University for Peace : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Requests the Secretary-General, in view of the important work of the University for Peace and its potential role in developing new concepts and approaches to security through research and dialogue in order to respond effectively to emerging threats to peace, to consider further ways to strengthen cooperation between the UN and the University for Peace; also requests the Secretary-General to consider using the services of the University as part of his conflict-resolution and peace-building efforts and in the promotion of the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace; invites Member States, intergovernmental bodies, non-governmental organizations and interested individuals to contribute to the Trust Fund for Peace or to the budget of the University; invites Member States 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; decides to include in the provisional agenda of its 60th session the item entitled "University for Peace".

Adopted without vote, 59th plenary meeting

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Issued in GAOR, 58th sess., Suppl. no. 49.