Forty-ninth session
Agenda item 27
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 48/19 of 16 November 1993, and the
framework for cooperation and coordination between the United
Nations Secretariat and the Conference on Security and Cooperation
in Europe, signed on 26 May 1993, 1/
Recalling its resolution 48/5 of 13 October 1993 on observer
status for the Conference in the General Assembly,
Having examined the report of the Secretary-General of
17 October 1994 on cooperation between the United Nations and
the Conference, 2/
Recalling also the declaration at the 1992 Helsinki summit
by the heads of State or Government of the participating States
of the Conference of their understanding that the Conference is
a regional arrangement in the sense of Chapter VIII of the Charter
of the United Nations, and as such provides an important link
between European and global security, 3/
Recalling further the documents of the Conference, in particular
the Final Act signed at Helsinki on 1 August 1975, the Charter
of Paris for a New Europe, 4/ the Prague Document on Further Development
of the Institutions and Structures of the Conference on Security
and Cooperation in Europe, 5/ the Vienna Document 1992 on Confidence-
and Security-building Measures, the Helsinki Document 1992 6/
and the Summary of Conclusions of the Fourth Meeting of the Council
of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, held
at Rome on 30 November and 1 December 1993,
Acknowledging the increasing contribution of the Conference
to the establishment and maintenance of international peace and
security in the Conference region through its activities in preventive
diplomacy, crisis management, arms control and disarmament, and
post-crisis stabilizing and rehabilitation measures, as well as
its crucial role in the human dimension,
Welcoming progress made in the development and consolidation
of contacts and cooperation between the United Nations and the
Conference, in particular with regard also to the activities of
missions of the Conference in the field,
Taking note of the recommendation adopted by the Special
Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening
of the Role of the Organization with regard to the draft declaration
on the enhancement of cooperation between the United Nations and
regional arrangements or agencies in the maintenance of international
peace and security, which was submitted to the General Assembly
at its forty-ninth session for consideration and adoption, 7/
Underlining the possibilities for regional action by the
Conference for the maintenance of international peace and security
as provided for under Chapter VIII of the Charter,
Welcoming the further development of closer contacts between
the Conference and the non-participating Mediterranean States,
as well as the increased cooperation between the Conference and
countries in Asia,
1. Takes note with satisfaction of the report of the Secretary-
General on cooperation between the United Nations and the Conference
on Security and Cooperation in Europe;
2. Welcomes the increased cooperation and coordination
between the United Nations and the Conference on the basis of
the framework agreement, 1/ and requests the Secretary-General
to explore with the Chairman-in-Office of the Conference possibilities
for further improvements in this regard;
3. Notes the informal meeting between the Secretary-General
and representatives of regional arrangements, agencies, organizations
and other intergovernmental organizations at United Nations Headquarters
on 1 August 1994 with the participation of the Conference;
4. Supports the activities of the Conference aimed at contributing
to stability and the maintenance of peace within its area;
5. Encourages the participating States of the Conference
to make every effort to achieve pacific settlement of disputes
in the Conference area, through conflict prevention and crisis
management by the Conference, including peace-keeping;
6. Welcomes the important and successful work done by all
the existing missions of the Conference;
7. i that the Conference missions of long duration are an example
of preventive diplomacy undertaken within the framework of the
Conference and have greatly contributed to promoting stability
and counteracting the risk of violence in Kosovo, Sandzak and
Vojvodina, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and in this context
calls for the full implementation of Security Council resolution
855 (1993) of 9 August 1993;
8. Fully supports the activities of the Conference aimed
at achieving a peaceful solution to the conflict in and around
the Nagorny Karabakh region of the Azerbaijani Republic and to
alleviate the tension between the Republic of Armenia and the
Azerbaijani Republic, and welcomes cooperation between the United
Nations and the Conference in this regard;
9. Underlines the importance of the forthcoming summit
of the heads of State or Government of the Conference, to be held
at Budapest, and expresses its hope for a successful outcome;
10. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its
fiftieth session the item entitled "Cooperation between the
United Nations and the Conference on Security and Cooperation
in Europe", and requests the Secretary- General to submit
to the General Assembly at its fiftieth session a report on the
implementation of the present resolution.
57th plenary meeting
15 November 1994
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1/ A/48/185, annex II, appendix.
2/ A/49/529.
3/ See A/47/361-S/24370, annex.
4/ A/45/859, annex.
5/ A/47/89-S/23576, annex II.
6/ A/47/361-S-24370, annex.
7/ Official Records of the General Assembly, Forty-ninth Session,
Supplement No. 33 (A/49/33), para. 89.