Authorizes the Secretary-General to carry out in 1990 and 1991 the activities specified in his report, including the provision of: (a) a minimum of 15 fellowships each in 1990 and 1991, at the request of Governments of developing countries; (b) a mimimum of 1 scholarship each in 1990 and 1991 under the Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe Memorial Fellowship on the Law of the Sea, subject to the availability of new voluntary contributions made specifically to the fellowship fund; (c) assistance in the form of a travel grant for 1 participant from each developing country who will be invited to the regional courses to be organized in 1990 and 1991; urges all Governments to encourage the inclusion of courses on international law in the programmes of legal studies offered at institutions of higher learning; urges in particular all Governments to make voluntary contributions with a view to covering the amount needed for the financing of the daily subsistence allowance for up to 25 participants in each regional course organized by UNITAR thus alleviating the burden on prospective host countries and making it possible for the Institute to continue to organize the regional courses.

Adopted without vote, 72nd meeting

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Adopted at the 72nd plenary meeting, 4 Dec. 1989.
In: Resolutions and decisions adopted by the General Assembly during its 44th session, Volume 1, 19 September-29 December 1989. - A/44/49. - 1990. - p. 299-301. - (GAOR, 44th sess., Suppl. no. 49).