4 December 1981

United Nations Institute for Training and Research

The General Assembly,

Recalling its resolutions 3201 (S-VI) and 3202 (S-VI) of 1 May 1974, containing the Declaration and the Programme of Action on the Establishment of a New International Economic Order,

Recalling its resolution 3281 (XXIX) of 12 December 1974, containing the Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States,

Recalling also its resolution 3362 (S-VII) of 16 September 1975 on development and international economic co-operation,

Recalling further its resolutions 35/53 A and B of 5 December 1980 on the United Nations Institute for Training and Research,

Acknowledging the value of the research and the studies on the future undertaken by the United Nations Institute for Training and Research,

Recognizing the role of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research in assisting, through training and other services within its mandate, members of permanent missions to the United Nations and other national officials concerned with the work of the United Nations,

1. Takes note of the report of the Executive Director of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research and of his introductory statement on 2 October 1981;

2. Welcomes the emphasis on, and urges the continuation of, the concentration of the work of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research in the sphere of economic and social training and research and the inclusion of specific projects on the problems that exist in the areas identified by the General Assembly at its sixth and seventh special sessions and in the relevant decisions adopted by the Assembly at its twenty-ninth and subsequent sessions, taking into consideration the statements on the programme of work of the Institute made at the current session;

3. Calls upon the Executive Director of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research to continue to rationalize the activities of the Institute and, in this context, to seek further co-ordination of its research programme with similar activities of other institutions within and outside the United Nations system and to continue to present research results, as far as possible, in a manner relevant to policy making;

4. Welcomes also, in accordance with its resolution 35/53 B, the steps taken so far by the United Nations Institute for Training and Research to enhance its effectiveness, to reduce its costs and increase its resources, and calls upon the Institute to organize its programme of work and activities and to adjust its administrative costs so as to ensure that, as from 1982, estimated expenditure does not exceed estimated revenue;

5. Urges all States that have not yet contributed to the United Nations Institute for Training and Research to do so, and calls upon all donor countries, especially those that are not contributing at a level commensurate with their capacity, to increase their voluntary contributions in order to meet the needs of the Institute.