RES/71/11	Cooperation between the United Nations and the League of Arab States	675	41%Compare

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Subprogramme 6	Research, trend analysis and forensics	19

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Subprogramme 6	Research, trend analysis and forensics	19	—

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

2 reports · 2001–2002

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2002	A/57/386	Cooperation between the United Nations and the League of Arab States report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/56/40
2001	A/56/474	Cooperation between the United Nations and the League of Arab States report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/55/10

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Conferences Consultations Cooperation Between Organizations Coordination Within UN System Specialized Agencies

What’s in this document?

18 operative paragraphs

Takes note with satisfaction of the report of the Secretary-General;1

Commends the continued efforts of the League of Arab States to promote multilateral cooperation among Arab States, and requests the United Nations system to continue to lend its support;

Expresses its appreciation to the Secretary-General for the follow-up action taken by him to implement the proposals adopted at the meetings between the representatives of the secretariats of the United Nations and other organizations of the United Nations system and the General Secretariat of the League of Arab States and its specialized organizations, including the latest general meeting, held in Vienna in 1999;

Requests the Secretariat of the United Nations and the General Secretariat of the League of Arab States, within their respective fields of competence, to intensify further their cooperation with a view to the realization of the purposes and principles embodied in the Charter of the United Nations, the strengthening of international peace and security, economic and social development, disarmament, decolonization, self-determination and the eradication of all forms of racism and racial discrimination;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue his efforts to strengthen cooperation and coordination between the United Nations and other organizations and agencies of the United Nations system and the League of Arab States and its specialized organizations in order to enhance their capacity to serve the mutual interests and objectives of the two organizations in the political, economic, social, humanitarian, cultural and administrative fields;

Calls upon the specialized agencies and other organizations and programmes of the United Nations system:

To continue to cooperate with the Secretary-General and among themselves, as well as with the League of Arab States and its specialized organizations, in the follow-up of multilateral proposals aimed at strengthening and expanding cooperation in all fields between the United Nations system and the League of Arab States and its specialized organizations;

To maintain and increase contacts and improve the mechanism of consultation with the counterpart programmes, organizations and agencies concerned regarding projects and programmes, in order to facilitate their implementation;

To associate whenever possible with organizations and institutions of the League of Arab States in the execution and implementation of development projects in the Arab region;

To inform the Secretary-General, not later than 14 July 2000, of the progress of their cooperation with the League of Arab States and its specialized organizations, in particular the follow-up action taken on the multilateral and bilateral proposals adopted at the previous meetings between the two organizations;

Also calls upon the specialized agencies and other organizations and programmes of the United Nations system to intensify cooperation with the League of Arab States and its specialized organizations in the priority sectors of energy, rural development, desertification and green belts, training and vocational training, technology, environment and information and documentation;

Requests the Secretary-General of the United Nations, in cooperation with the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, to encourage periodic consultation between representatives of the Secretariat of the United Nations and of the General Secretariat of the League of Arab States to review and strengthen coordination mechanisms with a view to accelerating implementation of, and follow-up action on, multilateral projects, proposals and recommendations adopted at the meetings between the two organizations;

Recommends that the United Nations and other organizations of the United Nations system should utilize, insofar as possible, Arab institutions and technical expertise in projects undertaken in the Arab region;

Reaffirms that, in order to enhance cooperation and for the purpose of review and appraisal of progress, a general meeting between the United Nations system and the League of Arab States should take place once every two years, and inter-agency sectoral meetings should also be organized once every two years on areas of priority and wide importance in the development of the Arab States, on the basis of agreement between the counterpart programmes of the United Nations system and the League of Arab States and its specialized organizations;

Emphasizes the importance of holding the next general meeting on cooperation between the representatives of the secretariats of organizations of the United Nations system and of the General Secretariat of the League of Arab States and its specialized organizations during 2001;

Recommends that a sectoral meeting entitled “Youth and Employment” should be held between the United Nations and the League of Arab States and their specialized organizations at the headquarters of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia in Beirut from 22 to 26 May 2000;

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

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-fifth session the item entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the League of Arab States”.

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