A/RES/67/111. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2012

• Year: 2012
• Resolution Number: A/RES/67/111
• Session: 67th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations A/RES/67/111

General Assembly Distr.: General

14 January 2013

Sixty-seventh session

Agenda item 49

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 December 2012

[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee

(Fourth Committee) (A/67/420)]

67/111. University for Peace

The General Assembly

,

Recalling

its resolution 64/83 of 10 December 2009, in which it indicated that,

in its resolution 34/111 of 14 December 1979, it had approved the idea of

establishing the University for Peace as a specialized international centre for higher

education, research and the dissemination of knowledge specifically aimed at

training and education for peace and its universal promotion within the United

Nations system, as well as all preceding resolutions on this item,

Recalling also

that, in its resolution 35/55 of 5 December 1980, the General

Assembly approved the establishment of the University for Peace in conformity

with the International Agreement for the Establishment of the University for Peace,

contained in the annex to that resolution,

Noting with appreciation

the vigorous actions taken by the Secretary-General,

in consultation with the Director-General of the United Nations Educational,

Scientific and Cultural Organization and with the encouragement and support of the

Government of Costa Rica, to revitalize the University,

Recognizing

the important and varied activities carried out by the University

during the period from 2010 to 2012 with the valuable assistance and contributions

of Governments, foundations and non-governmental organizations, in particular the

progress made in the further development and implementation of the academic

programme and in expanding its coverage in various regions of the world,

Noting with appreciation

that the University has started a number of

innovative new master’s degree programmes in areas related to peace studies,

security and the environment, in addition to regular courses in Spanish and study-

abroad programmes, and that it has announced the launching of a two-track doctoral

programme in peace and conflict studies,

Noting

that the University places special emphasis on the areas of conflict

prevention, peacekeeping, peacebuilding and the peaceful settlement of disputes and

that it has launched programmes in the areas of democratic consensus-building and

training of academic experts in the techniques of peaceful settlement of conflicts,