Resolution nº E/RES/2021/16 of the United Nations Economic and Social Council. 15-06-2021

• Date: 15 June 2021
• Issuer: Economic and Social Council of the United Nation

United Nations

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/RES /202 1/16

Economic and Social Council

Distr. : Genera l

15 J une 2021

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2021 s ession

Agen da item 20

United Nations rese arch and trai ning institu tes

Resolution adopted by the Economic and Social Council

on 9 June 2021

[on a proposal co nsidered i n plenary meeting (E/2021 /L.2 2)]

2021/16. United Nations Institute for Trainin g and Research

The Economi c and So cial Cou ncil,

Reca llin g its resol utions 2009 /27 of 30 July 2009, 2011/ 11 of 22 Ju ly 2 011,

2013 /45 of 26 Ju ly 2013 , 2017/ 6 of 21 April 2017 an d 2019/ 13 of 7 Jun e 2019,

Reca lling al so Gen eral Asse mbly re solution s 62/21 0 o f 19 De cember 2007 an d

sect ion I of resolut ion 64/ 260 of 29 M arch 20 10,

Welcomi ng the f lexibili ty, a daptabil ity and effort s made by t he Uni ted Na tions

Insti tute for Training a nd Rese arch in d eliverin g its ser vices an d produ cts to Me mber

Stat es, funds, program mes and sp ecialize d agenci es of the Un ited Nati ons sy stem and

othe r actors during the coro navirus disease (COVID -19) p andemic ,

Ackn owle dgin g th e a lignmen t of the stra tegy of the In stitute w ith the 2030

Agen da for Sust ainable D evelopm ent

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and its Susta inable De velopme nt Goals an d the

struc tural reform s un dertake n to orga nize its program me o f wo rk u nder the peace,

peop le, plan et and p rosperit y dimen sions of the 20 30 Agenda,

Ackn owle dgin g al so the si gnifican t grow th in benefic iary o utreach to me et the

learn ing and oth er capaci ty needs of gove rnment off icials and oth er stakeh olders fr om

coun tries in specia l si tuation s, i n p articular Afric an countrie s, the least devel oped

coun tries, land locked deve loping cou ntries and sm all island dev eloping Sta tes, as

well as midd le-inco me coun tries,

Ackn owle dgin g fu rth er the expan sion o f the progra mming of th e Inst itute into

new thema tic ar eas, includin g hea lth an d nut rition, and its p lans to fur ther develop

this field in the areas of unive rsal health cover age, vaccina tion and immuniz ation,

ment al health and goo d surgery practic es, in pa rtnershi p with th e World Heal th

Organ ization and oth er relev ant stak eholder s,

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General Assemb ly reso lution 70/1.