A/RES/52/22 Page 2 Recalling the special ties between the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and the Mediterranean Partners for Cooperation, Underlining the continued importance of enhanced coordination and cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, 1. Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General;3 2. Also welcomes the further improvement of cooperation and coordination in the past year, as well as progress in common work in the field between the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe; 3. Further welcomes the Summit Declaration and the decisions adopted by the heads of State or Government of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe on 3 December 1996 at Lisbon, in particular the Lisbon Declaration on a Common and Comprehensive Security Model for Europe for the Twenty-first Century, including the decision to define in a platform for cooperative security modalities for cooperation between the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and other security organizations, and the ongoing work within the framework of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, as well as the commitment of participating States to consider developing a charter on European security on the basis of the Lisbon Declaration; 4. Notes with appreciation decision 193 of 5 November 1997 of the Permanent Council of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to establish, under the aegis of the Permanent Council, a representative on freedom of the media of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe; 5. Also notes with appreciation decision 194 of 5 November 1997 of the Permanent Council of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to establish within the secretariat of that organization the position of a coordinator of economic and environmental activities, which, inter alia, will enhance interaction by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe with relevant international economic organizations, financial institutions and organizations active in the environmental field; 6. Commends the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe for the fulfilment, in cooperation with the United Nations, of the role assigned to it by the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the annexes thereto4 (collectively the "Peace Agreement"), in particular for: (a) The successful supervision of the preparation and the conduct of the municipal elections on 13 and 14 September 1997; (b) The monitoring, together with other international organizations, of the development of human rights standards; (c) The agreements concluded under its auspices on confidence-building and security-building measures, as well as on subregional arms control; 3 A/52/450. 4 A/50/790-S/1995/999. For the final text, see Official Records of the Security Council, Fiftieth Year, Supplement for October, November and December 1995, document S/1995/999. /...