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UNCLAS STATE 105554 
 
SIPDIS 
USUN PASS BARBARA MASILKO 
 
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TAGS: PREL PHUM UNGA
SUBJECT: GUIDANCE: FOURTH COMMITTEE: UNIVERSITY FOR PEACE 
 
¶1. USUN may join consensus on the Costa Rican-sponsored 
resolution entitled "University for Peace", which will be 
discussed under agenda item 27 of the Fourth Committee of 
the 64th session of the UN General Assembly.  An 
explanation of vote is not required.  Resolution text 
follows. 
 
¶2. Begin text: 
 
The General Assembly 
 
Recalling its resolution 61/108 of 14 December 2006, in 
which it recalled that, in its resolution 34/111 of 14 
December 1979, it had approved the idea of establishing 
the University for Peace as a specialized international 
centre for higher education, research and the 
dissemination of knowledge specifically aimed at training 
and education for peace and its universal promotion within 
the United Nations System, as well as all preceding 
resolutions on this item, 
 
Recalling also that in its resolution 35/55 of 5 December 
1980 it approved the establishment of the University for 
Peace in conformity with the International Agreement for 
the Establishment of the University for Peace (footnote 1, 
see resolution 35/55, annex), 
 
Noting further that as the University for Peace approaches 
its 30th Anniversary year, it continues its extraordinary 
growth and development in carrying out the mandate given 
to it by the General Assembly, 
 
Noting with appreciation the vigorous actions taken by the 
Secretary-General in consultation with the 
Director-General of the United Nations Educational, 
Scientific and Cultural Organization and with the 
encouragement and support of the Government of Costa Rica, 
to revitalize the University (footnote 2, see A/54/312, 
para 2), 
 
Recognizing the extraordinary progress the University for 
Peace has done in developing and carrying out programmes 
on critical areas related to peace and security, and in 
expanding its educational, training and research 
programmes to Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Central Asia 
and Latin America and the Caribbean, 
 
Noting further that the University for Peace has become a 
recognized leader in education, training and research on 
issues related to peace and conflict, and is focusing its 
efforts on strengthening the three main components of its 
activities:  face-to-face teaching and research; expanding 
its presence and programmes in all regions of the world; 
and distance learning to reach students who cannot come to 
its campus, 
 
Noting that the University places special emphasis on the 
areas of conflict prevention, peacekeeping, peace-building 
and peaceful settlement of disputes, and that it has 
launched programmes in the areas of democratic 
consensus-building and training of academic experts in the 
techniques of peaceful settlement of conflicts, 
 
Noting further that in 1991 the Secretary-General, with 
the assistance of the United Nations Development 
Programme, established a Trust Fund for Peace consisting 
of voluntary contributions in order to provide the 
University with the means necessary to extend its sphere 
of activity to the whole world, taking full advantage of 
its potential capacity for education, research and support 
of the United Nations and to carry out its mandate of 
promoting peace in the world, 
 
Considering the importance of promoting education for 
peace that fosters respect for the values inherent in 
peace and universal co-existence among people, including 
respect for the life, dignity and integrity of human 
beings, as well as friendship and solidarity among peoples 
irrespective of their nationality, race, sex, religion or 
culture, 
 
OP1  Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General 
submitted pursuant to resolution 61/108, outlining the 
extraordinary progress made by the University in building 
exemplary programmes on critical subjects related to peace 
and security (footnote 3, A/64/281); 
 
OP2  Requests the Secretary-General, in view of the 
important mandate given to the University and its 
potential 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 consider ways to further strengthen cooperation between 
the United Nations and the University; 
 
OP3  Also requests the Secretary-General to continue using 
the services of the University as part of his 
conflict-resolution and peace-building efforts through 
training of staff, especially those concerned with 
peacekeeping and peace-building functions, 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; 
 
OP4  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 peace-building; 
 
OP5  Invites Member States, which have not already done 
so, to accede to the International Agreement for the 
Establishment of the University for Peace (footnote 4, see 
resolution 35/55, annex), thereby demonstrating their 
support for an educational institutional devoted to the 
promotion of a universal culture of peace; 
 
OP6  Requests the Secretary-General to consider either 
revive an existing Trust Fund, or alternatively to 
establish a new Trust Fund for Peace to facilitate receipt 
of voluntary contributions for the University for Peace; 
 
OP7  Encourages Member States, intergovernmental bodies, 
non-governmental organizations and interested individuals 
to contribute to the programmes, the Trust Fund when 
established for the University for Peace or to the core 
budget of the University to enable it to continue to 
perform its valuable work; 
 
OP8  Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its 
sixty-seventh 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. 
 
End text. 
CLINTON