Calls upon Governments, the UN system and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations further to develop international cooperation in the humanitarian field; reiterates that international cooperation in the humanitarian field will facilitate better understanding, mutual respect, confidence and tolerance among countries and peoples, thus contributing to a more just and non-violent world; notes the need to identify humanitarian problems of the highest priority and to develop a universal strategy of action in the humanitarian field; invites Governments to promote, within existing mechanisms, regular exchanges of information and of national experience in addressing humanitarian problems; calls for the broadening of the concept of international cooperation in the humanitarian field through effective bilateral dialogue and activities pertaining to specific humanitarian issues; encourages the international community to contribute substantially and regularly to international humanitarian issues; invites all non-governmental organizations concerned with the humanitarian issues examined by the Independent Commission on Internatinal Humanitarian Issues and working with strictly humanitarian motives to bear in mind the recommendations and suggestions made in the report of the Independent Commission in the context of their policies and actions in the field.

Adopted without vote, 68th meeting

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Adopted at the 68th plenary meeting, 14 Dec. 1990.
In: Resolutions and decisions adopted by the General Assembly during its 45th session, Volume 1, 18 September-21 December 1990. - A/45/49. - 1991. - p. 184-185. - (GAOR, 45th sess., Suppl. no. 49).