Cooperation Between the United Nations and the Council of Europe

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 170 Cooperation between the United Nations and the Council of Europe, published in 2000.

What other versions does this mandate have?

14 versions · 2000–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/79/284

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/79/284	Cooperation between the United Nations and the Council of Europe	6,270	69%Compare
2023	A/RES/77/284	Cooperation between the United Nations and the Council of Europe	5,058	81%Compare
2021	A/RES/75/264	Cooperation between the United Nations and the Council of Europe	4,703	71%Compare
2018	A/RES/73/15	Cooperation between the United Nations and the Council of Europe	3,657	68%Compare
2016	A/RES/71/17	Cooperation between the United Nations and the Council of Europe	3,086	74%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report · 2023

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2023	A/78/365	Central Emergency Response Fund report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/77/284

What subjects does this mandate have?

7 subjects

Cooperation Between Organizations Gender Equality Human Rights Information Exchange Racial Discrimination Refugee Assistance Regional Cooperation

What’s in this document?

11 operative paragraphs

Notes with appreciation the further improvement of cooperation and coordination between the United Nations and its agencies and the Council of Europe, both at the level of headquarters and in the field;

Welcomes the increasingly close cooperation between the Council of Europe, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights;

Welcomes also the close and fruitful cooperation between the Council of Europe and the International Law Commission of the United Nations, and the contribution of the Council of Europe to the United Nations Decade of International Law;

Welcomes further the contributions of the Council of Europe to the twenty-third and twenty-fourth special sessions of the General Assembly entitled, respectively, “Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century”, which was held in New York from 5 to 9 June 2000, and “World Summit for Social Development and beyond: achieving social development for all in a globalizing world”, which was held in Geneva from 26 to 30 June 2000;

Expresses its appreciation to the Council of Europe for its organization of the European Conference against Racism, which was held in Strasbourg, France, from 11 to 13 October 2000, in preparation for the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, which will be held in Durban, South Africa, in 2001;

Welcomes the participation of the Council of Europe in the implementation of Security Council resolution 1244 (1999) of 10 June 1999, in its cooperation with the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, notably with regard to the reform of the judiciary, the protection of minorities, property rights, registration and local democracy, as well as the observation of the electoral process in Kosovo, as requested by the United Nations;

Welcomes also the readiness of the Council of Europe to continue to fulfil the role assigned to it, under the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina,² with regard to the protection and promotion of human rights as well as in the field of judicial reform;

²See A/50/790-S/1995/999.

Welcomes further the major contribution of the Council of Europe to the Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe, launched at the initiative of the European Union, and to the development of regional projects to support its aims;

Welcomes the active role of the Council of Europe in the tripartite meetings between the United Nations, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and the Council of Europe;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue exploring, with the Chairman of the Committee of Ministers and the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe, possibilities for further enhancement of cooperation, information exchange and coordination between the United Nations and the Council of Europe;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-sixth session the item entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Council of Europe”, and requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session a report on cooperation between the United Nations and the Council of Europe in implementation of the present resolution.

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