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Special Educational and Training Programmes for South West Africa

A/RES/1705(XVI)No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1962.

What other versions does this mandate have?

4 versions · 1962–1967
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/2236(XXI)
  • 1967A/RES/2236(XXI)Special educational and training programmes for South West AfricaLatestCompare with previous version
  • 1966A/RES/2076(XX)Special educational and training programmes for South West AfricaCompare with previous version
  • 1964A/RES/1901(XVIII)Special educational and training programmes for South West AfricaCompare with previous version
  • 1962A/RES/1705(XVI)Special educational and training programmes for South West Africa

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

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 topics
FellowshipsNamibiansScholarshipsTechnical EducationTraining Programmes

What does this mandate say?

10 operative paragraphs
1
Endorses the recommendations of the Committee on South West Africa that:
a
A special intensive type of fellowship programme should immediately be organized to train the largest possible number of indigenous inhabitants of the Territory of South West Africa in the functions and techniques of administration and in the fields of economics, law, health and sanitation, and in such other fields as may be necessary;
( b) In addition, Member States should be invited to make available scholarships for study abroad by South West African students;
2
Decides to establish such a special training programme for South West Africans, including technical education, education for leadership and teacher training;
3
Requests the Secretary-General, in establishing such a special training programme for the indigenous people of the Territory, to make use as fully as possible of the existing United Nations programmes of technical co-operation, and particularly to make available to those indigenous inhabitants of the Territory who are and who may be temporarily residing in various countries and territories outside South West Africa the benefits of such programmes, with the consent and the co-operation of the host Governments;
4
lnv.O'?s the specialized agencies to co-operate in the establishment and implementation of the special training programme mentioned above, by offering every possible assistance and such facilities and resources as they may be able to provide;
5
Invites Member States to make available, directly or through voluntary agencies, for the use of South West Africans all-expense scholarships both for the completion of secondary education and for various forms of higher education;
6
Requests Member States to inform the Secretary- General of any scholarships offered and of awards made and utilized ;
Requests the Secretary-General to establish ap- 7. propriate machinery for dealing with applications from South West Africans for education and training outside the Territory;
8
Requests Member States to facilitate the travel of South West Africans seeking to avail themselves of such educational opportunities;
9
Requests the Secretary-General to consult with the United Nations Special Committee for South West Africa22 concerning the implementation of the present resolution, and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its regular session.

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