A/RES/58/12 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 20 November 2003 Fifty-eighth session Agenda item 25 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 10 November 2003 [without reference to a Main Committee (A/58/L.16 and Add.1)] 58/12. University for Peace The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 56/2 of 22 October 2001, in which it recalled that, in its resolution 34/111 of 14 December 1979, it had approved the idea of establishing the University for Peace as a specialized international centre for higher education, research and the dissemination of knowledge relative to peace and its universal promotion within the United Nations system, and in which it also recalled its resolution 35/55 of 5 December 1980, in which it approved the establishment of the University for Peace, as well as all preceding resolutions on this item, Noting that in 1991 the Secretary-General, with the assistance of the United Nations Development Programme, established a Trust Fund for Peace consisting of voluntary contributions in order to provide the University with the means necessary to extend its sphere of activity to the whole world, taking full advantage of its potential capacity for education, research and support of the United Nations and to carry out its mandate of promoting peace in the world, Noting with appreciation the vigorous actions taken by the Secretary-General, in consultation with the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and with the encouragement and support of the Government of Costa Rica, to revitalize the University, 1 Recognizing the important and varied activities carried out by the University during the period from 2001 to 2003, with the valuable assistance and contributions of Governments, foundations and non-governmental organizations, in particular the progress made in the development and implementation of the academic programme and the expansion of its scope worldwide as part of a five-year programme of expansion and revitalization, Noting with satisfaction the activities directed towards expanding the University’s educational and research programmes to Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Central Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean, Also noting with satisfaction the progress made in the development of teaching programmes at the master’s level, short courses, programmes to disseminate course _______________ 1 03 45363 See A/54/312, para. 2.