Cooperation Between the United Nations and the League of Arab States

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 114n Cooperation between the United Nations and the League of Arab States, published in 2009.

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

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?

16 subjects

Arab Countries Capacity Building Conferences Consultations Cooperation Between Organizations Coordination Within UN System Development Projects Globalization Information Exchange Information Technology Inter-Agency Cooperation International Security Principles Specialized Agencies Sustainable Development Training Programmes

What’s in this document?

19 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 representatives of the Secretariat 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 sectoral meeting in 2005 on the theme “Achieving and financing the Millennium Development Goals and sustainable development in the Arab region” and the general meeting on cooperation held in 2006;

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 for 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 strengthen the capacity of the League of Arab States and of its institutions and specialized organizations to benefit from globalization and information technology and to meet the development challenges of the new millennium;

To step up cooperation and coordination with the specialized organizations of the League of Arab States in the organization of seminars and training courses and in the preparation of studies;

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 participate 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 of the progress made in their cooperation with the League of Arab States and its specialized organizations and, in particular, of 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 increase their 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 education, technology, environment, information and documentation, trade and finance, water resources, development of the agricultural sector, empowerment of women, transport, communications and information, promotion of the role of the private sector and capacity-building;

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 in order to review and strengthen coordination mechanisms with a view to accelerating implementation of, and follow-up action on, the multilateral projects, proposals and recommendations adopted at the meetings between the two organizations;

Recommends that the United Nations and all organizations of the United Nations system make the greatest possible use of Arab institutions and technical expertise in projects undertaken in the Arab region;

Reaffirms that, in order to enhance cooperation and for the purpose of the review and appraisal of progress, a general meeting between representatives of the United Nations system and the League of Arab States should be held once every two years and that joint inter-agency sectoral meetings should also be convened on a biennial basis to address priority areas of major importance to the development of Arab States, on the basis of agreement between the United Nations system and the League of Arab States and its specialized organizations;

Also reaffirms the importance of holding the sectoral meeting between the United Nations and the League of Arab States and its specialized organizations during 2009 and also of holding the general meeting on cooperation between representatives of the secretariats of the organizations of the United Nations system and the General Secretariat of the League of Arab States and its specialized organizations during 2010;

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

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

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