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;
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Requeststhe University, given its role in developing innovative concepts and approaches to peace and security through education, training and research in order to respond effectively to emerging threats to peace and security, to find viable ways to further strengthen cooperation with the United Nations system;
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Reiterates the request made to the Secretary-General, in accordance with 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;
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Requeststhe Secretary-General to expand the scope for using the services of the University as part of his conflict prevention and resolution as well as peacebuilding and sustaining peace efforts through the training of staff, especially those concerned with peacekeeping and peacebuilding, in order to strengthen their capacities in these areas, 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;
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RequestsMember States to take the lead in supporting the mission of the University by recognizing the institution and, when possible, making financial contributions, including through the establishment of scholarship opportunities, 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;
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InvitesMember 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;
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Invitesthe 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, peacebuilding and sustaining peace;
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Encouragesintergovernmental 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, conflict prevention, peacekeeping, peacebuilding, sustaining peace and climate change;
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Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its eighty-second 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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