Offers by Member States of study and training facilities for inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories, G.A. res. 51/142, 51 U.N. GAOR Supp. (No. 49) at 136, U.N. Doc. A/51/49 (Vol. I) (1996).



                   
 
      The General Assembly,
 
      Recalling its resolution 50/35 of 6 December 1995,
 
      Having examined the report of the Secretary-General on offers by Member
States of study and training facilities for inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing
Territories, prepared pursuant to its resolution 845 (IX) of 22 November 1954,
 
      Conscious of the importance of promoting the educational advancement of
the inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories,
 
      Strongly convinced that the continuation and expansion of offers of
scholarships is essential in order to meet the increasing need of students
from Non- Self-Governing Territories for educational and training assistance,
and considering that students in those Territories should be encouraged to
avail themselves of such offers,
 
      1.    Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;
 
      2.    Expresses its appreciation to those Member States that have made
scholarships available to the inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories;
 
      3.    Invites all States to make or continue to make generous offers of
study and training facilities to the inhabitants of those Territories that
have not yet attained self-government or independence and, wherever possible,
to provide travel funds to prospective students;
 
      4.    Urges the administering Powers to take effective measures to
ensure the widespread and continuous dissemination in the Territories under
their administration of information relating to offers of study and training
facilities made by States and to provide all the necessary facilities to
enable students to avail themselves of such offers;
 
      5.    Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly
at its fifty-second session on the implementation of the present resolution;
 
      6.    Draws the attention of the Special Committee on the Situation with
regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of
Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples to the present resolution.
      
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