UN to cooperate with CSTO: General Assembly adopts resolution

PanARMENIAN.Net - The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on cooperation with the Collective Security Treaty Organization during its 79th session. This was reported on Tuesday by the CSTO press service.

The document states that the CSTO makes a practical contribution to strengthening its peacekeeping potential and the system of regional security and stability, countering terrorism and organized transnational crime, combating illegal drug and arms trafficking, irregular migration and human trafficking, and eliminating the consequences of natural and man-made disasters, which is said to contribute to the implementation of the goals and principles of the world organization.

"The General Assembly has proposed that the UN Secretary General continue to hold regular consultations with the CSTO Secretary General within bilateral contacts and forums of various formats," the statement said.