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Preparation and Training of Indigenous Civil and Technical Cadres in Non-Self-Governing Territories

A/RES/1697(XVI)No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1962.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 1961–1962
  • 1962A/RES/1697(XVI)Preparation and training of indigenous civil and technical cadres in Non-Self-Governing TerritoriesLatestCompare with previous version
  • 1961A/RES/1534(XV)Preparation and training of indigenous civil and technical cadres in Non-Self-Governing Territories

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

8 topics
Civil ServantsDevelopment PersonnelIndigenous PeoplesLocal Officials and EmployeesNon-Self-Governing TerritoriesPublic AdministrationTechnical CooperationTraining Programmes

What does this mandate say?

7 operative paragraphs
1
Considers that the situation prevailing in various dependent territories in respect of the strength, composition and state of training of indigenous civil servants and technicaL personnel is unsatisfactory;
2
Regrets that due attention has not been paid to that problem ;
3
Urges the Administering Members to take immediately all necessary measµres to increase the strength of indigenous civil service and technical cadres and to accelerate their training in public administration and other essential technical skills ;
4
Further urges the Administering Members to take more extensive and expeditious measures towards the replacement of expatriate personnel. by indigenous
11 lbid., Sixteenth Session, Supplement No. 15 (A/4785), part one, annex IV.
26 Ibid., part one, para. 36. officers, especially in positions of high administrative responsibility;
Invites once again the Administering Members to make fuller use of the United Nations technical assistance programme for training in public administration and related fields;
6
Requests the Administering Members to transmit complete and detailed information concerning the training facilities for, and current strength, composition and state of the preparation of, civil and technical services in the Territories under their administrations, in time for its careful examination and study by the Committee on Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories at its next session;
7
Requests the Secretary-General to prepare a special report on that subject, for the consideration of the General Assembly at its seventeenth session, taking into account the information submitted by the Administering Members and the observations, recommendations and conclusions thereon of the Committee on Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories.
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19 December 1961.

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