UN General Assembly adopts resolution on cooperation between UN and CSTO

22-11-2016

On November 21, 2016 the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Belarus to the United Nations, Andrei Dapkiunas, presented at the meeting of the UN General Assembly the draft resolution “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Collective Security Treaty Organization”. This resolution was adopted at the session of the UN General Assembly by consensus.

Work on the harmonization and adoption of the resolution held in Belarus as the country presiding in the CSTO. The authors of the document were also all the other CSTO member states — Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan.

In his statement, A.Dapkiunas noted that the CSTO as a multifunctional structure has become an important partner of the international community in the promotion of peace and security, and responding to current challenges and threats.

The resolution welcomes the contribution of the CSTO to a number of areas of international cooperation in support of the UN objectives and principles. This concerns issues such as countering terrorism and transnational organized crime, fight against illicit trafficking in drugs and weapons, illegal migration and human trafficking, combating natural and man-made disasters. Additionally, the document emphasizes the development of the CSTO peacekeeping potential.

On all these issues the CSTO is ready to initiate multilateral cooperation mechanisms. During the Presidency in the CSTO, Belarus intends to propose a number of concrete ideas for cooperation between the UN and the CSTO on the basis of provisions of the resolution adopted by the General Assembly.

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