United Nations General Assembly A/RES/55/140 Distr.: General 22 February 2001 Fifty-fifth session Agenda item 91 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/55/577)] 55/140. Offers by Member States of study and training facilities for inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 54/86 of 6 December 1999, Having examined the report of the Secretary-General on offers by Member States of study and training facilities for inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories, 1 prepared pursuant to its resolution 845 (IX) of 22 November 1954, Conscious of the importance of promoting the educational advancement of the inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories, Strongly convinced that the continuation and expansion of offers of scholarships is essential in order to meet the increasing need of students from NonSelf-Governing Territories for educational and training assistance, and considering that students in those Territories should be encouraged to avail themselves of such offers, 1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;1 2. Expresses its appreciation to those Member States that have made scholarships available to the inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories; 3. Invites all States to make or continue to make generous offers of study and training facilities to the inhabitants of those Territories that have not yet attained self-government or independence and, wherever possible, to provide travel funds to prospective students; 4. Urges the administering Powers to take effective measures to ensure the widespread and continuous dissemination in the Territories under their administration of information relating to offers of study and training facilities made by States and to provide all the necessary facilities to enable students to avail themselves of such offers; 5. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session on the implementation of the present resolution; 1 00 56779 A/55/81 and Add.1.