United Nations University

A/RES/53/194View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 96a United Nations University, published in 1999.

What other versions does this mandate have?

24 versions · 1974–2007

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/61/216

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2007	A/RES/61/216	United Nations University	941	21%Compare
2005	A/RES/59/253	United Nations University	593	56%Compare
2003	A/RES/57/267	United Nations University	491	23%Compare
2001	A/RES/55/206	United Nations University	916	34%Compare
1999	A/RES/53/194	United Nations University	869	50%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

8 subjects

Budget Contributions Capacity Building Coordination Within UN System Cost Effectiveness Fellowships Funds Information Dissemination Training and Research Institutions

What’s in this document?

11 operative paragraphs

Welcomes the completion of the review of the United Nations University carried out by the Joint Inspection Unit and the internal assessment conducted by an ad hoc committee of the Council of the University and the comments of the Secretary-General on the report of the Joint Inspection Unit;

Takes note with appreciation of the steps taken by the Council and the Rector of the United Nations University to promote the work and the visibility of the University, particularly among Member States, the United Nations and its agencies, through such measures as organizing a series of public forums for the purpose of disseminating the results of its research, and requests them to intensify such efforts further;

Welcomes the progress made by the University in contributing to the work of the United Nations, and requests the Council and the Rector to continue intensifying their efforts to improve the University’s interaction and communication with other relevant bodies of the United Nations system and to continue their efforts to avoid unnecessary duplication of work within the system;

Requests the Council and the Rector to enhance further coordination and complementarity between the University’s research and training centres and its programmes, keeping in mind the relevant recommendations of the Joint Inspection Unit in its report entitled “Training institutions in the United Nations system: programmes and activities”;⁶

⁶A/52/559, annex.

Recognizes the importance of creating linkages, collaboration and cooperation with other research institutions and universities in developing countries to facilitate the exchange of experience and best practices so as to mainstream the perspective of developing countries in the activities of the University;

Requests the Secretary-General, in this connection, to continue his consideration of innovative measures to improve interaction and communication between the University and other relevant bodies of the United Nations system and to ensure that the work of the University is taken into account in all relevant activities of the system, taking into account General Assembly resolution 51/187 of 16 December 1996, so that the United Nations system may draw more extensively upon the work of the University, and to submit a report thereon to the Assembly at its fifty-fifth session;

Welcomes the intention of the University to strengthen its policy-analysis and capacity-building activities in conjunction with the continuation of fundamental research and reflection in the strategic plan now being developed by the University for 1999–2002;

Requests the Secretary-General to encourage the further participation of the University in the work of the United Nations, and also requests him, taking into account resolution 51/187, to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-fifth session on such further participation of the University in the activities of the Administrative Committee on Coordination and its subsidiary machinery, as well as through other existing structures and modalities for communication, interaction and synergy;

Urges the University, in its allocation of fellowships, to increase the number of researchers from developing countries, thereby enabling them to benefit from the knowledge, expertise and skills of the University and enhance capacity-building efforts in developing countries, particularly in educational and research institutions;

Requests the Council and the Rector, taking into account resolution 51/187, to continue to make further efforts to ensure the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of the activities of the University, as well as its financial transparency and accountability, to intensify efforts to augment its Endowment Fund and to find innovative ways to mobilize operating contributions and other programme and project support;

Invites the international community to make voluntary contributions to the University, including its research and training centres and programmes, and in particular to its Endowment Fund.

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