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view to promoting post-conflict reconstruction and development, as well as the
consolidation of peace, with full respect for human rights and the rule of law;
19. Welcomes the contribution of the Council of Europe to the Sixth
Committee of the General Assembly and the International Law Commission;
20. Recognizes the role of the revised European Social Charter and of the
European Committee of Social Rights in protecting economic and social rights,
notes the complementarities of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities 17 and the Council of Europe Disability Action Plan 2006–2015,
and confirms its support for cooperation between the two organizations in the social
and cultural fields, in particular with respect to the eradication of poverty, the
protection and promotion of the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities,
encouraging the integration of migrants and refugees, strengthening social cohesion,
the fight against maternal and child mortality, and ensuring protection of economic,
social and cultural rights for all;
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21. Notes the cooperation established between the Alliance of Civilizations
and the Council of Europe following their signature of a memorandum of
understanding on 29 September 2008 and the accession of the Alliance of
Civilizations to the Faro Platform, and encourages the United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization and the Alliance of Civilizations on the one
hand, and the Council of Europe and its North-South Centre on the other, to pursue
their developing and fruitful collaboration in the field of intercultural dialogue;
22. Also notes the cooperation between the Council of Europe and the United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in the field of education,
and encourages the extension of this cooperation, which should continue to focus on
the role of education in developing just and humane societies characterized by the
participation of individuals and the ability of individuals and societies to conduct
intercultural dialogue, as well as on the encouragement of the diversity of cultural
expressions;
23. Requests the Secretaries-General of the United Nations and the Council
of Europe to combine their efforts in seeking answers to global challenges, within
their respective mandates, and calls upon all relevant United Nations bodies to
support the enhancement of cooperation with the Council of Europe, as appropriate,
in the areas mentioned above as well as in other fields such as youth, sport,
biodiversity, health and disaster risk reduction, with regard to which fruitful
cooperation is already taking place;
24. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session
the sub-item entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Council of
Europe”, and requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at
its sixty-seventh session a report on cooperation between the United Nations and the
Council of Europe in implementation of the present resolution.
64th plenary meeting
13 December 2010
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