AKIPRESS.COM - The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has adopted a resolution on cooperation between the UN and the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), the CSTO said on its website.
"At the 79th session on November 18, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on cooperation between the United Nations and the Collective Security Treaty Organization," the Eurasian alliance said.
According to it, the UNGA invited the UN chief to hold regular consultations with the CSTO secretary general at bilateral meetings and forums of various formats.
"The document stresses that the CSTO is making a significant practical contribution to strengthening its peacekeeping potential and the system of regional security and stability, countering terrorism and organized transnational crime, combating illicit trafficking in drugs and weapons, irregular migration and trafficking in human beings and eliminating the consequences of natural and man-made disasters, which contributes to the realization of the goals and principles of the United Nations," the CSTO added.
The alliance also said that the two organizations would continue to work together toward implementing the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy consistently and comprehensively. Also, the CSTO and the UN will explore ways to boost interaction in peacekeeping.