International University

A/RES/2691(XXV)View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1971.

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2 versions · 1970–1971

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1971	A/RES/2691(XXV)	International university	662	11%Compare
1970	A/RES/2573(XXIV)	International university	172	–

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4 subjects

Cooperation Between Organizations Groups of Experts Inter-Agency Cooperation Universities and Colleges

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10 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the question of the establishment of an international university,110 as well as the report of the Director- General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization presented to the General Conference at its sixteenth session and General Conference resolution 1.242, and the report of the Board of Trustees of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research;111

Invites the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organj.zation to undertake, in co-operation with the United Nations organizations concerned and the university community throughout the world, studies of the educational, financial and organizational aspects of an international university, as recommended in General Conference resolution 1.242;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue his consultations and studies, in close co-operation with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research, relating to the problems which are primarily of concern to the United Nations in the context of the establishment of an international university, taking into account:

The studies carried out by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization;

( b) The comments and observations, including suggested optional models of an international university, made at the twenty-fifth session of the General Assembly;

( c) The preliminary views and proposals of Governments to be submitted under paragraph 4 below;

Invites Governments of Member States to submit to the Secretary-General, by the end of May 1971, their preliminary views and proposals on an international university, including their possible contribution to such a university, should it be established;

Authorizes the Secretary-General to set up in due course a Panel of Experts on the Establishment of an International University, for the purpose of assisting him in his further consultations and studies on this question, consisting of:

Ten experts nominated by the Governments of Member States to be designated by the President of the General Assembly;112

Five experts to be designated by the Secretary- General in consultation with the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the Executive Director of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research;

Takes note of the fact that the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization are arranging to conduct the relevant studies in such a manner as to be complementary to each other;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its twenty-sixth session, through IIO Ibid., Twenty-fifth Session, Annexes, agenda item 44, document A/8182.

111 Ibid., annexes II, IV and V.

112 The President of the General Assembly designated the following Member States: Argentina, Austria, Costa Rica, Prance, India, Japan, Senegal, Sierra Leone, United Arab Republic and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Reaolutlon1 adopted on the reporh of the Seeond Committee the Economic and Social Council, a report on the studies undertaken in pursuance of the present resolution, together with any recommendations, so that the Assembly may take decisions on the question of the establishment of an international university at the earliest possible date.

11 December 1970.

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