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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 trainingrelated research activities undertaken by the Institute within its mandate;
Welcomes the progress made in building partnerships between the
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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;
Also welcomes the establishment of the Institute’s Hiroshima Office for
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Asia and the Pacific in Hiroshima, Japan;
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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;
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countries,
otherwise
urges the
resuming
Institute;
Renews its appeal to all Governments, in particular those of developed
and to private institutions that have not yet contributed financially or
to the Institute, to give it their generous financial and other support, and
States that have interrupted their voluntary contributions to consider
them in view of the successful restructuring and revitalization of the
Encourages the Board of Trustees of the Institute to continue its efforts
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to resolve the critical financial situation of the Institute, in particular with a view to
broadening its donor base and to increasing the contributions to the General Fund;
Also encourages the Board of Trustees to consider diversifying further
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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;
10. Stresses the need to take action to resolve expeditiously the issues related
to the Institute’s rent, debt, rental rates and maintenance costs, taking into account
its financial situation, and welcomes the consideration of those issues by the Fifth
Committee;
11. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its
fifty-ninth 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.
78th plenary meeting
23 December 2003
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