Establishment of the United Nations University

A/RES/2951(XXVII)View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1972.

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5 subjects

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15 operative paragraphs

Decides to establish an international university under the auspices of the United Nations to be known as the United Nations University;

Decides that the United Nations University should be guided, inter alia, by the following objectives and principles:

The concept of the University should be that of a system of academic institutions and not of an intergovernmental organization;

Close co-ordination should be maintained between the activities of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research and other organizations in the United Nations system and those of the University;

Binding guarantees, under law, of academic freedom and autonomy should be written into the char,ter of the University;

Selection procedures should be established _so as to ensure the highest intellectual and moral quality of the personnel of the University;

The structure of the University should consist of a programming and co-ordina!ing ce~tr~l o!gan ~d a decentralized system of affihatrd mst1tut10ns, mtegrated into the world university community, devoted to action-oriented research into the pressmg global problems of human survival, development and welfare that are the concern of the United Nations and its agencies, and to the post-graduate training of young scholars and ,research workers for the benefit of the world community;

The research programmes of the institutions of the University should include, among other matters, coexistence between peoples of differing cultures, tongues and social systems, peaceful relations between States and the maintenance of peace and security, human rights, economic and social change and development the environment and the proper use of resources, basic' scientific research and the application of the results of science and technology in the interests of development;

Capital costs and recurrent cost<; should be met from voluntary contributions for the University made:

Directly by Governments or through the United Nations, the specialized agencies or the International Atomic Energy Agency;

By non-governmental sources including foundations, universities and individuals; The University should also be authorized to receive assistance for its projects, particularly fellowships, from the United Nations, the specialized agencies, the International Atomic Energy Agency and other intergovernmental organizations;

Requests the Secretary-General, in close cooperation with the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, ,to establish a Founding Committee of the United Nations University6 to define further the objectives and o The Founding Committee of the United Nations University will be composed of the following persons: Mr. Ahmed Esmat Abdel Meguid, Mr. Roberto T. Alemann, Mr. Sune Bergstrom, Mr. Borislav Bo.fovic, Mr. Andrew W. Cordier, Mr. Roger Gaudry, Mr. Felipe Herrera, Mr. Abdul Razzak Kaddoura, Mr. Yusuf K. Lule, Mr. Robert Mallet, Mr. Victor A. Oyenuga, Mr. Gopalaswami Parthasarathi, Mr. Hugh N. Robson, Mr. Victor Sahini, Mr. Abdus Salam, Mr. Seydou Madani Sy, Mr. Senjin Tsuruoka, Mr. Puey Ungphakorn, Mr. Victor L. Urquidi and Mr. Stephan Verosta. principles of the University and to draft its charter, consisting of not more than twenty experts chosen with due regard to geographical distribution and major academic, educational and cultural trends in the world,

taking into account their fields of study as well as the need to include outstanding young scholars, half of whom are to be designated by the Secretary-General and the other half by the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, in consultation with the specialized agencies and programmes concerned, including the United Nations Institute for Training and Research;

Requests the Secretary-General to commence efforts for raising the necessary funds in order to permit the launching of the United Nations University at the earliest possible date and to make recommendations to the General Assembly concerning the location of the programming and co-ordination centre and of the other ins•titutions, in consultation with the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the Executive Director of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research and taking into account the views expressed thereon by the Founding Committee of the United Nations University and the offers of facilities and other types of contributions;

Invites the Executive Board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to submit to the General Assembly at its twentyeighth session such comments and observations on the draft charter as it may consider appropriate;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its twenty-eighth session, through the Economic and Social Council, the draft charter of the United Nations University as well as a report on the implementation of the present resolution.

D. LIST OF STATES INDICATED IN PARAGRAPH 5 (d) A. LIST OF STATES INDICATED IN PARAGRAPH 5 (a) OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION 1995 (XIX)

B. LIST OF STATES INDICATED IN PARAGRAPH 5 (b)

C. LIST OF STATES INDICATED IN PARAGRAPH 5 (c)

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