United Nations General Assembly A/RES/55/208 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)] 55/208. United Nations Institute for Training and Research The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 49/125 of 19 December 1994, 50/121 of 20 December 1995, 51/188 of 16 December 1996, 52/206 of 18 December 1997, 53/195 of 15 December 1998 and 54/229 of 22 December 1999, Having considered the reports of the Secretary-General 1 and the Executive Director of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research, 2 Welcoming the efforts made towards consolidation of the restructuring process 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, Expressing its appreciation to the Governments and private institutions that have made or pledged financial and other contributions to the Institute, Noting that contributions to the General Fund have not increased and that the participation of the developed countries in training programmes in New York and Geneva is increasing, Noting also that the bulk of the resources contributed to the Institute are directed to the Special Purpose Grants Fund rather than to the General Fund, and stressing the need to address that unbalanced situation, Noting further that the Institute receives no subsidy from the United Nations regular budget, that it provides training programmes to all Member States free of charge and that similar United Nations institutions based at Geneva are not charged rent or maintenance costs, 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, 1 2 00 57163 A/55/510. Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-fifth Session, Supplement No. 14 (A/55/14).