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UNCLAS STATE 018392 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: UNSC PREL RS
SUBJECT: VOTING INSTRUCTION ON WWII COMMEMORATION AND CSTO 
COOPERATION UNGA RESOLUTIONS 
 
 ¶1. (U) This is an action request:  The Department authorizes 
USUN to join consensus and co-sponsor the UN General Assembly 
resolution in paragraph 2.  USUN is authorized to join 
consensus on the UN General Assembly resolution in paragraph 
3, but may not co-sponsor.  The Department understands that 
both resolutions are scheduled for adoption on March 1, 2010. 
 Post should seek additional guidance from the Department if 
there are any additional substantive changes to the 
resolution texts. 
 
¶2. (U) Begin text of World War II commemoration resolution: 
 
Sixty-fifth anniversary of the end of the Second World War 
      The General Assembly, 
      Recalling its resolution 59/26 of 22 November 2004, in 
which it, inter alia, declared 8 and 9 May as a time of 
remembrance and reconciliation, 
      Recalling that 2010 will mark the sixty-fifth 
anniversary of the end of the Second World War, a war which 
brought untold sorrow to mankind, 
      Stressing that this historic event established the 
conditions for the creation of the United Nations, designed 
to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, 
      Calling upon the States Members of the United Nations 
to unite their efforts in dealing with new challenges and 
threats, with the United Nations playing a central role, and 
to make every effort to settle all disputes by peaceful means 
in conformity with the Charter of the United Nations and in 
such a manner that international peace and security are not 
endangered, 
      Underlining the progress made since the end of the 
Second World War in overcoming its legacy and towards 
establishing reconciliation, international and regional 
cooperation and the promotion of democratic values, human 
rights and regional cooperation and the promotion of 
democratic values, human rights and fundamental freedoms, in 
particular through the United Nations, and the establishment 
of regional organizations and other appropriate frameworks, 
      ¶1.    Invites all Member States, organizations of the 
United Nations system, non-governmental organizations and 
individuals to observe these days in an appropriate manner to 
pay tribute to all victims of the Second World War; 
¶2.    Requests the President of the General Assembly to hold 
a special solemn meeting of the General Assembly in the 
second week of May 2010 in commemoration of all victims of 
the war; 
¶3.     Requests the Secretary-General to bring the present 
resolution to the attention of all Member States and 
organizations of the United Nations system and to take 
measures necessary for its implementation. 
¶3. (U) Begin text of resolution on cooperation between the UN 
and the CSTO: 
 
Cooperation between the United Nations and the Collective 
Security Treaty Organization 
The General Assembly, 
Referring to its resolution 59/50 of 2 December 2004, in 
which it accorded the Collective Security Treaty Organization 
observer status in the General Assembly, 
Referring also to the Articles of the Charter of the United 
Nations which encourage measures for regional cooperation to 
advance the purposes and principles of the United Nations, 
Welcoming the efforts of the Secretary-General of the 
Collective Security Treaty Organization to strengthen the 
role of that organization in the attainment of objectives 
consistent with the purposes of the United Nations, 
Referring to Security Council resolution 1631 (2005) of 17 
October 2005, in which the Security Council calls on regional 
organizations to improve coordination with the United 
Nations, and to the Declarations of the General Assembly of 9 
December 1994 and 17 February 1995, on the strengthening and 
improvement of maintaining cooperation between the United 
Nations and regional organizations in international peace and 
security, 
Emphasizing that the growing contribution by regional 
organizations to cooperation with the United Nations can 
usefully supplement the Organization,s activity for the 
maintenance of international peace and security, 
¶1.    Takes note of the activity of the Collective Security 
Treaty Organization for the development of regional 
cooperation in such areas as the strengthening of regional 
security and stability, peacemaking, counter-terrorism, 
combating illegal trafficking in narcotics and arms, 
countering organized transnational crime and human 
trafficking and combating natural man-made disasters, which 
contributes to the attainment of the purposes and principles 
at the United Nations; 
¶2.    Notes the importance of strengthening dialogue, 
cooperation and coordination between the United Nations 
system and the Collective Security Treaty Organization and 
invites the Secretary-General of the United Nations to 
engage, to this end, in regular consultations with the 
Collective Security Treaty Organization, utilizing for this 
purpose the appropriate inter-institutional forums and 
formats, including the annual consultations between the 
Secretary-General of the United Nations and the heads of 
regional organizations; 
¶3.    Invites the specialized components of the United 
Nations systems, such as the Department of Political Affairs, 
the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the 
Counter-Terrorism Committee and its Executive Directorate, to 
cooperate with the Collective Security Treaty Organization 
and develop direct contacts with it for the joint 
implementation of programmes aimed at the attainment of their 
objectives; 
¶4.    Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General 
Assembly at its sixty-fifth session a report on the 
implementation of the present resolution; 
¶5.    Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its 
sixty-fifth session a sub-item entitled &Cooperation between 
the United Nations and the Collective Security Treaty 
Organization.8 
CLINTON