The UN General Assembly on Tuesday adopted a resolution aimed at the development of cooperation between the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) and the United Nations. This document co-authors of which are all CSTO member states (Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan) was presented at the UN General Assembly meeting by Russia’s delegation.

The document emphasises “the importance of the strengthening of the dialogue, cooperation and coordination between the UN system and CSTO.” It also contains an appeal to specialised bodies of the UN system, “such as the Department for Political Affairs of the UN Secretariat, UN Office on Drugs and Crime, Counterterrorism Committee and its Executive Directorate, to cooperate and develop direct contacts with the CSTO aimed at the attainment of their goals.”

Presenting the draft resolution Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin noted that since 2004 the CSTO has the status of observer in the UN General Assembly, and on January 16, 2008 the Agreement on the peacekeeping activity of this organisation came into force.