Special training programme for Territories under Portuguese administration

XVII. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORT OF THE FOURTH COMMITTEE
1808. Special training programme for Territories under Portuguese administration

The General Assembly, Having examined the report of the Special Committee on Territories under Portuguese Administration,[1] in particular chapters IV to VII of part two and chapter III of part three thereof, Having heard the petitioners, Considering the inadequacy of social and educational facilities in the Territories under Portuguese administration, Bearing in mind that the process of education in these Territories must be designed to familiarize the inhabitants with, and train them in, the use of the tools of economic, social and political progress, Considering that it is one of the sacred duties of the United Nations to promote:

(a) Higher standards of living, full employment, and conditions of economic and social progress and development,

(b) Solutions of international economic, social, health and related problems, and international cultural and educational co-operation,

Considering that the United Nations, in carrying out its duty under Article 55 of the Charter, has created machinery for economic, social and technical assistance, and that substantial assistance has been rendered to peoples of the less developed countries, including peoples in colonial territories, Considering the necessity of extending such assistance to the Non-Self-Governing Territories under Portuguese administration with a view to forming in these Territories indigenous cadres for the future administration of their independent countries Recognizing that the indigenous inhabitants of the Territories under Portuguese administration, whose countries can appropriately be designated as being economically under-developed, have a legitimate right to receive benefits from the United Nations programmes of technical co-operation, Recognizing further that the United Nations has a responsibility towards the inhabitants of the Non-Self-Governing Territories, Recognizing that:

(a) A special intensive type of fellowship programme should immediately be organized to train the largest possible number of indigenous inhabitants of the Territories under Portuguese administration in the functions and techniques of administration and in the fields of economics, law, health and sanitation, and in such other fields as may be necessary,

(b) In addition, Member States should he invited to make available scholarships for study abroad by students from Territories under Portuguese administration,

1. Decides to establish such a special training programme for Territories under Portuguese administration, including technical education, education for leadership and teacher training;

2. Requests the Secretary-General, in establishing such a special training programme for the indigenous people of these Territories, to make use as fully as possible of the existing United Nations programmes of technical co-operation-notably the Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance and the Special Fund so as to minimize the charge on the regular budget-and particularly to make available to those indigenous inhabitants of the Territories who are or who may be temporarily residing in various countries and territories outside the Territories under Portuguese administration the benefits of such programmes, with the consent and co-operation of the host Governments;

3. Invites the specialized agencies to co-operate in the establishment and implementation of the special training programme mentioned above, by offering every possible assistance and such facilities and resources as they may be able to provide;

4. Invites Member States to make available, directly or through voluntary agencies, for the use of students from Territories under Portuguese administration, all-expense scholarships both for the completion of secondary education and for various forms of higher education;

5. Invites Member States whose universities enjoy administrative autonomy to permit direct communication between the Secretary-General and the heads of those universities with a view to the granting of scholarships envisaged in the present resolution;

6. Requests Member States to inform the Secretary-General of any scholarships offered and of awards made and utilized;

7. Requests the Secretary-General to establish appropriate machinery for dealing with applications from Territories under Portuguese administration for education and training outside the Territories;

8. Requests Member States to facilitate the travel of students from Territories under Portuguese administration seeking to avail themselves of such educational opportunities;

9. Requests the Secretary-General to report on this question to the General Assembly at its eighteenth session;

10. Requests the Government of Portugal to cooperate in the implementation of the present resolution.

1194th plenary meeting,
14 December 1962.

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[1] Ibid., Seventeenth Session, Annexes, agenda item 54, documents A/5160 and Add.1 and 2.