A/RES/59/252
Reiterating that training activities should be accorded a more visible and larger
role in support of the management of international affairs and in the execution of the
economic and social development programmes of the United Nations system,
Reaffirms the importance of a coordinated United Nations system-wide
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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
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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;
Notes with appreciation the activities of the Institute’s Regional Office
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for Asia and the Pacific in Hiroshima, Japan, during its first year of existence;
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Welcomes the establishment of the Institute’s Project Field Office in
Dushanbe;
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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 to consider diversifying further the
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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
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past debts decided upon in section XIV of General Assembly resolution 58/272 of
23 December 2003;
10. 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;
11. 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;
12. 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,
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