United Nations Institute for Training and Research

A/RES/59/252View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 92a United Nations Institute for Training and Research, published in 2005.

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?

13 subjects

Coordination Within UN System Debt Management Experts Field Offices Financial Assistance Funds Geographical Distribution Partnership Report Preparation Research Support Costs 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 work 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 the training-related research activities undertaken by the Institute within its mandate;

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;

Notes with appreciation the activities of the Institute’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific in Hiroshima, Japan, during its first year of existence;

Welcomes the establishment of the Institute’s Project Field Office in Dushanbe;

Requests the Board of Trustees of the Institute to continue to ensure fair and equitable 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 and the management of international affairs;

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;

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;

Notes with appreciation the one-time provision to cancel the Institute’s past debts decided upon in section XIV of General Assembly resolution 58/272 of 23 December 2003;

Stresses the need for continued consideration of the issues related to the Institute’s rent, rental rates and maintenance costs, taking into account its financial situation, with a view to its expeditious resolution;

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 to further increasing the contributions to the General Fund;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixtieth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution, including details on the status of contributions to and the financial situation of the Institute, and decides to consider the issue of the periodicity of the agenda item entitled “Training and research” at its sixtieth session.

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