A/RES/77/319
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
2 August 2023
Seventy-seventh session
Agenda item 126
Strengthening of the United Nations system
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 25 July 2023
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/77/L.88)]
77/319.
Supporting the United Nations International School in enhancing
international education and promoting multicultural interaction
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 1102 (XI) of 27 February 1957, 1228 (XII) of
14 December 1957, 2003 (XIX) of 10 February 1965 and 2612 (XXIV) of
16 December 1969 relating to the location, construction and funding of the permanent
accommodation of the United Nations International School, as well as its resoluti on
63/198 of 18 December 2008, on the occasion of the sixtieth anniversary of the
School,
Noting that the School, which was first established on the premises of the United
Nations at Lake Success in 1947, is commemorating its seventy-fifth anniversary,
Noting also, as stated in its by-laws, that the “purposes of the School shall be to
establish, operate and maintain, under the auspices of the United Nations, a school to
promote and provide an international education conforming to the spirit and
principles contained in the Charter of the United Nations for the children of persons
officially connected with the United Nations, as well as for the children of other
persons desirous of obtaining a similar education for their children and to promote
educational activities of international character”,
Noting further the role of the School as a factor in the recruitment and retention
of international staff of the United Nations,
Recognizing that the School continues to make an indispensable contribution to
the United Nations community by providing outstanding international education to
successive generations of children from that community and others,
Recognizing also the high academic standards that the School has established as
a premier international school recognized for its leadership in multicultural and
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