United Nations Educational and Training Programme for Southern Africa

A/RES/50/131View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 34 United Nations Educational and Training Programme for Southern Africa, published in 1996.

What other versions does this mandate have?

27 versions · 1969–1996

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1996	A/RES/50/131	United Nations Educational and Training Programme for Southern Africa	548	25%Compare
1994	A/RES/49/17	United Nations Educational and Training Programme for Southern Africa	581	29%Compare
1994	A/RES/48/160	United Nations Educational and Training Programme for Southern Africa	683	59%Compare
1993	A/RES/47/117	United Nations Educational and Training Programme for Southern Africa	809	—
1992	A/RES/46/80	United Nations Educational and Training Programme for Southern Africa	—	—

What subjects does this mandate have?

12 subjects

Administration Authority Decision-Making Development Assistance Educational Assistance Institution Building Programme Management Resources Mobilization Socially Disadvantaged Persons South Africa Training Programmes Trust Funds

What’s in this document?

13 operative paragraphs

Endorses the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Educational and Training Programme for Southern Africa;

Agrees with the recommendation of the Advisory Committee on the United Nations Educational and Training Programme for Southern Africa that the Programme be extended for three to five years beyond April 1994;³

³Ibid., para. 27.

Decides, for the purpose of integrating the goals of the Programme with the overall multilateral development programmes of the United Nations Development Programme, to transfer, no later than 1 May 1996, management of the Programme and its funds and decision-making authority to the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme through the Executive Board of the Development Programme which will be entrusted with the following:

To continue the United Nations Educational and Training Programme for Southern Africa Trust Fund as an identifiable entity for three to five years beyond April 1994;

To undertake fund-raising and mobilization of resources for the Programme;

To monitor and review the Programme;

Also decides to endorse the activities of the Programme, and requests the United Nations Development Programme to continue to place the primary focus of the Programme on human resource development aimed at capacity- and institution-building by contributing to South Africa's human resources during this critical period of development through:

Expanding arrangements for co-sponsored training for the disadvantaged majority in sectors previously neglected;

Continuing to utilize the catalyst function of the Programme by expanding the co-sponsorship and job-placement arrangements with corporations, non-governmental organizations and educational institutions;

Recommends administrative streamlining with the objective of strengthening the office of the Programme in South Africa;

Endorses the recommendation that the Advisory Committee should be discontinued;⁴

⁴Ibid., para. 32.

Expresses its appreciation to the Governments that have supported the Programme and to the organizations and agencies that have cooperated with it;

Expresses its gratitude to the Secretary-General and the staff of the United Nations Educational and Training Programme for Southern Africa and

to the Advisory Committee for their persistent efforts, and congratulates them for their outstanding achievements since the start of the Programme.

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