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University for Peace

A/RES/76/73No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 50University for Peace, published in 2021.

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?

4 topics
Educational ProgrammesFinancingPeace ResearchTraining Programmes

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report of the Secretary-General submitted under this mandate, 2024.

  • 2024A/79/272University 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?

9 operative paragraphs
1
Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General, in which he outlined the progress made with regard to the administrative and financial stabilization of the University for Peace and through its recent process of academic reform through the implementation of its innovative programmes on critical subjects related to peace and security;
2
Requests the University, given its 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 find viable ways to further strengthen cooperation with the United Nations system;
3
Reiterates the request made to the Secretary-General, in its resolution 64/83 of 10 December 2009, to establish, under his leadership, a trust fund for peace to facilitate the receipt of voluntary contributions to the University;
4
Requests the Secretary-General to expand the scope for using the services of the University as part of his conflict resolution and peacebuilding effort 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 and of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development;
5
Requests Member States to take the lead in supporting the mission of the University by recognizing the institution and, when possible, making financial contributions that will make it possible for the University to offer its programmes of study to all students who wish to participate in them, and by facilitating the University’s operations in host countries;
6
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 established pursuant to a General Assembly resolution and devoted to the promotion of a universal culture of peace and the principles of the Charter of the United Nations;
7
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;
8
Encourages intergovernmental bodies, non-governmental organizations, interested individuals and philanthropists to contribute to the programmes and core budget of the University to enable it to continue to perform its valuable work worldwide in accordance with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and in the recent substantial transformations with regard to such issues as gender equality and the empowerment of women, human rights, peacekeeping, peacebuilding and climate change;
9
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-ninth 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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