A/RES/3081(XXVIII) GA

40 General Auembly-Twenty-eighth Session 1. Takes note of the report of the Executive Director 6. Authorizes the Secretary-General, pen'ding the as- of the United Nations Institute for Training and Re- sumption of office by the Rector, to take all necessary se,arch;:i mea~ures to implement the provisions of the Charter 2. Notes with satisfaction the increasing effective- of the University. in consultation with the Direct?r- ness of the Institute in the discharge of its responsi- General of the United Nations Educational, Se1ent1fic bilities; and Cultural Organization, including the wnvening of 3. Expresses the hope that the Institute will have such sessions of the University Council as may he fL' · quired, and decides that the expenses involved in the greater and wider financial support. implementation shall be met from funds, pn:sent and 2164th plenary meeting prospective, of the University; 9 November 1973 7. Requests the Secretary-General to continue ef- forts for raising the funds required for the dynamic development of the University from Governments. and 3081 (XXVIII). United Nations University from non-governmental sources, including foundat1om. universities and individuals. The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 2951 (XXVII) of 11 Decem- ber 1972, by which it decided to establish the United Nations University under certain objectives and prin- ciples, Taking note of Economic and Social Council resolu- tion 1829 (LV) of 18 October 1973, Having taken into account the resolution, comments and observations of the Executive Board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organiza- tion on the draft Charter proposed by the Founding Committee of the United Nations Uoiversity,4 Having considered the report of the Secretary-Gen- eral,5 l. Adopts the Charter of the United Nations Uni- versity contained in the second addendum to the report of the Secretary-General6 and invites the University Council to consider the comments and observations made in the General Assembly on the above-mentioned Charter, in consultation with the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Or- ganization, and to submit its report to the General Assembly, through the Economic and Social Council, with a view to enabling the Assembly at its thirtieth session to consider amendments to the Charter, as ap- propriate, in accordance with the procedures provided for in the Charter; 2. Decides that the University Centre of the United Nations University shall be located in the Tokyo met- ropolitan area in Japan; 3. Recommends that the University Council, in con- sidering the location of research and training centres and programmes of the University, as well as its asso- ciated institutions, take fully into account offers of facilities and other types of contribution and, in par- ticular, the views expressed by the General Assembly concerning the need for support of research and train- ing activities in the developing countries or for their benefit; 4. Recommends further that the University Council s.hould consider, as one of its priority tasks, the rela- tionship between the University and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research, including possible areas of co-operation in research and training; 5. Endorses section 5 of the remarks of the Found- ing Committee of the United Nations University ap- pended to the report of the Secretary-General ;7 3 Ibid., Twenty-eighth Session, Supplement No. 14 (A/9014). 4 See A/9149/Add.1. t1 A/9149 and Add.I and 2. e A/9149/ Add.2. f Sec A/Sll49, &DJlCX I, appendix II. 2192nd plenary meeting 6 December 1973 :l082 (XXVIII). Charter of Economi<· Uil,!hl~ and Duties of States The General Assembly, Bearing in mind that the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, in its resolution 45 (III) of 18 May I 972. 8 decided to establish a Working Group of governmental representatives to draw up a draft Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States. Recalling its resolution 3037 (XXVII) of 19 Decem- ber 1972, by which it decided to enlarge the composi- tion of the Working Group on the Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States, Reaffirming its conviction of the urgent need to estab- lish or improve norms of universal application for the development of international economic relations on a just and equitable basis, I. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Working Group on the Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States9 and of the comments made thereon as reflected in the report of the Trade and Development Board on its thirteenth session;10 2. Decides, in the light of the progress achieved, to extend the mandate of the Working Group as estab· Iished by resolution 45 (III) of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development; 3. Further decides that the Working Group shall hold two sessions in 1974, each of three weeks' dura- tion, as recommend-:d by the Trade and Development Board in its decision 98 (XIII) of 8 September I 973; 11 4. Urges the Working· Group to complete, as the first step in the codification and development of the matter, the elaboration of a final draft Charter of Eco- nomic Rights and Duties of States, to be considered and approved by the General Assembly at its twenty- ninth session; 5. Requests the Trade and Development Board to examine at its fourteenth session, as a matter of prior- ity, the report of the Working Group and to transmit 8 See Proceedings of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Third Session, vol. I, RerNt mid Annexes (United Nations publication, Sales No.: E.73.Il.D.4). annex I.A. 9 TD/B/AC.12/1 and Corr.I and TD/B/AC.12/2 and Add.I. 10 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty· eighth Session, Supplement No. 15 (A/9015/Rev.1), part three, chap. III. 11 Ibid., part three, annex I.

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