A/RES/73/267
Cooperation between the United Nations and the League of Arab States
League of Arab States, held in Geneva in July 2018, at which challenges and threats
undermining international peace and stability, as well as the strengthening of joint
cooperation in all areas between the two organizations, were addressed,
Welcoming the formation of the high-level working group to follow up on the
implementation of the provisions of the protocol of amendment of the text of the
cooperation agreement between the two organizations, which held its first meeting in
Geneva in July 2018, at which participants agreed that cooperation between the
Secretariat of the United Nations and the secretariat of the League of Arab States in
practical terms had reached an advanced stage, that the concerned parties would make
further efforts to strengthen cooperative ties in the future, and that the opening of a
liaison office to the League of Arab States in Cairo would support and consolidate
their partnership in the fields addressed in the protocol,
1.
Welcomes the fact that Egypt has agreed to the opening of the United
Nations liaison office to the League of Arab States in Cairo with the aim of improving
the effectiveness of cooperation between the two organizations, and requests that the
Secretariat of the United Nations coordinate with Egypt to exped ite the opening of
the office and, in cooperation with the secretariat of the League of Arab States, to
finish preparing and adopt the terms of reference defining the functions and mandate
of the United Nations office, and, in that context, requests the Secretariat of the United
Nations and the secretariat of the League of Arab States to continue convening
meetings of the high-level working group to follow up on the implementation of the
provisions of the protocol, until the liaison office is opened in Cair o;
2.
Requests the Secretariat of the United Nations and the secretariat of the
League of Arab States to continue their periodic consultations, at all levels, in order
to exchange information, and review and strengthen coordination and follow-up
mechanisms, particularly in the political and security fields;
3.
Emphasizes that it is crucial and important to intensify coordination
between the League of Arab States and the two United Nations special envoys
addressing the current crises in the Arab region, with a view to reaching a more
comprehensive understanding of the crises in the region, strengthening the capacity
of the two organizations and developing effective solutions through joint action;
4.
Calls upon United Nations specialized agencies, programmes and
institutions to continue their interaction with their counterparts from Arab
organizations and institutions and to improve mechanisms for consultation with them,
in order to implement mutually agreed projects and programmes and to make the
greatest possible use of Arab institutions and their technical expertise in
implementing projects in the Arab region;
5.
Emphasizes the importance of holding the fourteenth sectoral meeting
between the two organizations and their specialized agencies, to be held a t the
Headquarters of the League of Arab States in 2019, for which the dates and theme
will be agreed by the two secretariats in due course, and the fifteenth general
cooperation meeting between the two organizations, to be held at the United Nations
centre in Vienna in 2020, for which the dates will be agreed by the two secretariats in
due course;
6.
Calls upon the specialized agencies, organizations and programmes of the
United Nations to inform the Secretary-General, no later than January 2020, of the
progress made in their cooperation with the League of Arab States and, in particular,
the implementation of the multilateral decisions and programmes adopted at the
fourteenth general cooperation meeting between the two organizations;
7.
Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its
seventy-fifth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution;
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