United Nations Institute for Training and Research

A/RES/62/210View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 60 Training and research : United Nations Institute for Training and Research, published in 2008.

What other versions does this mandate have?

49 versions · 1966–2008

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?

15 subjects

Budget Contributions Capacity Building Coordination Within UN System Costs Developed Countries Experts Financial Resources Gender Research Geographical Distribution Local Government Partnership Private Enterprises Recruitment Training and Research Institutions Training Programmes

What’s in this document?

14 operative paragraphs

Notes the strategic reforms introduced by the new Executive Director of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research, and endorsed by its Board of Trustees, for the Institute to be a centre of excellence;

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 Institute, in view of the growing importance of training and capacity development within the United Nations and the training requirements of States and local authorities, and the relevance of capacity development-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 and capacity-development 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 to continue to ensure fair and equitable geographic 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;

Reiterates the importance of using objective, impartial and scientific course materials, compatible with the objectives and priorities of the United Nations, and expects a better screening of the course materials utilized by the Institute;

Urges the Board of Trustees to complete expeditiously the implementation of the remaining recommendation made by the Board of Auditors in respect of the biennium 2002–2003, while appreciating the work done thus far;³

³See A/60/113, annex, sect. IV.G.

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 strategic reforms;

Encourages the Board of Trustees to continue its efforts to resolve the financial situation of the Institute, in particular with a view to broadening its donor base, and seeking more predictable and adequate support from Member States for its activities, in particular its core training activities;

Decides to streamline the reporting arrangements of the Institute through:

Consolidation of the reports of the Secretary-General and the Executive Director of the Institute;

Submission of the new consolidated report of the Secretary-General to the Economic and Social Council rather than to the General Assembly;

Establishment of a biennial reporting cycle starting from 2009;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the Economic and Social Council at its substantive session of 2008 a report on the implementation of the present resolution, including details on its financial implications, and the status of contributions to and the financial situation of the Institute.

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