Offers by Member States of study and training facilities for inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories

XIV. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FOURTH COMMITTEE
1471. Offers by Member States of study and training facilities for inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories

The General Assembly, Bearing in mind that most of the Non-Self-Governing Territories do not have sufficient facilities for higher education which would ensure the education of highly qualified indigenous cadres, Considering the urgent need in the Non-Self-Governing Territories for indigenous personnel who could take over the functions held by those non-indigenous persons who up to now have occupied the most important positions in the administration of those Territories, Noting with satisfaction the further response to its resolution 845 (IX) of 22 November 1954 inviting Member States to extend offers of facilities for study and training to the inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories, Expressing regret that a great number of the scholarships offered by Member States remain unutilized, Further expressing regret that some Administering Members do not provide all students who have been accorded scholarships with facilities to leave the Non-Self-Governing Territories in order to take advantage of such scholarships, Recalling its resolution 845 (IX) inviting the Member States to make scholarships available to qualified students from the Non-Self-Governing Territories,

1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on offers of study and training facilities under General Assembly resolution 845 (IX);[1]

2. Reaffirms its resolution 1331 (XIII) of 12 December 1958, and invites the Administering Members to take all necessary measures consistent with the interests and needs of the Non-Self-Governing Territories and their peoples to ensure that scholarships and training facilities offered by Member States may be utilized by the inhabitants of those Territories, and to render every assistance to those persons who have applied for, or have been granted, scholarships or fellowships, particularly with regard to facilitating their travel formalities;

3. Requests all Administering Members which have not done so to give the fullest publicity in the Non-Self-Governing Territories under their administration to all offers of study and training facilities made by Member States;

4. Requests the Member States offering scholarships to take into account the necessity of furnishing complete information about the scholarships offered, and, whenever possible, the need to provide travel funds to prospective students;

5. Requests the Secretary-General to give such assistance as is possible, and as may be sought by the Member States concerned and by the applicants;

6. Requests the Secretary-General to prepare for the fifteenth session of the General Assembly a report concerning the actual use of scholarships and training facilities offered by Member States to students from the Non-Self-Governing Territories.

855th plenary meeting,
12 December 1959.


[1] Ibid., documents A/4196 and Add.1.
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