VOTING INSTRUCTION ON WWII COMMEMORATION AND CSTO

UNCLAS STATE 018392 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: UNSC PREL RS SUBJECT: VOTING INSTRUCTION ON WWII COMMEMORATION AND CSTO COOPERATION UNGA RESOLUTIONS ¶1. (U) This is an action request: The Department authorizes USUN to join consensus and co-sponsor the UN General Assembly resolution in paragraph 2. USUN is authorized to join consensus on the UN General Assembly resolution in paragraph 3, but may not co-sponsor. The Department understands that both resolutions are scheduled for adoption on March 1, 2010. Post should seek additional guidance from the Department if there are any additional substantive changes to the resolution texts. ¶2. (U) Begin text of World War II commemoration resolution: Sixty-fifth anniversary of the end of the Second World War The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 59/26 of 22 November 2004, in which it, inter alia, declared 8 and 9 May as a time of remembrance and reconciliation, Recalling that 2010 will mark the sixty-fifth anniversary of the end of the Second World War, a war which brought untold sorrow to mankind, Stressing that this historic event established the conditions for the creation of the United Nations, designed to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, Calling upon the States Members of the United Nations to unite their efforts in dealing with new challenges and threats, with the United Nations playing a central role, and to make every effort to settle all disputes by peaceful means in conformity with the Charter of the United Nations and in such a manner that international peace and security are not endangered, Underlining the progress made since the end of the Second World War in overcoming its legacy and towards establishing reconciliation, international and regional cooperation and the promotion of democratic values, human rights and regional cooperation and the promotion of democratic values, human rights and fundamental freedoms, in particular through the United Nations, and the establishment of regional organizations and other appropriate frameworks, ¶1. Invites all Member States, organizations of the United Nations system, non-governmental organizations and individuals to observe these days in an appropriate manner to pay tribute to all victims of the Second World War; ¶2. Requests the President of the General Assembly to hold a special solemn meeting of the General Assembly in the second week of May 2010 in commemoration of all victims of the war; ¶3. Requests the Secretary-General to bring the present resolution to the attention of all Member States and organizations of the United Nations system and to take measures necessary for its implementation. ¶3. (U) Begin text of resolution on cooperation between the UN and the CSTO: Cooperation between the United Nations and the Collective Security Treaty Organization The General Assembly, Referring to its resolution 59/50 of 2 December 2004, in which it accorded the Collective Security Treaty Organization observer status in the General Assembly, Referring also to the Articles of the Charter of the United Nations which encourage measures for regional cooperation to advance the purposes and principles of the United Nations, Welcoming the efforts of the Secretary-General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization to strengthen the role of that organization in the attainment of objectives consistent with the purposes of the United Nations, Referring to Security Council resolution 1631 (2005) of 17 October 2005, in which the Security Council calls on regional organizations to improve coordination with the United Nations, and to the Declarations of the General Assembly of 9 December 1994 and 17 February 1995, on the strengthening and improvement of maintaining cooperation between the United Nations and regional organizations in international peace and security, Emphasizing that the growing contribution by regional organizations to cooperation with the United Nations can usefully supplement the Organization,s activity for the maintenance of international peace and security, ¶1. Takes note of the activity of the Collective Security Treaty Organization for the development of regional cooperation in such areas as the strengthening of regional security and stability, peacemaking, counter-terrorism, combating illegal trafficking in narcotics and arms, countering organized transnational crime and human trafficking and combating natural man-made disasters, which contributes to the attainment of the purposes and principles at the United Nations; ¶2. Notes the importance of strengthening dialogue, cooperation and coordination between the United Nations system and the Collective Security Treaty Organization and invites the Secretary-General of the United Nations to engage, to this end, in regular consultations with the Collective Security Treaty Organization, utilizing for this purpose the appropriate inter-institutional forums and formats, including the annual consultations between the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the heads of regional organizations; ¶3. Invites the specialized components of the United Nations systems, such as the Department of Political Affairs, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the Counter-Terrorism Committee and its Executive Directorate, to cooperate with the Collective Security Treaty Organization and develop direct contacts with it for the joint implementation of programmes aimed at the attainment of their objectives; ¶4. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution; ¶5. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-fifth session a sub-item entitled &Cooperation between the United Nations and the Collective Security Treaty Organization.8 CLINTON