The General Assembly,

Recalling its resolution 56/46 of 7 December 2001¹ which welcomed the ongoing efforts to explore ways in which a new and strengthened relationship may be established between the General Assembly and its subsidiary organs on the one hand and the Inter-Parliamentary Union on the other, and encouraged Member States to continue their consultations with a view to adopting a decision thereon during the fifty-seventh session of the Assembly,

Having considered the report of the Secretary-General (A/57/...) which takes stock of cooperation between the two organizations over the last twelve months,

Having also considered the report of the Secretary-General of 26 June 2001 in which, after consultations with Member States and IPU, he recommended that the General Assembly consider:

(a) Granting IPU a standing invitation to participate, as appropriate, in the sessions and work of the General Assembly, its subsidiary organs and international conferences convened under the auspices of the United Nations,

(b) Deciding to allow for the circulation of the documents of IPU in the Assembly, and

(c) Inviting the specialized agencies of the United Nations to adopt similar modalities for cooperation with IPU,

Recalling the unique inter-state character of the Inter-Parliamentary Union,

1. Welcomes the efforts made by the Inter-Parliamentary Union to provide for a greater parliamentary contribution and enhanced support to the United Nations;

2. Decides to invite the IPU to participate in the sessions and the work of the General Assembly in the capacity of observer;

3. Further decides to allow for the circulation of official documents of IPU in the Assembly on the understanding that no financial implications result for the United Nations;

4. Invites the specialized agencies of the United Nations to adopt similar modalities for cooperation with IPU;

5. Requests the Secretary-General to take the necessary action to implement the present resolution and to submit a report to the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth session on the various aspects of cooperation between the United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union;

6. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-eighth session the item entitled "Cooperation between the United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union".

¹ Cooperation between the United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (A/55/996) (Paragraph 13 (a), (b) and (c))

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