A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/53/195 18 February 1999 Fifty-third session Agenda item 96 (b) RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [on the report of the Second Committee (A/53/611)] 53/195. United Nations Institute for Training and Research The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 47/227 of 8 April 1993, 48/207 of 21 December 1993, 49/125 of 19 December 1994, 50/121 of 20 December 1995, 51/188 of 16 December 1996 and 52/206 of 18 December 1997, Having considered the report of the Secretary-General1 and the report of the Executive Director of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research on the activities of the Institute,2 Welcoming the successful restructuring of the Institute and the recent progress made by the Institute in its various programmes and activities, including the improved cooperation that has been established with other organizations of the United Nations system and with regional and national institutions, Noting the relevant recommendations of the Joint Inspection Unit in its report entitled “Training institutions in the United Nations system: programmes and activities”,3 1 A/53/534. 2 Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-third Session, Supplement No. 14 (A/53/14). 3 A/52/559, annex. 99-76885 /...