A/RES/62/210
United Nations
Distr.: General
11 March 2008
General Assembly
Sixty-second session
Agenda item 60
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2007
[on the report of the Second Committee (A/62/425)]
62/210. United Nations Institute for Training and Research
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 51/188 of 16 December 1996, 52/206 of 18 December
1997, 53/195 of 15 December 1998, 54/229 of 22 December 1999, 55/208 of
20 December 2000, 56/208 of 21 December 2001, 57/268 of 20 December 2002,
58/223 of 23 December 2003, 59/252 of 22 December 2004 and 60/213 of
22 December 2005 and its decision 61/542 of 20 December 2006,
Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General, 1
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Acknowledging the work of the Board of Trustees of the United Nations
Institute for Training and Research on the functioning of the Institute,
Expressing its deep gratitude for the dedication and commitment, as well as
the accomplishments, of Mr. Marcel Boisard, Assistant Secretary-General and, for
fifteen years, Executive Director of the Institute,
Noting the continued progress made by the Institute in its various programmes
and activities, including the strengthened cooperation 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 the activities of the Institute have thus far been funded entirely
from voluntary contributions,
Noting also that, despite the growing need for training and capacity
development, voluntary contributions remain at a low level, putting at risk the
Institute’s core training courses that it delivers to diplomats and delegates accredited
to United Nations Headquarters in New York and to the United Nations Offices at
Geneva, Nairobi and Vienna,
Reiterating that training and capacity-development activities should be
accorded a more visible and larger role in support of the management of
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A/62/377.