The role of cooperatives in the light of new economic and social trends.

Recommends that the General Assembly proclaim an international day of cooperatives to be observed on the 1st Saturday in July 1995, marking the centenary of the International Cooperative Alliance; encourages Governments to consider fully the potential of cooperatives for contributing to the solution of economic, social and environmental problems; invites the specialized agencies that have a substantial interest in cooperatives, as well as other organizations, and other concerned international organizations of cooperatives that are not yet members of the Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives, to become members in order to ensure its effectiveness by their contribution of appropriate resources; recommends that the General Assembly request the Secretary-General to maintain and increase the support provided by UN to the programmes and objectives of the international cooperative movement.

Adopted without vote, 41st meeting

Adopted at the 41st plenary meeting, 30 July 1992.
In: Resolutions and decisions adopted by the Economic and Social Council at its substantive session of 1992, New York, 29 June-31 July and 18 August 1992. - E/1992/INF/7. - 27 Aug. 1992. - p. 75-76. - Issued in ESCOR, 1992, Suppl. no. 1.