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United Nations Institute for Training and Research (2003), para. 05
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- Noting with concern that contributions to the General Fund have not increased, while the participation of the developed countries in training programmes in New York and Geneva is increasing,
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- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Questions relating to informationInformation in the service of humanity (2017), para. 128
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- 92. Notes the continued growth of the United Nations Academic Impact, calls upon the Department of Public Information to promote global awareness of the Academic Impact in order to encourage balanced participation among Member States and their continued support for the initiative, within existing resources, and encourages Member States to promote the initiative among their academic institutions, as appropriate, with a view to their joining it, in accordance with General Assembly resolutions 70/93 A and B of 9 December 2015;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Pattern of conferences (2013), para. 121
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- 15. Requests the Secretary-General to make further concerted efforts to promote outreach programmes, such as traineeships and internships, and to introduce innovative methods to increase awareness of the programmes, including through partnerships with Member States, relevant international organizations and language institutions in all regions, in particular to close the wide gap in Africa and Latin America, and to report to the General Assembly thereon at its sixty-eighth session;
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- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Offers by Member States of study and training facilities for inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories (2005), para. 07
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- 2. Expresses its appreciation to those Member States that have made scholarships available to the inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education, 1995-2004, and public information activities in the field of human rights (2000), para. 31
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- 15. Encourages the human rights treaty bodies, when examining reports of States parties, to place emphasis on obligations of States parties in the area of human rights education and information and to reflect this emphasis in their concluding observations;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in Cambodia (2004), para. 07
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- 2. Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General on the role and achievements of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in assisting the Government and the people of Cambodia in the promotion and protection of human rights, 3 the report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for human rights in Cambodia 4 and the use of the United Nations Trust Fund for a Human Rights Education Programme in Cambodia to finance the programme of activities of the office in Cambodia, and invites the international community to consider contributing to the Trust Fund;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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University for Peace (2013), para. 12
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- 2. Requests the Secretary-General, in view of the important work of the University and its potential role in developing new concepts and approaches to security through education, training and research in order to respond effectively to emerging threats to peace, to consider ways to further strengthen cooperation between the United Nations system and the University;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Science and technology for development (2006), para. 13
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- Noting with appreciation the work of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development during its intersessional period 2004–2005 on the theme “Science and technology promotion, advice and application for the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration”, in particular, the recommendation to facilitate the establishment of a network of centres of excellence in developing countries 5 with a view to allowing scientists and engineers to interact with each other and make use of state-of-the-art teaching and research facilities offered by those centres,
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Question of American Samoa (2019), para. 31
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- 3. Further reaffirms that it is ultimately for the people of American Samoa to determine freely their future political status in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter, the Declaration and the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, and in that connection calls upon the administering Power, in cooperation with the territorial Government and appropriate bodies of the United Nations system, to develop political education programmes for the Territory in order to foster an awareness among the people of their right to self-determination in conformity with the legitimate political status options, based on the principles clearly defined in Assembly resolution 1541 (XV) and other relevant resolutions and decisions;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Offers by Member States of study and training facilities for inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories (2017), para. 05
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- Strongly convinced that the continuation and expansion of offers of scholarships is essential in order to meet the increasing need of students from Non-Self-Governing Territories for educational and training assistance, and considering that students in those Territories should be encouraged to avail themselves of such offers,
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education, 1995-2004, and public information activities in the field of human rights (1998), para. 17
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- 2. Welcomes the steps taken by Governments and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to implement the Plan of Action for the United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education 8 and to develop public information activities in the field of human rights, as indicated in the report of the Secretary-General;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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United Nations Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law (2014), para. 41
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- 26. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its seventieth session on the implementation of the Programme of Assistance in 2015 and, following consultations with the Advisory Committee on the United Nations Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law, to submit recommendations regarding the Programme in subsequent years;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Cooperation between the United Nations and the Council of Europe (2013), para. 33
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- 24. Notes the cooperation established between the Alliance of Civilizations and the Council of Europe following their signature of a memorandum of understanding on 29 September 2008 and the accession of the Alliance of Civilizations to the Faro Platform, and encourages the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the Alliance of Civilizations on the one hand, and the Council of Europe and its North-South Centre on the other, to pursue their developing and fruitful collaboration in the field of intercultural dialogue;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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United Nations study on disarmament and non-proliferation education (2014), para. 05
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- Recognizing also the launch of the “Disarmament today” series of podcasts, in which experts are interviewed about present-day disarmament issues, such as education, disarmament and non-proliferation in the context of space security, as well as the experiences of the hibakusha, the atomic bomb survivors,
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Environment
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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United Nations study on disarmament and non-proliferation education (2018), para. 03
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- Recognizing the usefulness of the disarmament and non-proliferation education website “Disarmament education: resources for learning”, which is updated on a regular basis by the Office for Disarmament Affairs of the Secretariat, including to provide information in all its sections, such as presentations, interviews in the Disarmament Today series of podcasts, which include the experiences of the hibakusha, the atomic bomb survivors, films and publications on disarmament issues, and encouraging the use of new communications technologies and social media for the promotion of disarmament and non-proliferation education,
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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United Nations Institute for Training and Research (2008), para. 19
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- 9. Encourages the Board of Trustees to continue its efforts to resolve the financial situation of the Institute, in particular with a view to broadening its donor base, and seeking more predictable and adequate support from Member States for its activities, in particular its core training activities;
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- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Pattern of conferences (2015), para. 147
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- 130. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to improve and strengthen his initiatives related to training and to replenishing the language capacity of the Organization, including through the outreach programmes, to ensure sufficient capacity to address the interpretation and translation requirements of the Organization;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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United Nations study on disarmament and non-proliferation education (2013), para. 03
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- Welcoming the report of the Secretary-General on disarmament and non-proliferation education, 1 in which the Secretary-General reported on the implementation of the recommendations contained in the United Nations study on disarmament and non-proliferation education, 2 and recalling that 2012 marks the tenth anniversary of that report,
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education, 1995–2004, and public information activities in the field of human rights (2001), para. 14
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- Aware of the potential supportive role of the private sector in implementing at all levels of society the Plan of Action for the United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education, 1995–2004, 9 and the World Public Information Campaign, through creative initiatives and financial support for governmental and non- governmental activities,
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- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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United Nations University (2001), para. 11
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- 5. Welcomes the progress made by the University in improving interaction and communication between the University and the rest of the United Nations system, noted in the report of the Secretary-General, 2 requests the Rector to intensify his efforts in this regard, and also requests the Secretary-General to encourage other bodies of the United Nations system to improve their interaction and communication with the University so that it may serve as a think tank for the system;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Integrating volunteering in the next decade (2013), para. 26
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- 19. Encourages Member States to support intergenerational solidarity and knowledge transmission through volunteering programmes;
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- Education
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Promotion of interreligious and intercultural dialogue, understanding and cooperation for peace (2015), para. 21
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- Noting the international symposium to launch the African initiative on education for peace and development through interreligious and intercultural dialogue, held in Cotonou, Benin, in May 2015,
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education and public information activities in the field of human rights (1997), para. 03
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- Recalling the relevant resolutions adopted by the General Assembly and the Commission on Human Rights concerning the World Public Information Campaign on Human Rights, the United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education, 1995-2004, the project of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization entitled "Towards a culture of peace", the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, adopted by the World and the fiftieth anniversary of
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
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- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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United Nations Institute for Training and Research (1995), para. 09
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- 2. Urges Member States to make voluntary contributions to the restructured Institute, in particular to its General Fund, so as to assure its viability and the further development of its training programmes;
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- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Pattern of conferences (2000), para. 68
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- 2. Also requests the Secretary-General to continue the efforts to ensure that training opportunities in the six official languages are equally available to all language staff, including those at duty stations away from Headquarters;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Education for sustainable development in the framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2020), para. 14
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- Recalling the Global Action Programme on Education for Sustainable Development as follow-up to the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development after 2014, 4 the Aichi-Nagoya Declaration on Education for Sustainable Development, adopted at the World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development, 5 and the Incheon Declaration of the World Education Forum 2015,
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Human resources management (1997), para. 105
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- 14. Welcomes the intention of the Secretary-General to strengthen further the professional training of the staff, so as to foster management capacity and to ensure that staff continue to receive necessary refresher training over the course of their careers;
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- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Human Rights Council (2006), para. 18
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- (a) Promote human rights education and learning as well as advisory services, technical assistance and capacity-building, to be provided in consultation with and with the consent of Member States concerned;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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United Nations Literacy Decade: education for all (2002), para. 23
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- 11. Requests the Secretary-General, in cooperation with the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, to seek and take into account comments and proposals from Governments and the relevant international organizations on the draft plan for the Decade in order to develop and finalize a well targeted and action-oriented plan of action to be submitted to the General Assembly at its fifty-seventh session;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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United Nations Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law (2019), para. 41
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- 22. Once again encourages the Codification Division to cooperate with the African Institute of International Law, dedicated to offering higher learning and research in international law needed for the development of Africa, in the implementation of the relevant activities under the Programme of Assistance;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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