The General Assembly,
Welcoming the declaration by the Heads of State or Government of the States participating in the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe 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,
Recalling 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, the Prague Document on Further Development of the Institutions and Structures of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, the Vienna Document 1992 on Confidence- and Security-Building Measures and the Helsinki Document 1992,
Noting the role that the Conference plays in promoting democratic values and institutions and human rights, the development of the capabilities of the Conference in early warning, conflict prevention, conflict management and security cooperation, including peace-keeping and initiatives in the Conference for further enhancing mechanisms for the peaceful settlement of disputes, and other developments in the Conference process,
Noting also that the new tasks before the Conference require enhanced coordination and cooperation with international organizations, in particular the United Nations,
1. Stresses the need for enhanced cooperation and coordination between the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe and the United Nations;
2. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its forty-eighth session a report on cooperation and coordination between the United Nations and the Conference;
3. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its forty-eighth session an item entitled "Cooperation between the United Nations and the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe".
50th plenary meeting
28 October 1992 .
