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University for Peace

A/RES/64/83No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 27University for Peace, published in 2010.

What other versions does this mandate have?

14 versions · 1987–2024
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/79/84
  • 2024A/RES/79/84University for PeaceLatestCompare with previous version
  • 2021A/RES/76/73University for PeaceCompare with previous version
  • 2018A/RES/73/90University for PeaceCompare with previous version
  • 2015A/RES/70/79University for PeaceCompare with previous version
  • 2013A/RES/67/111University for PeaceCompare with previous version

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

What subjects does this mandate have?

13 topics
Capacity BuildingCooperation Between OrganizationsDispute SettlementEducational InstitutionsEducational ProgrammesInternational SecurityPeace ResearchPeacebuildingPeacekeeping OperationsPreventive DiplomacySocial ResearchTraining ProgrammesTrust Funds

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report of the Secretary-General submitted under this mandate, 2015.

  • 2015A/70/288University for Peace report of the Secretary-General

iIdentified automatically from the metadata in each report’s UN Digital Library catalogue record.

What does this mandate say?

8 operative paragraphs
1
Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 61/108, outlining the extraordinary progress made by the University for Peace in building exemplary programmes on critical subjects related to peace and security;
2
Requests the Secretary-General, in view of the important mandate given to the University and its potential role in developing new concepts and approaches to security through education, training and research in order to respond effectively to emerging threats to peace, to consider ways to further strengthen cooperation between the United Nations and the University;
3
Also requests the Secretary-General to continue using the services of the University as part of his conflict-resolution and peacebuilding efforts through the training of staff, especially those concerned with peacekeeping and peacebuilding, in order to strengthen their capacities in this area, and in the promotion of the Declaration and the Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace;
4
Invites the University to further strengthen and broaden the outreach of its programmes and activities for cooperation with and capacity-building for Member States in the areas of conflict prevention, conflict resolution and peacebuilding;
5
Invites Member States that have not already done so to accede to the International Agreement for the Establishment of the University for Peace, thereby demonstrating their support for an educational institution devoted to the promotion of a universal culture of peace;
6
Requests the Secretary-General to consider either reviving the existing Trust Fund for Peace or alternatively establishing a new trust fund for peace to facilitate receipt of voluntary contributions for the University;
7
Encourages Member States, intergovernmental bodies, non-governmental organizations and interested individuals to contribute to the programmes, the trust fund, when established for the University, or the core budget of the University to enable it to continue to perform its valuable work;
8
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session the item entitled “University for Peace”, and requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at that session a report on the work of the University.

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