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General Assembly
Seventy-fourth session
Agenda item 125
Interaction between the United Nations, national
parliaments and the Inter-Parliamentary Union
Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica,
Cyprus, Greece, Malta, Mexico, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Qatar,
Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland,
Thailand and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland:
draft resolution
Interaction between the United Nations, national parliaments and
the Inter-Parliamentary Union
The General Assembly,
Recalling
the 2005 World Summit Outcome,
1
in which Heads of State and
Government resolved to strengthen further cooperation between the United Nations
and national parliaments through their world organization, the Inter-Parliamentary
Union, in all fields of the work of the United Nations,
Recalling also
its resolution
57/32
of 19 November 2002, in which the
Inter-Parliamentary Union was invited to participate in the work of the General
Assembly in the capacity of observer, and recalling further its resolution
72/278
of
22 May 2018, in which the Assembly, inter alia, decided to strengthen the modalities
of the cooperation between United Nations entities and the global parliamentary
community,
Taking into consideration
the Cooperation Agreement between the United
Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union of 1996,
2
which laid the foundation for
cooperation between the two organizations, and taking note of the revised
Cooperation Agreement of 2016,
Taking note
of the resolutions adopted by the Inter-Parliamentary Union, as well
as the many activities undertaken by that organization in support of the United
Nations,
Noting
the outcomes of the World Conferences of Speakers of Parliament held
in 2000, 2005, 2010 and 2015, which affirm the commitment of national parliaments
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Resolution
60/1.
A/51/402,
annex.
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and the Inter-Parliamentary Union to support the work of the United Nations and
continue efforts to bridge the democracy gap in international relations,
Recognizing
that the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic requires a
global response based on unity, solidarity and renewed multilateral cooperation that
is people-centred, and acknowledging the important role of the United Nations system
and the key leadership role of the World Health Organization in this rega rd, and that
national parliaments and the Inter-Parliamentary Union play an important role in the
response and recovery efforts,
Welcoming
the annual parliamentary hearings at the United Nations, as well as
other specialized parliamentary meetings organized by the Inter-Parliamentary Union
in cooperation with the United Nations to correspond to major United Nations
conferences and events,
Recognizing
the work of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in mobilizing
parliamentary action towards the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development,
3
the Addis Ababa Action Agenda,
4
the Sendai Framework for Disaster
Risk Reduction 2015–2030,
5
the Paris Agreement adopted under the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change
6
and the Beijing Declaration and Platform
for Action,
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Recognizing also
the growing role of the Inter-Parliamentary Union Standing
Committee on United Nations Affairs in providing a platform for regular interaction
between parliamentarians and United Nations officials, including on the 2030 Agenda
for Sustainable Development, reviewing implementation of international
commitments, facilitating closer ties between the Un ited Nations country teams and
national parliaments and helping to shape parliamentary input to major United
Nations processes,
Recognizing further
the work of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in the areas of
democracy and the rule of law, human rights, gend er equality, the empowerment of
all women and girls and eliminating violence against women and girls, youth
empowerment, peace and security, disarmament, non-proliferation, humanitarian
assistance, sustainable development, poverty eradication, food securit y and nutrition,
climate change, health and interfaith and inter-ethnic dialogue, as well as countering
and preventing terrorism and violent extremism as and when conducive to terrorism,
Deeply concerned
about all acts of sexual and gender-based violence, including
sexual harassment, in political and in public life, as well as in parliaments and in
leadership positions, and recognizing the work of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in
combating such violence,
Highlighting
the importance of women’s full, equal and meaningful
participation in parliaments, including in leadership positions, and the importance for
parliaments to mainstream a gender perspective in their work,
Recognizing and affirming
that the global fight against racism, racial
discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and all their abhorrent and
contemporary forms and manifestations is a matter of priority for the international
community, as well as noting the launch of the United Nations Strategy and Plan of
Action on Hate Speech in June 2019,
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Resolution
70/1.
Resolution
69/313,
annex.
Resolution
69/283,
annex II.
See
FCCC/CP/2015/10/Add.1,
decision 1/CP.21, annex.
Report of the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 4–15 September 1995
(United
Nations publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.13), chap. I, resolution 1, annexes I and II.
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Bearing in mind
that the seventy-fifth anniversary of the United Nations is an
opportunity to reaffirm its collective commitment to the purposes and principles of
the Charter of the United Nations and reinvigorate multilateralism, and recognizing
the role and the contributions of national parliaments, those of regional organizations
and of the Inter-Parliamentary Union to promote and strengthen multilateralism,
Recalling
that in 2020 the international community commemorates the
seventy-fifth anniversary of the end of the Second World War, and emphasizing in
this regard the role of parliaments in supporting efforts to mitigate and resolve
conflicts,
Mindful
that technological change includes new and powerful tools that can help
to realize the vision of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and that the
spread of information and communications technologies and global interconnectedness
has great potential to accelerate human development and bridge the digital divide,
and recognizing that national parliaments, among others, play an important role in
addressing the impact, opportunities and challenges of rapid technological change,
Noting
the work carried out upon the request of Member States by agencies and
programmes of the United Nations system, including the United Nations Sustainable
Development Group, in support of national parliaments around the world,
Acknowledging
the role and responsibility of national parliaments in regard to
national plans and strategies, as well as in ensuring greate r transparency and
accountability at both the national and the global levels,
1.
Welcomes
the actions taken by the Inter-Parliamentary Union to pursue a
more systematic engagement with the United Nations, and encourages both
organizations to enhance their cooperation in meeting their common objectives;
2.
Encourages
the United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union to
continue to work closely in various fields, including the three dimensions of
sustainable development: the economic, social and environmental, peacebuilding and
sustaining peace, countering and preventing terrorism and violent extremism as and
when conducive to terrorism, international law, human rights and fundamental
freedoms, combating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and relat ed
intolerance, promoting gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls,
youth empowerment, democracy and good governance, poverty eradication,
information and communications technologies, health, international migration,
climate change, biodiversity, disaster risk reduction, capacity-building and financing
for development;
3.
Also encourages
the United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union to
strengthen cooperation by engaging parliamentarians in efforts to maintain support
for the implementation of relevant United Nations agreements and resolutions;
4.
Encourages
the continued active involvement of the Inter-Parliamentary
Union in promoting the enhanced contribution of parliaments at the national, regional
and global levels, including through multi-stakeholder partnerships, in support of the
accelerated implementation and achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals
by 2030;
5.
Calls upon
Member States, including their national parliaments, supported
upon their request by the United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union, and other
relevant stakeholders to coordinate, as appropriate, so that their responses to the
COVID-19 pandemic are people-centred and provide access, without discrimination
of any kind, to safe, effective, affordable and quality essential medicines, vaccines,
testing and diagnostics, personal protective equipment and medical equipment as may
be required to effectively address COVID-19;
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6.
Welcomes
the efforts of the Inter-Parliamentary Union to promote
universal health coverage and to address public health emergencies, such as the
COVID-19 pandemic, and invites the World Health Organization, as the United
Nations specialized agency for health, and other relevant agencies, funds and
programmes of the United Nations system to enhance cooperation with the
Inter-Parliamentary Union in this regard;
7.
Notes
the preparations currently under way for the fifth World Conferenc e
of Speakers of Parliament, to be organized by the Inter-Parliamentary Union in close
cooperation with the United Nations, entitled “Parliamentary leadership for more
effective multilateralism that delivers peace and sustainable development for the
people and planet”, which will provide contributions to the high-level meeting of the
General Assembly on the occasion of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the United
Nations in September 2020;
8.
Welcomes
the practice of including parliamentarians as members of
national delegations to major United Nations meetings and events, as appropriate, and
invites Member States to continue this practice in a more regular and systematic
manner;
9.
Invites
Member States to further consider ways to work regularly with the
Inter-Parliamentary Union in facilitating a parliamentary component to major United
Nations conferences so as to help to inform such deliberations from a parliamentary
perspective;
10.
Encourages
Member States to consider applying the practice of the joint
United Nations-Inter-Parliamentary Union parliamentary hearing to other
parliamentary meetings convened in conjunction with major United Nations
conferences and processes, such as the parliamentary meeting organized on the
occasion of the annual session of the Commission on the Status of Women, with a
view to including the outcome of these parliamentary meetings as a formal
contribution to the respective United Nations processes;
11.
Welcomes
the enhanced contribution of parliaments and the
Inter-Parliamentary Union to the work of the Human Rights Council and the human
rights treaty bodies, and acknowledges the crucial role that parliaments play in
translating international commitments into national policies and laws;
12.
Encourages
the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the
Empowerment of Women (UN-Women) and other relevant bodies of the United
Nations system to work closely with national parliaments and the Inter-Parliamentary
Union in accordance with their respective mandates and, upo n request, in such areas
as gender equality and the empowerment of women, including in conflict prevention
and peace processes, institutional gender mainstreaming, support to parliaments in
promoting gender-sensitive legislation, increasing the representation of women in
parliaments, combating violence against women, including women in politics, and
implementing relevant United Nations resolutions;
13.
Welcomes
the contributions of the Inter-Parliamentary Union to the work
of the high-level political forum on sustainable development through the participation
of parliamentarians, in convening a parliamentary event on the work of parliaments
to institutionalize the Sustainable Development Goals, as well as through its efforts
to encourage parliaments to engage in the voluntary national reviews of participating
countries;
14.
Invites
the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the relevant bodies of the United
Nations system to continue and enhance their cooperation in supporting Governments
in facilitating the orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and mobility of
people, including through the implementation of planned and well-managed
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migration policies, and recalls the contribution of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in
the preparatory process for the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular
Migration;
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15.
Encourages
the United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union to
develop closer cooperation with parliaments at the national and regional levels,
including in terms of strengthening parliamentary cap acities, inter alia, in regard to
the allocation of budgetary resources for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development,
3
as appropriate, in reinforcing the rule of law and helping
to align national legislation with international comm itments, and to facilitate, within
existing resources, greater South-South and triangular cooperation between
parliaments and parliamentarians;
16.
Recognizes
that the contributions of young people are important for the
full and successful implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,
and urges Member States and United Nations entities, in consultation with youth and
youth-led and youth-focused organizations, to explore and promote concrete new
avenues for the full, effective, structured and sustainable participation of young
people and youth-led organizations in relevant decision-making processes and
monitoring, in all spheres of political, economic, social and cultural life, including in
designing and implementing policies, programmes and initiatives, in particular when
implementing the 2030 Agenda;
17.
Takes note
of the Common Principles for Support to Parliaments pioneered
by the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the United Nations Development Programme
and endorsed by 136 national parliaments and 8 parliamentary assemblies with a view
to further strengthening the capacity of parliaments to perform their functions;
18.
Calls upon
United Nations country teams to develop, within their
mandates and at the request of national authorities, a mor e structured and integrated
manner of working with national parliaments, through appropriate mechanisms, inter
alia, by involving parliaments in consultations on national development strategies and
on development aid effectiveness, where applicable;
19.
Calls upon
United Nations entities to avail themselves more systematically
of the unique expertise of the Inter-Parliamentary Union and its member parliaments
in strengthening parliamentary institutions, particularly in countries emerging from
conflict and/or in transition to democracy;
20.
Calls for
regular annual exchanges and meetings at both the political and
the operational levels between senior officials of the United Nations and of the
Inter-Parliamentary Union, with a view to building greater coherence in the work of
the two organizations and helping to forge a more robust strategic partnership between
them;
21.
Encourages
the United Nations system to reflect more systematically the
role and contribution of parliaments in its reports and draft strat egic plans;
22.
Welcomes
the decision to observe 30 June of each year as the International
Day of Parliamentarism, and invites all Member States, national parliaments,
organizations of the United Nations system and other relevant international
organizations, civil society, including non-governmental organizations, and all other
relevant stakeholders to observe the Day and to promote awareness of it, while
stressing that the cost of all activities that may arise from the observance of the Day
by the United Nations should be met from voluntary contributions;
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73/195,
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23.
Acknowledges
the preparations under way by the Inter-Parliamentary
Union, in cooperation with the United Nations, to organize, in May 2022 in the
Russian Federation, the world conference on interfaith and inter-ethnic dialogue with
the participation of Heads of State, parliaments and representatives of world religions;
24.
Takes note
of the report of the Secretary-General,
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and requests that he
submit to the General Assembly at its seventy-sixth session a report under the item
entitled “Interaction between the United Nations, national parliaments and the
Inter-Parliamentary Union” with a special focus on the implementation of the shared
global objectives of United Nations entities and the Inter-Parliamentary Union,
including best practices and contributions of Member States, national parliaments,
the United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union to increase the representation
of women in parliaments.
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