A/RES/73/259
Cooperation between the United Nations and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific to promote dialogue and
cooperation among regional organizations in Asia and the Pacific,
Recalling the First to Ninth Summits of the Association of Southeast Asian
Nations and the United Nations and the commitment of the leaders of the Association
of Southeast Asian Nations and the Secretary-General of the United Nations to further
deepen the comprehensive partnership between the two organizations,
Welcoming the adoption of the Kuala Lumpur Declaration on the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations 2025: Forging Ahead Together and its three Community
Blueprints, namely the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Politic al-Security
Community Blueprint 2025, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Economic
Community Blueprint 2025 and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
Socio-Cultural Community Blueprint 2025, at the twenty-seventh Association of
Southeast Asian Nations Summit, held in Kuala Lumpur in November 2015,
Welcoming also the adoption of the Vientiane Declaration on the Adoption of
the Initiative for Association of Southeast Asian Nations Integration Work Plan III
and the Vientiane Declaration on the Adoption of the Master Plan on Association of
Southeast Asian Nations Connectivity 2025 at the twenty-eighth Association of
Southeast Asian Nations Summit, held in Vientiane in September 2016,
Recognizing the efforts of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to
strengthen its institutions, and in this regard welcoming the establishment of the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations Community on 31 December 2015,
Welcoming the adoption, in 2017, of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
Declaration on Culture of Prevention for a Peaceful, Inclusive, Resilient, Healthy and
Harmonious Society, which complements the culture of peace agenda of the United
Nations,
1.
Welcomes the progress in the implementation of the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations Community Vision 2025, which will ensure lasting peace
and stability, sustained economic growth, shared prosperity and social progress in the
region;
2.
Reaffirms the commitment of the United Nations and the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations to develop the partnership between the two organizations, as
described in the Memorandum of Understanding signed on 27 September 2007;
3.
Recognizes the efforts of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and
the United Nations to further intensify and strengthen the level of and framework for
cooperation between the two organizations through the implementation of the Joint
Declaration on Comprehensive Partnership between the Association of So utheast
Asian Nations and the United Nations, issued on 19 November 2011 at the Fourth
Summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the United Nations, held
in Bali, Indonesia, and welcomes the adoption and progress in the implementation of
the Plan of Action to Implement the Joint Declaration on Comprehensive Partnership
between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the United Nations (2016–
2020);
4.
Encourages the United Nations, including the Economic and Social
Commission for Asia and the Pacific and other relevant United Nations agencies, to
continue to work closely with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in
implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 5 and the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations Community Vision 2025, to promote complementarities
between the two to ensure that regional integration efforts in the Association of
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