A/RES/51/57 Page 2 Commissioner for National Minorities, crisis management, arms control and disarmament, post-crisis stabilization and rehabilitation measures, and its efforts in supporting the economic dimension, as well as its crucial role in the human dimension, Welcoming the meeting held on 15 and 16 February 1996 on the invitation of the Secretary-General between the United Nations and the regional and other organizations, and noting the importance of continuing and further developing the practice of convening such meetings, 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 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, which, as such, complements the mutually reinforcing efforts of other European and transatlantic institutions and organizations in this field; 4. 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 elections held on 14 September 1996; (b) The monitoring, together with other international organizations, of the development of human rights standards; (c) The support offered to the Human Rights Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina; (d) The agreements concluded under its auspices on confidence- and security-building measures, as well as on subregional arms control; 3 A/51/489 and Add.1. 4 A/50/790-S/1995/999; see Official Records of the Security Council, Fiftieth Year, Supplement for October, November and December 1995, document S/1995/999. /...