A/RES/55/208. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2000

• Resolution Number: A/RES/55/208
• Session: 55th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations A/RES/55/208

General Assembly Distr.: General

15 February 2001

Fifty-fifth session

Agenda item 97

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

[on the report of the Second Committee (A/55/584)]

55/208. United Nations Institute for Training and Research

The Genera l Assembly,

Recalling its resolutions 49/125 of 19 December 1994, 50/121 of 20 December

1995, 51/188 of 16 December 1996, 52/206 of 18 December 1997, 53/195 of

15 December 1998 and 54/229 o f 22 December 1999,

Having considered the reports of t he Secretary-General

1

and the Executive

Director of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research,

2

Welcoming the efforts made towards consolidation of the restruct uring process

of the Institute and the recent progress made by the Institute in its various

programmes and activities, including the improved cooperation tha t has been

established with other organizations of the United Nations system and with regional

and national institutions,

Expressing its appreciation to the Governments and private institutions that

have made or pledged financial and other contributions to the Institute,

Noting that contributions to the General Fund have not increased and that the

participation of the developed countries in training programmes in N ew York and

Geneva is increasing,

Noting also that the bulk of the resources contributed to the Institute are

directed to the Special Purpose Grants Fund rather than to the General Fund, and

stressing the need to address that unbalanced situation,

Noting furthe r that the Institute receives no subsidy from the United Nations

regular budget, that it provides training programmes to all Member States free of

charge and that similar United Nations institutions based at Geneva are not charged

rent or maintenance costs,

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,

1 A/55/510.

2 Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-fifth Session, Supplement No. 14 (A/55/14).