On September 5, 2025, the United Nations General Assembly, during its seventy-ninth session, adopted the resolution entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO)”. The resolution highlights the importance of strengthening collaboration between the United Nations and ECO in addressing challenges and advancing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The resolution encompasses various dimensions of the UN-ECO relationship and provides a comprehensive framework for enhancing cooperation with the UN system, including its specialized agencies, funds, and programmes. Covering a wide range of areas relevant to ECO, the resolution focuses on trade, transport, energy, agriculture, industry, human resource development, and tourism.
The document recognizes ECO’s efforts in promoting regional connectivity, clean energy, and sustainable development, as outlined in ECO Vision 2025 and various declarations adopted at high-level summits and ministerial meetings. It also encourages international financial and specialized institutions to expand their cooperation with ECO, particularly in implementing regional transport corridors, digitized transit systems, and clean energy projects.
Granted observer status in the United Nations General Assembly in October 1993, ECO has been actively participating in the UN’s annual sessions at its headquarters in New York. The adoption of this resolution reaffirms the growing partnership between the United Nations and ECO, paving the way for stronger collaboration in achieving shared objectives for regional socioeconomic progress and sustainable development.
