Special educational and training programmes for South West Africa

UN General Assembly, Special educational and training programmes for South West Africa, A/RES/2236, UN General Assembly, 20 December 1966, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unga/1966/en/10114 [accessed 18 November 2025]
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XXI. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FOURTH COMMITTEE
2236. Special educational and training programmes for South West Africa

The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 1705 (XVI) of 19 December 1961, by which it established a United Nations Special Training Programme for South West Africans, Having considered the report submitted by the Secretary-General in accordance with paragraph 7 of General Assembly resolution 2076 (XX) of 17 December 1965,[1] Noting with satisfaction that several Member States have offered scholarships to students from South West Africa, Further noting that a number of States have included in their offers opportunities for education at the secondary and vocational levels in response to the invitation contained in General Assembly resolutions 1901 (XVIII) of 13 November 1963 and 2076 (XX), Taking note of the difficulties encountered by persons residing in the Territory in taking advantage of the benefits available under the Programme, particularly in securing the necessary travel documents, Taking note of the measures adopted by the Secretary-General with a view to making the benefits of the Programme available to as many South West Africans as possible, Taking note also of the assistance provided by the specialized agencies in the implementation of the Programme,

1. Expresses its appreciation to those Member States which have made scholarships and travel grants available for the use of South West Africans;

2. Invites those Member States offering scholarships and those which may subsequently do so to consider including in their offers scholarships for secondary education and for vocational and technical training;

3. Further invites Member States to give sympathetic consideration to requests by the Secretary-General for the placement in their secondary, vocational or technical schools of candidates who have been awarded scholarships under the Special Training Programme for South West Africans;

4. Once again requests all Member States to facilitate in every possible way the travel of South West Africans seeking to avail themselves of educational opportunities provided under the Programme;

5. Requests all the Governments concerned to co-operate with the Secretary-General in the implementation of the present resolution;

6. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to take the necessary measures with a view to making the ‘benefits of the Programme available to as many South West Africans as possible;

7. Further requests the Secretary-General to report on this question to the General Assembly at its twenty-second session.

1500th plenary meeting,
20 December 1966.
[1] Ibid., Twenty-first Session, Annexes, agenda items 66 and 68, document A/6463.
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