A/RES/54/229 Page 3 11. Notes with appreciation the services rendered by the Executive Director of the Institute in the light of the challenges emanating from the increased responsibilities encountered by his office; 12. Renews its call to the Secretary-General to continue to explore all possible ways and means to provide additional facilities to the Institute for maintaining its offices and for conducting programmes and training courses that are provided at no cost to States and to their representatives accredited to United Nations offices in New York, Nairobi, Geneva and Vienna; 13. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-fifth session on the implementation of the present resolution. 87th plenary meeting 22 December 1999