A/RES/57/267 yearly research and policy dialogue that is thematically focused and involves the United Nations system and other entities engaged in policy research and analysis; 6. Welcomes the increasing number of offers for new collaborative arrangements with the University, which contributes to broadening and enhancing academic networking, as a sign of its success and enhanced profile; 7. Encourages the University to implement the Secretary-General’s suggestion on innovative measures to improve interaction and communication between the University and other United Nations entities; 8. Requests the Secretary-General to encourage other bodies of the United Nations system to utilize more fully the capacity of the University for mobilizing a worldwide network of applied policy researchers to assist the Organization, through research and capacity development, in resolving the pressing global problems of the day; 9. Emphasizes the continuing need to ensure efficiency and costeffectiveness in conducting the activities of the University; 10. Invites the international community to make voluntary contributions to the University, including its research and training centres and programmes, in particular to its Endowment Fund, as a means of consolidating the distinctive identity of the University in the United Nations system and the international scientific community; 11. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-ninth session an item entitled “United Nations University”. 78th plenary meeting 20 December 2002 2