United Nations Institute for Training and Research

A/RES/56/208View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 104 Training and research, published in 2002.

What other versions does this mandate have?

49 versions · 1966–2008

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/62/210

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2008	A/RES/62/210	United Nations Institute for Training and Research	798	45%Compare
2006	A/RES/60/213	United Nations Institute for Training and Research	839	71%Compare
2005	A/RES/59/252	United Nations Institute for Training and Research	792	60%Compare
2004	A/RES/58/223	United Nations Institute for Training and Research	671	48%Compare
2003	A/RES/57/268	United Nations Institute for Training and Research	521	46%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

6 reports · 2002–2009

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2009	E/2009/57	United Nations Institute for Training and Research report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/62/210
2008	E/2008/72	United Nations Institute for Training and Research report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/62/210
2007	A/62/377	United Nations Institute for Training and Research report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/60/213
2005	A/60/304	United Nations Institute for Training and Research report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/59/252
2003	A/59/230	United Nations Institute for Training and Research report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/58/223

What subjects does this mandate have?

11 subjects

Capacity Building Cooperation Between Organizations Costs Developed Countries Experts Geographical Distribution Maintenance and Repair Partnership Rental Housing Training and Research Institutions Training Programmes

What’s in this document?

12 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms the importance of a coordinated, United Nations system-wide approach to research and training based on an effective coherent strategy and an effective division of labour among the relevant institutions and bodies;

Also reaffirms the relevance of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research in view of the growing importance of training within the United Nations and the training requirements of States and the relevance of training-related research activities undertaken by the Institute within its mandate;

Stresses the need for the Institute to strengthen further its cooperation with other United Nations institutes and relevant national, regional and international institutes;

Welcomes the progress made in building partnerships between the Institute and other organizations and bodies of the United Nations system with respect to their training programmes, and in this context underlines the need to develop further and to expand the scope of those partnerships, in particular at the country level;

Requests the Board of Trustees of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research to continue to ensure fair geographical distribution and transparency in the preparation of the programmes and in the employment of experts, and in this regard stresses that the courses of the Institute should focus primarily on development issues;

Renews its appeal to all Governments, in particular those of developed countries, and to private institutions that have not yet contributed financially or otherwise to the Institute, to give it their generous financial and other support, and urges the States that have interrupted their voluntary contributions to consider resuming them in view of the successful restructuring and revitalization of the Institute;

Calls upon developed countries, which are increasingly participating in the training programmes conducted in New York and Geneva, to make contributions or consider increasing their contributions to the General Fund;

Encourages the Board of Trustees of the Institute to continue its efforts to resolve the critical financial situation of the Institute, in particular with a view to broadening its donor base and increasing the contributions made to the General Fund;

Also encourages the Board of Trustees to consider diversifying further the venues of the events organized by the Institute and to include the cities hosting regional commissions, in order to promote greater participation and reduce costs;

Requests the Secretary-General, in consultation with the Institute and United Nations funds and programmes, to continue to explore ways and means of systematically utilizing the Institute in the execution of training and capacity-building programmes for the economic and social development of developing countries;

Also requests the Secretary-General to clarify the reason why the United Nations Institute for Training and Research does not benefit from rental rates and maintenance costs similar to those enjoyed by other organizations affiliated with the United Nations, such as the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research and the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, and further requests the Secretary-General to submit proposals on how to waive or reduce the rental rates and maintenance costs charged to the United Nations Institute for Training and Research with a view to alleviating its current financial difficulties, which are aggravated by the current practice of charging commercial rates;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to it at its fifty-seventh session on the implementation of the present resolution, including details on the status of contributions to, and the financial situation of, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research, as well as on the use of its services by Member States.

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