{"id":182062,"date":"2000-12-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T21:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=182062"},"modified":"2019-03-11T21:18:31","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T21:18:31","slug":"auto-insert-182062","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-182062\/","title":{"rendered":"Fourth Committee\/Higher education for Palestine refugees – GA resolution"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n

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(Fourth Committee) (<\/i><\/span>A\/55\/570<\/i><\/a>)<\/i><\/span>]<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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55\/126.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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\t<\/span>Offers by Member States of grants and scholarships for higher education, including vocational training, for Palestine refugees<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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\t<\/span>The General Assembly<\/i>,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span><\/span>Recalling<\/i><\/span> its <\/span>resolution 212 (III)<\/a> of 19 November 1948 on assistance to Palestine refugees,<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span><\/span>Recalling also<\/i><\/span> its resolutions <\/span>35\/13 B<\/a> of 3 November 1980, <\/span>36\/146 H<\/a> of 16 December 1981, <\/span>37\/120 D<\/a> of 16 December 1982, <\/span>38\/83 D<\/a> of 15 December 1983, <\/span>39\/99 D <\/a>of 14 December 1984, <\/span>40\/165 D<\/a> of 16 December 1985, <\/span>41\/69 D<\/a> of 3 December 1986, <\/span>42\/69 D<\/a> of 2 December 1987, <\/span>43\/57 D<\/a> of 6 December 1988, <\/span>44\/47 D<\/a> of 8 December 1989, <\/span>45\/73 D<\/a> of 11 December 1990, <\/span>46\/46 D<\/a> of 9 December 1991, <\/span>47\/69 D<\/a> of 14 December 1992, <\/span>48\/40 D<\/a> of 10 December 1993, <\/span>49\/35 D<\/a> of 9 December 1994, <\/span>50\/28 D<\/a> of 6 December 1995, <\/span>51\/127<\/a> of 13 December 1996, <\/span>52\/60<\/a> of 10 December 1997, <\/span>53\/49<\/a> of 3 December 1998 and <\/span>54\/72<\/a> of 6 December 1999,<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Cognizant<\/i> of the fact that Palestine refugees have, for the last five decades, lost their homes, lands and means of livelihood,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Having considered<\/i> the report of the Secretary-General, 1<\/u>\/<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Having also considered<\/i> the report of the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East covering the period from 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000, 2<\/u>\/<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>1.\t<\/span>Urges<\/i> all States to respond to the appeal in its resolution 32\/90 F of 13 December 1977 and reiterated in subsequent relevant resolutions in a manner commensurate with the needs of Palestine refugees for higher education, including vocational training;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>2.\t<\/span>Strongly appeals<\/i> to all States, specialized agencies and non-governmental organizations to augment the special allocations for grants and scholarships to Palestine refugees, in addition to their contributions to the regular budget of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>3.\t<\/span>Expresses its appreciation<\/i> to all Governments, specialized agencies and non-governmental organizations that responded favourably to its resolutions on this question;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>4.\t<\/span>Invites<\/i> the relevant specialized agencies and other organizations of the Untied Nations system to continue, within their respective spheres of competence, to extend assistance for higher education to Palestine refugee students;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>5.\t<\/span>Appeals<\/i> to all States, specialized agencies and the United Nations University to contribute generously to the Palestinian universities in the Palestinian territory occupied by Israel since 1967, including, in due course, the proposed University of Jerusalem “Al-Quds” for Palestine refugees;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>6.\t<\/span>Appeals<\/i> to all States, specialized agencies and other international bodies to contribute towards the establishment of vocational training centres for Palestine refugees;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>7.\t<\/span>Requests<\/i> the Agency to act as the recipient and trustee for the special allocations for grants and scholarships and to award them to qualified Palestine refugee candidates;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>8.\t<\/span>Requests<\/i> the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session on the implementation of the present resolution.<\/p><\/div>\n

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83rd plenary meeting<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n

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8 December 2000<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n

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Notes<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t1<\/u>\/\t<\/span>A\/55\/402.\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t2<\/u>\/\t<\/span>Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-fifth Session, Supplement No. 13<\/i> (A\/55\/13).\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A\/55\/570)] 55\/126. Offers by Member States of grants and scholarships for higher education, including vocational training, for Palestine refugees The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 212 (III) of 19 November 1948 on assistance to Palestine refugees, Recalling also its resolutions […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"country":[],"document-category":[4676,1326],"document-source":[1365],"committee-meeting":[],"document-subject":[1745],"entity":[1729],"document-language":[6542],"class_list":["post-182062","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","document-category-general-assembly-resolution","document-category-resolution","document-source-general-assembly","document-subject-refugees-and-displaced-persons","entity-united-nations-system","document-language-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/182062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/document"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/182062\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=182062"},{"taxonomy":"document-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-category?post=182062"},{"taxonomy":"document-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-source?post=182062"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=182062"},{"taxonomy":"document-subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-subject?post=182062"},{"taxonomy":"entity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/entity?post=182062"},{"taxonomy":"document-language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-language?post=182062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}