United Nations
General Assembly
A/RES/55/206
Distr.: General
15 February 2001
Fifty-fifth session
Agenda item 97
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
[on the report of the Second Committee (A/55/584)]
55/206. United Nations University
The General Assembly,
Reaffirming its previous resolutions on the United Nations University,
including resolution 53/194 of 15 December 1998,
Having considered the report of the Council of the United Nations University, 1
as presented by the Rector of the University on 31 October 2000, and the report of
the Secretary-General, 2
Bearing in mind the need to continue to ensure a coordinated, system-wide
approach to training and training-related research issues and to continue to pursue a
coherent strategy for building on common fields of interest and complementarities
among the various training and research institutions in the United Nations system,
Expressing its deep appreciation for the voluntary contributions made to date
by Governments and other public and private entities in support of the University,
Noting with satisfaction that, since its creation twenty-five years ago, the
University has developed a distinctive identity in the United Nations system and the
international academic and scientific community,
1.
Welcomes the adoption by the Governing Council of the United Nations
University of the “Strategic Plan, 2000: Advancing Knowledge for Human Security
and Development”, which has a programmatic focus on research, policy studies,
capacity-building and dissemination of information in the two thematic areas of
peace and governance and environment and sustainable development, in line with
the priority concerns of the United Nations;
2.
Takes note with appreciation of the steps taken by the Council and the
Rector of the University to promote the work and the visibility of the University, in
particular 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 further intensify such efforts;
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Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-fifth Session, Supplement No. 31 (A/55/31).
A/55/412.