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16. Fully supports the activities of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to achieve
a peaceful solution to the conflict in and around the Nagorny Karabakh region of Azerbaijan, and welcomes
cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in this
regard;
17. Welcomes the continued close cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization for
Security and Cooperation in Europe in Tajikistan, as well as the signing on 27 June 1997 of the General
Agreement on the Establishment of Peace and National Accord in Tajikistan,5 and calls upon the parties to
implement fully the General Agreement;
18. Requests the Secretary-General to continue exploring with the Chairman-in-Office and the SecretaryGeneral of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe possibilities for further enhancement of
cooperation, information exchange and coordination between the United Nations and the Organization for
Security and Cooperation in Europe, in accordance with Chapter VIII of the Charter of the United Nations
and on the basis of the framework for cooperation and coordination between the United Nations and the
Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe,1 signed on 26 May 1993, avoiding as much as possible
duplication and overlapping in those areas where both organizations have their own respective roles to play;
19. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-third session the item entitled "Cooperation
between the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe", and requests the
Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its fifty-third session a report on cooperation between
the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in implementation of the
present resolution.
55th plenary meeting
25 November 1997
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See A/52/219-S/1997/510, annex I. For the final text, see Official Records of the Security Council,
Fifty-second Year, Supplement for July, August and September 1997, document S/1997/510.