A/RES/65/263. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2011

• Resolution Number: A/RES/65/263
• Year: 2011
• Session: 65th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations A/RES/65/263

General Assembly Distr.: General

23 May 2011

Sixty-fifth session

Agenda item 122 (l)

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 14 January 2011

[without reference to a Main Committee (A/65/L.26/Rev.1 and Add.1)]

65/263. Cooperation between the United Nations and the

International Organization of la Francophonie

The General Assembly

,

Recalling

its resolutions 33/18 of 10 November 1978, 50/3 of 16 October

1995, 52/2 of 17 October 1997, 54/25 of 15 November 1999, 56/45 of 7 December

2001, 57/43 of 21 November 2002, 59/22 of 8 November 2004, 61/7 of 20 October

2006 and 63/236 of 22 December 2008, as well as its decision 53/453 of

18 December 1998,

Recalling also

its resolutions 61/266 of 16 May 2007 and 63/306 of

9 September 2009 on multilingualism,

Considering

that the International Organization of la Francophonie, which is

made up of seventy-two States Members of the United Nations, representing more

than one third of the members of the General Assembly, is promoting multilateral

cooperation in areas of common interest,

Bearing in mind

the Articles of the Charter of the United Nations which

encourage the promotion of the purposes and principles of the United Nations

through regional cooperation,

Bearing in mind also

that, according to the Charter of la Francophonie adopted

on 23 November 2005 at the Ministerial Conference of la Francophonie, held in

Antananarivo, the objectives of the International Organization of la Francophonie

are to assist in the establishment and development of democracy, the prevention,

management and settlement of conflicts, support for the rule of law and for human

rights, the intensification of dialogue between cultures and civilizations, the

establishment of closer ties among peoples through mutual knowledge, the

strengthening of their solidarity through multilateral cooperation activities with a

view to promoting the growth of their economies, and the promotion of education

and training,

Wel com ing

the steps taken by the International Organization of la Francophonie

to strengthen its ties with the organizations of the United Nations system and with

international and regional organizations with a view to attaining its objectives,