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terrorism and money-laundering, as well as in the protection of the rights of victims
of such crimes, and recalls that the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime
and the Additional Protocol thereto, the recently adopted Council of Europe
Convention on the Counterfeiting of Medical Products and Similar Crimes
Involving Threats to Public Health, as well as several other relevant Council of
Europe conventions, are open for accession by all States;
20. Welcomes and supports the cooperation between the respective
mechanisms concerning the prevention of and the fight against corruption, notably
by reviewing and mutually reinforcing the implementation of international
anti-corruption standards;
21. Welcomes the commitment of the Council of Europe to the promotion of
the implementation of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy 7 and
the collaboration between their respective mechanisms regarding the fight against
terrorism, including the financing of terrorism, in full respect of human rights and
the rule of law, and recalls that the Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention
of Terrorism and Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of
the Proceeds from Crime and on the Financing of Terrorism are open for accession
by all States;
22. Also welcomes the continued cooperation of the Council of Europe,
where appropriate and in accordance with international drug control conventions,
with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the International Narcotics
Control Board in the fight against drug abuse and drug trafficking, and notes the
role played by the Pompidou Group in this regard;
23. Further welcomes the contribution of the Council of Europe to the Sixth
Committee of the General Assembly and the International Law Commission;
24. 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;
25. 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;
26. 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;
27. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-ninth session,
under the item entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and regional and
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