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 12 Support by the United Nations System of the efforts of Governments to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies, published in 2007.

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?

18 subjects

Anniversaries Capacity Building Civil Society Cooperation Between Organizations Democracy Democratization Governance Information Exchange Intergovernmental Organizations International Cooperation International Days Legislators Mass Media Non-Governmental Organizations Popular Participation Programme Implementation Regional Organizations Resources Mobilization

What’s in this document?

13 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General⁵ and the suggestions contained therein;

⁵A/62/296.

Also takes note of the outcomes of the first and second meetings of the Advisory Board of the Sixth International Conference of New or Restored Democracies, particularly the formulation of a Conference programme of work for 2007–2009, and welcomes the proposal to designate an international day of democracy;

Encourages Governments to strengthen national programmes devoted to the promotion and consolidation of democracy, including through increased bilateral, regional and international cooperation, taking into account innovative approaches and best practices;

Encourages regional and other intergovernmental organizations to share their experiences in the field of democracy promotion with each other and with the United Nations system where appropriate, and to actively participate in future meetings and activities of the International Conference of New or Restored Democracies;

Recognizes that the commemoration in 2008 of the twentieth anniversary of the First International Conference of New or Restored Democracies offers a special opportunity to focus attention on the promotion and consolidation of democracy at all levels and reinforce international cooperation in this regard;

Decides, with effect from its sixty-second session, to observe on 15 September of each year the International Day of Democracy, which should be brought to the attention of all people for its celebration and observance;

Invites all Member States, organizations of the United Nations system, regional and intergovernmental organizations, non-governmental organizations and individuals to commemorate the International Day of Democracy in an appropriate manner that contributes to raising public awareness;

Invites Member States to continue to ensure that parliamentarians and civil society organizations are given appropriate opportunity to be involved in, and to contribute to, the celebration of the International Day of Democracy;

Requests the Secretary-General to recommend ways and means by which the United Nations system and the United Nations Secretariat could, within existing resources, assist Member States, upon request, in organizing activities to commemorate the International Day of Democracy;

Also requests the Secretary-General to take necessary measures, within existing resources, for the observance by the United Nations of the International Day of Democracy;

Urges the Secretary-General to continue to improve the capacity of the Organization to respond effectively to the requests of Member States by providing adequate support for their efforts to achieve the goals of good governance and democratization, including through the activities of the Democracy Fund at the United Nations;

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

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-fourth 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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