A/RES/76/73
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
15 December 2021
Seventy-sixth session
Agenda item 50
University for Peace
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 9 December 2021
[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee
(Fourth Committee) (A/76/412, para. 8)]
76/73.
University for Peace
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 73/90 of 7 December 2018, 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, the General
Assembly approved the establishment of the University for Peace in conformity with
the International Agreement for the Establishment of the University for Peace,
contained in the annex to that resolution,
Recognizing that in 2020 the University celebrated 40 years of executing the
mandate given to it by the General Assembly of educating and training leaders for peace,
Recognizing also the important and varied activities carried out by the
University during the period from 2018 to 2021 with the valuable assistance and
contributions of Governments, foundations and non-governmental organizations, in
particular the progress made in the further development and implementation of the
academic programme and in expanding its coverage in various regions of the world,
and welcoming in this regard the signing of agreements and memorandums outlined
in the report of the Secretary General submitted pursuant to General Assembly
resolution 73/90, 1 encouraging Governments, foundations and non-governmental
organizations to maintain and expand their engagement with the Universit y,
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