Cooperation Between the United Nations and the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries

A/RES/73/339View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 128r Cooperation between the United Nations and the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries, published in 2019.

What other versions does this mandate have?

10 versions · 2005–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/79/265

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/79/265	Cooperation between the United Nations and the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries	2,058	64%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/14	Cooperation between the United Nations and the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries	1,800	56%Compare
2019	A/RES/73/339	Cooperation between the United Nations and the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries	1,551	60%Compare
2017	A/RES/71/324	Cooperation between the United Nations and the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries	1,377	56%Compare
2015	A/RES/69/311	Cooperation between the United Nations and the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries	952	49%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects

Cooperation Between Organizations Guinea-Bissau Peacebuilding Sustainable Development

What’s in this document?

13 operative paragraphs

Takes note with appreciation of the final declaration of the twelfth Conference of Heads of State and Government of the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries, held in Santa Maria, Cabo Verde, on 17 and 18 July 2018, on the theme “The people, the culture and the oceans”, in which the Community has committed to continue to promote political dialogue, exchange experience and cooperate in order to enhance the commitment and partnership for the promotion and implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development² in the States members of the Community, taking into account enhanced and shared solidarity focused on the needs of those most vulnerable;

²Resolution 70/1.

Notes the adoption at the twelfth Conference of Heads of State and Government of the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries of the declaration on people and mobility, the declaration on the Portuguese language in the Community, the declaration on culture and creative industries as a strategic sector in the Community, the declaration on the seas and oceans, the resolution on the Dili Action Plan and the resolution on the sustainability of the Food and Nutrition Security Council of the Community;

Acknowledges the impact of extreme weather events and the importance of humanitarian assistance provided recently to countries of the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries, such as Mozambique, which was affected by Cyclone Idai, and Cabo Verde by extreme drought, and stresses the need to favour an articulated development-based and multidisciplinary approach in response to these phenomena in order to strengthen national capacities and address these adverse consequences in a swift and effective manner;

Also acknowledges the International Centre for Climate Research and Applications for the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries and Africa, as a research centre of the Community, and notes the approval by the Community of the publication on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change portal of the Portuguese language version of the special report of the Panel on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development and efforts to eradicate poverty;

Recalls the importance of the engagement of civil society in the activities of the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries, taking into account the national legislation of each State member of the Community, and acknowledges that it can play an important role in advancing efforts in support of the implementation of all the Sustainable Development Goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda within the Community;

Also recalls the importance of the participation of the private sector in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals within the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries through public-private partnerships, taking into account the national legislation of each State member of the Community, and notes with appreciation the first Global Economic Forum of the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries, held in Dili from 25 to 27 February 2016;

Notes the admission of Andorra, Argentina, Chile, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Serbia, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Organization of Ibero-American States for Education, Science and Culture as new associate observers during the twelfth Conference of Heads of State and Government of the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries;

Stresses the importance of strengthening the cooperation between the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries and United Nations specialized agencies and other entities and programmes, in particular the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the United Nations Population Fund, the International Labour Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the World Intellectual Property Organization, the World Health Organization, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women);

Also stresses the importance of partnership and cooperation between the United Nations and other relevant organizations, including the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries, to improve coordination and cooperation in peacebuilding and sustaining peace, in accordance with their respective mandates, to increase synergies and ensure the coherence and complementarity of such efforts;

Further stresses the need for Guinea-Bissau to continue to take concrete steps towards peace, security and political stability, endorses the Conakry Agreement of 14 October 2016, based on the Economic Community of West African States six-point road map, as the primary framework for a peaceful resolution of the current political crisis, and in this context recalls Security Council resolution 2458 (2019) of 28 February 2019, and notes the active engagement of the Secretary-General and his Special Representative for Guinea-Bissau, as well as of international bilateral and multilateral partners;

Welcomes the continued support of the international community and the important role played by the P5 group,³ and the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission, in particular its Guinea-Bissau configuration, and the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau, in monitoring the political situation in Guinea-Bissau and promoting a constructive dialogue between Bissau-Guinean political actors, as well as in facilitating dialogue with international partners and assisting the national authorities in their efforts to consolidate the constitutional order, to implement security sector, political, economic and constitutional reforms, combat drug trafficking, fight impunity and move towards sociopolitical stability and reconciliation;

³Comprising the African Union, the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries, the Economic Community of West African States, the European Union and the United Nations.

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

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-fifth session, under the item entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and regional and other organizations”, the sub-item entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries”.

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