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Educational Advancement in Trust Territories: Offers by Member States of Study and Training Facilities

A/RES/753(VIII)No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1954.

What subjects does this mandate have?

10 topics
Administrative ProcedureEducational DevelopmentFellowshipsInformation DisseminationLanguage InstructionScholarshipsTechnical EducationTraining ProgrammesTrust TerritoriesUniversities and Colleges

What does this mandate say?

7 operative paragraphs
1
Endorses the tribute paid by the Trusteeship Council to the generosity of those Member States which have offered facilities, and expresses the hope that additional offers will be forthcoming;
2
Expresses regret that, in the absence of a sufficient number or qualified candidates, only a small proportion of the fellowships and scholarships offered have been utilized ;
3
Invites Member States, in renewing or initiating offers of facilities, to take into account the special needs of the Trust Territories arising from their generally low levels of education, and to contemplate the provision of facilities not only for university study but also for post-primary and technical education and training of kinds which may most effectively further the political, economic, social and educational advancement of the Territories;
4
invites Member States offering facilities, in cases where the languages of instruction differ from the languages of the Trust Territories, to consider the possibility of extending the duration of the facilities offered by a preliminary period of language training and other adjustment to the country of study or training;
5
Recominends that all Administering Authorities which have not done so give the fullest publicity in the Trust Territories under their administration to all offers of study and training facilities and take such other measures as will ensure that the greatest possible advantage is taken of the offers;
20 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Eighth Session, Supplement No. 4.
Requests the Trusteeship Council to undertake such amendment of its procedure for the administration of the project as may be necessary to permit applications to be made through the Secretary-General as well as through the territorial authorities, it being understood that upon receipt of any such applications the Secretary-General will transmit them simultaneously to the Administering Authorities and the offering States concerned;
7
Requests the Secretary-General to include in United Nations information material prepared for dissemination in the Trust Territories details of all such offers and of the procedures to be followed in submitting applications.
9 December 1953.

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