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General Assembly
Seventy-sixth session
Agenda item 128
Interaction between the United Nations, national parliaments
and the Inter-Parliamentary Union
Angola, Armenia, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Luxembourg, Mauritania, Mexico,
Morocco, Namibia, North Macedonia, Peru, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of
Korea, Spain, Thailand, Türkiye and Viet Nam: draft resolution
Interaction between the United Nations, national parliaments and
the Inter-Parliamentary Union
The General Assembly,
Recalling
the 2005 World Summit Outcome,
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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 it s 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 recalling 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, and in 2021 (preceded by a virtual segment in 2020),
which affirm the commitment of national parliaments and the Inter-Parliamentary
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Resolution
60/1.
A/51/402,
annex.
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Union to support the work of the United Nations, strengthen multilateralism and
continue efforts to bridge the democracy gap in international relations,
Recognizing
that the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic continues to
require 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 regard, as well as the role of national parliaments and the Inter-Parliamentary
Union,
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 of the Third International Conference
on Financing for Development,
4
the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
2015–2030,
5
the Paris Agreement adopted under the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change
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and the Beijing Declaration and Platform for
Action,
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Recognizing also
the work of the Inter-Parliamentary Union Standing
Committee on United Nations Affairs to provide a platform for regular interaction
between parliamentarians and United Nations officials, including on the 2030 Agenda,
review implementation of international commitments and facilitate closer ties between
the United Nations country teams and national parliaments,
Recognizing further
the work of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in the areas of
democracy and the rule of law, human rights, gender equality, the empowerment of
all women and girls and eliminating all forms of violence against women and girls,
youth empowerment, peace and security, disarmament, non-proliferation,
humanitarian assistance, sustainable development, poverty eradication, food security
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, including in digital contexts, 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 in decision-making at all levels,
and the importance for parliaments to mainstream a gender perspective in their work,
Recognizing
multi-stakeholder efforts towards the achievement of gender
equality and the empowerment of all women and girls, a s well as the realization of
their human rights, noting all relevant international, regional and national initiatives
in this regard, and recognizing the participation of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in
such initiatives,
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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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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, and recalling the launch of the United Natio ns Strategy and Plan of
Action on Hate Speech in June 2019,
Inviting,
in this regard, the Inter-Parliamentary Union to observe, in
collaboration with other relevant organizations, the international days aimed at
eliminating all forms of discrimination, addressing and countering hate speech and
promoting interreligious and intercultural dialogue and the values of l iving together
in peace,
Reaffirming
the collective commitment to the purposes and principles of the
Charter of the United Nations, calling for a reinvigorated multilateralism, and
recognizing the outcome of the fifth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament,
which expresses support for a reinvigorated United Nations system and for effective
multilateral solutions to current global challenges,
Mindful
that rapid technological change includes new and powerful tools that
can help to realize the vision of the 2030 Agenda, and that the spread of information
and communications technologies and global interconnectedness has great potential to
accelerate human development and bridge all digital divides, among and within
countries, including the gender digital divide, and recognizing that national
parliaments, among others, play an important role in addressing the impact,
opportunities and challenges of rapid technological change,
Recognizing
the efforts and the potential of the Technology Bank for the Least
Developed Countries in helping those countries to implement the 2030 Agenda through
strengthening their science, technology and innovation capacity, and acknowledging the
important role of parliaments in developing strategies in these areas as well as
overseeing their implementation,
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 greater transparency and
accountability at both the national and the global levels,
1.
Welcomes
the actions taken by the Inter-Parliamentary Union to continue
to pursue a more systematic and meaningful 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 related
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;
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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 resolution s;
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.
Invites
parliaments and Governments to support the Technology Bank for
the Least Developed Countries in its efforts towards bridging digital divides, and
encourages the Inter-Parliamentary Union to facilitate inter-parliamentary dialogue
on the role of science and technology in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development;
6.
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 further enhance coordination, as appropriate, so that their
responses to the COVID-19 pandemic are people-centred and provide equal 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, ensuring
that women and girls are not disproportionately affected;
7.
Welcomes
the efforts of the Inter-Parliamentary Union to work with
national parliaments to further accelerate climate action, as noted most recently in the
Nusa Dua Declaration of 24 March 2022 entitled “Getting to zero: mobilizing
parliaments to act on climate change”, and encourages the secretariat of the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to engage closely with the
Inter-Parliamentary Union in this area, as appropriate;
8.
Also 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;
9.
Notes
the contribution of the fifth World Conference of Speakers of
Parliament, 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”, to the
high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the occasion of the seventy -fifth
anniversary of the United Nations in September 2020;
10.
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 r egular and systematic
manner, and with due consideration given to achieving gender balance within such
delegations;
11.
Invites
Member States to further consider ways to work regularly with the
Inter-Parliamentary Union in facilitating a parliamentary com ponent to major United
Nations conferences so as to help to inform such deliberations from a parliamentary
perspective;
12.
Encourages
Member States to further extend the practice of holding
parliamentary meetings in conjunction with major United Nations conferences and
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processes, with a view to including the outcome of these parliamentary meetings as a
formal contribution to the respective United Nations processes;
13.
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 encourages parliaments to strengthen their role in the
promotion and protection of human rights, with a view to translating international
commitments into national policies and laws;
14.
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, upon 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 and full, equal
and meaningful participation of women in parliaments, combating violence against
women, including women in politics, and implementing relevant United Nations
resolutions;
15.
Welcomes
the contributions of the Inter-Parliamentary Union to 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 throu gh its efforts to
encourage parliaments to engage in the voluntary national reviews of participating
countries;
16.
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
migration policies, and recalls the contribution of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in
the follow-up process for the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular
Migration;
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17.
Welcomes
the joint activities carried out by the Inter-Parliamentary Union,
the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the Office of Counter -Terrorism
aimed at mobilizing parliamentary action to combat terrorism and violent extremism
as and when conducive to terrorism, develop relevant good practices and counter-
terrorism legislation, and support the victims of terrorism, in accordance with national
context and International law;
18.
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 capacities, inter alia, i n regard to
the allocation of budgetary resources for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, as
appropriate, in reinforcing the rule of law and helping to align national legislation
with international commitments, and to facilitate, within existing resourc es, greater
South-South and triangular cooperation between parliaments and parliamentarians;
19.
Encourages
the United Nations to work with Member States, upon their
request, to strengthen the institutional capacity of national parliaments through
technical support, legal analysis, specific advice, training, monitoring and evaluation
in all relevant areas;
20.
Recognizes
that the contributions of young people are important for the
full and successful implementation of the 2030 Agenda, and urges Member States and
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73/195,
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United Nations entities, in consultation with youth, youth-led and youth-focused and
young women’s organizations, to explore and promote concrete new avenues for the
full, effective, structured, increased and sustainable participation of young people,
youth-led and young women’s 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;
21.
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 143 national parliaments, 8 parliamentary assemblies and 20 partner
organizations with a view to further strengthening the capacity of parliaments to
perform their functions;
22.
Calls upon
United Nations country teams to develop, within their
mandates and at the request of national authorities, a more 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;
23.
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;
24.
Encourages
the Secretary-General to include members of parliament,
particularly from the developing countries, in multi-stakeholder high-level advisory
groups as well as in mediation teams and other such exercises where a multiplicity of
perspectives can help to ensure fair and lasting solutions to specific challenges;
25.
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;
26.
Encourages
the United Nations system to reflect more systematically the
role and contribution of parliaments in its reports and draft strategic plans;
27.
Recalls
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;
28.
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-ninth 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 pa rliaments,
the United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union to increase the representation
and participation of women in parliaments.
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