United Nations
General Assembly
A/RES/57/268
Distr.: General
28 February 2003
Fifty-seventh session
Agenda item 90 (b)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
[on the report of the Second Committee (A/57/535)]
57/268. United Nations Institute for Training and Research
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 50/121 of 20 December 1995, 51/188 of 16 December
1996, 52/206 of 18 December 1997, 53/195 of 15 December 1998, 54/229 of
22 December 1999, 55/208 of 20 December 2000 and 56/208 of 21 December 2001,
Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General 1 and the report of the
Executive Director of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research, 2
Expressing its appreciation to the Governments and private institutions that
have made or pledged financial and other contributions to the Institute,
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,
Noting that the Institute receives no subsidy from the United Nations regular
budget and that it provides training programmes to all Member States free of charge,
Reiterating the need to accord training activities a more visible and larger role
in support of the management of international affairs and in the execution of the
economic and social development programmes of the United Nations system,
1.
Reaffirms the relevance of the United Nations Institute for Training and
Research in view of the growing importance of training within the United Nations
and the training requirements of States and the relevance of the training-related
research activities undertaken by the Institute within its mandate;
2.
Stresses the need for the Institute to further strengthen its cooperation
with other United Nations institutes and relevant national, regional and international
institutes;
3.
Welcomes the progress made in building partnerships between the
Institute and other organizations and bodies of the United Nations system with
respect to their training programmes, and in this context underlines the need to
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A/57/479.
Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 14 (A/57/14).