A/RES/60/213 Reiterating that training activities should be accorded 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, Reaffirms the importance of a coordinated United Nations system-wide 1. approach to research and training, based on an effective coherent strategy and an effective division of work among the relevant institutions and bodies; Also reaffirms the relevance of the United Nations Institute for Training 2. and Research, in view of the growing importance of training within the United Nations and the training requirements of States and local authorities, and the relevance of the training-related research activities undertaken by the Institute within its mandate; Welcomes the progress made in building partnerships between the 3. 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 develop further and to expand the scope of those partnerships, in particular at the country level; Requests the Board of Trustees of the Institute to continue to ensure fair 4. and equitable geographical distribution and transparency in the preparation of the programmes and in the employment of experts, and in this regard stresses that the courses of the Institute should focus primarily on development issues and the management of international affairs; 5. countries, otherwise urges the resuming Institute; Renews its appeal to all Governments, in particular those of developed and to private institutions that have not yet contributed financially or to the Institute to give it their generous financial and other support, and States that have interrupted their voluntary contributions to consider them in view of the successful restructuring and revitalization of the Encourages the Board of Trustees to consider diversifying further the 6. venues of the events organized by the Institute and to include among those venues the cities hosting regional commissions, in order to promote greater participation and reduce costs; Stresses the need for the expeditious resolution of the issues related to 7. the Institute’s rent, rental rates and maintenance costs, taking into account its financial situation, as recommended in the report of the Secretary-General;1 8. Encourages the Board of Trustees of the Institute to continue its efforts to resolve the critical financial situation of the Institute, in particular with a view to broadening its donor base and further increasing the contributions to the General Fund; Urges the Board of Trustees of the Institute to complete expeditiously the 9. implementation of the recommendations of the Board of Auditors made in respect of the biennium 2002–2003; 2 10. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-second session a report on the implementation of the present resolution, including details on the status of contributions to and the financial situation of the Institute; _______________ 2 2 See A/60/113, annex, sect. IV.G.