In the context of ongoing efforts to enhance cooperation with regional organizations, the General Assembly in its resolution 49/15 of 15 November 1994 welcomed the decision of the secretariats of the United Nations and OIC to develop mechanisms of cooperation in the political field. Consultations to that end have been initiated between the two secretariats over the past year. The two Organizations have also had increased consultations during the past year with regard to a number of important regional political issues, such as Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Somalia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The recent accordance of observer status to OIC in the United Nations-sponsored inter-Tajik talks reflects the increasing interaction between the two Organizations in the political field. The Coordination Meeting of the focal points of the United Nations system and OIC and its specialized institutions, which took place at Geneva in June, also adopted a number of important decisions to consolidate and rationalize cooperation between the two Organizations in nine mutually agreed priority areas of cooperation.
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