The General Assembly,
 
      Recalling its resolution 50/15 of 15 November 1995, in which it
requested the Secretary-General to conclude an agreement on cooperation
between the United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union,
 
      Having considered the report of the Secretary-General, transmitting the
text of the cooperation agreement signed on 24 July 1996,
 
      Stressing its desire to strengthen existing cooperation between the
United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union and of giving it a new and
adequate framework,
 
      1.    Welcomes the conclusion on 24 July 1996 of the cooperation
agreement between the United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union;
 
      2.    Considers that the signature of the agreement constitutes an
important step for increased and strengthened cooperation between the two
organizations;
 
      3.    Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-second
session the item entitled "Cooperation between the United Nations and the
Inter-Parliamentary Union";
 
      4.    Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report to the General
Assembly at its fifty-second session on various aspects of cooperation that
have taken place between the United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union
in implementation of the cooperation agreement.