A/RES/59/252. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2004

• Resolution Number: A/RES/59/252
• Year: 2004
• Session: 59th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations A/RES/59/252

General Assembly Distr.: General

7 March 2005

Fifty-ninth session

Agenda item 92 (a)

04-49138

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 22 December 2004

[on the report of the Second Committee (A/59/490/Add.1)]

59/252. United Nations Institute for Training and Research

The General Assembly

,

Recalling

its resolutions 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, 56/208 of 21 December 2001, 57/268 of 20 December 2002 and

58/223 of 23 December 2003,

Having considered

the reports of the Secretary-General

1

and the Executive

Director of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research,

2

Acknowledging

the work of the Board of Trustees of the United Nations

Institute for Training and Research on the functioning of the Institute,

Noting

the continued progress made by the Institute in its various programmes

and activities, including the strengthened cooperation 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 the bulk of the resources contributed to the Institute are directed to

the Special Purpose Grants Fund rather than to the General Fund, stressing the need

to address that unbalanced situation, and also noting that the participation of the

developed countries in training programmes in New York and Geneva is increasing,

Noting also

that the Institute is self-funded, not receiving any kind of subsidies

from the United Nations regular budget, and delivers, free of charge, training

courses to diplomats and delegates accredited to United Nations Headquarters in

New York and to the United Nations offices at Geneva, Vienna and Nairobi,

Noting further

the various ongoing training programmes of the Institute,

including those in the field of sustainable development,

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1 A/59/230.

2 Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 14 (A/59/14).