A/RES/48/160 Page 2 for vocational and technical training and for advanced studies at graduate and postgraduate levels in priority fields of study, as often as possible at educational and training institutions within South Africa, Noting that, in order to address the priority needs of disadvantaged South Africans, the Programme is continuing to allocate a higher proportion of resources for the purpose of institution-building in South Africa, in particular by strengthening the historically black and other institutions of higher learning, especially the technikons, through specialized training courses with built-in employability of graduates, 1. Endorses the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Educational and Training Programme for Southern Africa; 1/ 2. Commends the Secretary-General and the Advisory Committee on the United Nations Educational and Training Programme for Southern Africa for their efforts to adjust the Programme so that it can best help meet the needs evolving from changing circumstances in South Africa, to promote generous contributions to the Programme and to enhance cooperation with governmental, intergovernmental and non-governmental agencies involved in educational and technical assistance to South Africa; 3. Also endorses the Programme activities aimed at contributing to South Africa’s human resources needs, especially during the transition period, by: (a) Supporting co-sponsored projects with technikons and the historically black and other universities; (b) Strengthening the institutional, technical and financial capacity as well as the decision-making of non-governmental organizations, community-based organizations and educational institutions that serve the needs and interests of disadvantaged South Africans; (c) Engaging educational institutions, non-governmental organizations and the private sector in South Africa in co-sponsorship arrangements and job placement of graduates; 4. Welcomes the fact that educational and training activities of the Programme inside South Africa have expanded, and the Programme’s close cooperation with South African non-governmental organizations, universities and technikons; 5. Calls organizations and into cost-sharing returnability and upon non-governmental educational institutions, private individuals concerned to assist the Programme by entering and other arrangements with it and by facilitating the job placement of its graduates; 6. Appeals to Governments, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, international professional associations and individuals to assist, within their areas of activity and influence inside South Africa, graduates of the Programme in obtaining access to job opportunities so that they can effectively contribute their professional competence and expertise towards the political, economic and social development of South Africa during the period of transition and beyond; /...