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

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 127r Cooperation between the United Nations and the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries, published in 2022.

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?

3 subjects

Cooperation Between Organizations Peacebuilding Sustainable Development

What’s in this document?

16 operative paragraphs

Takes note with appreciation of the final declaration of the thirteenth Conference of Heads of State and Government of the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries, held in Luanda on 17 July 2021, on the theme “Building and strengthening a common and sustainable future”, 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 Development in the States members of the Community, taking into account enhanced and shared solidarity focused on the needs of the most vulnerable;

Takes note with satisfaction of the twenty-sixth anniversary of the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries;

Notes the adoption at the thirteenth Conference of Heads of State and Government of the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries of the mobility agreement, 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 to countries of the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries, 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, notes that the Heads of State and Government of the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries, at their thirteenth Conference, called for concerted and mobilizing action to affirm the ambitious climate and environmental policies at the global level, and notes in this regard the strong participation of the Community at the United Nations Ocean Conference, held in Lisbon from 27 June to 1 July 2022, where they underlined the connection between sustainable and healthy oceans and climate action;

Notes with satisfaction global initiatives to promote global solidarity in response to the pandemic, and also notes with satisfaction efforts towards ensuring that all States have affordable, timely, equitable and universal access to COVID-19 vaccines, including efforts by the Secretary-General and by the Executive Secretary of the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries;

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 member State, and acknowledges the adoption of the resolution on the creation of the Community’s new general objective of economic cooperation and the commitment of the Community to progressively consolidating a multilateral agenda for economic cooperation with a view to contributing to the economic and social development of its member States;

Acknowledges the commitment of the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries to preserving and creating decent jobs, as well as income and productive capacity, by increasing multilateral action in capacity-building and through the sharing of experiences, networking initiatives and the development of partnerships in trade and investment promotion;

Welcomes the decision to expand the Plan of Action of the Strategic Programme for Cooperation in Health with activities that contribute specifically to the post-COVID-19 mitigation and recovery process, and also welcomes the scientific and technical work carried out by the health networks of the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries, namely the Network of National Institutes of Public Health and the Network of Public Health Schools, as well as the Community’s Human Milk Bank Network;

Notes the admission of Canada, Côte d’Ivoire, Greece, India, Ireland, Peru, Qatar, Romania, Spain, the United States of America, the Ibero-American Conference, the Group of Seven Plus and the European Public Law Organization as new associate observers during the thirteenth 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 Environment Programme, the United Nations Population Fund, the International Labour Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the World Intellectual Property Organization, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, 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;

Recalls its resolution 73/339, and acknowledges the important role played by the Peacebuilding Commission and its various configurations;

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

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-ninth 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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