Argentina, Cuba, New Zealand, Spain, and the United Kingdom provide information on their assistance programmes.
Offers by Member States of study and training facilities for inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories
Report of the Secretary-General
The present report is submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 69/100 and is a compilation of replies from Member States related to scholarships and training facilities made available to the inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories
I. Introduction
1. By
General Assembly resolution 845 (IX), Member States were invited to extend to
the inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories offers of facilities not only
for study and training of university standard but also for study at the post
primary level, as well as technical and vocational training of immediate
practical value.
2. In
accordance with General Assembly resolution 1696 (XVI), offers extended under
resolution 845 (IX) are communicated by the Secretariat to the administering
Powers to enable them to give appropriate publicity to the offers in the
Territories under their administration.
3. Information
on scholarships offered by Member States under the programme is made available
to prospective applicants. Reference to the programme has been included in
successive editions of the guide entitled Study
Abroad, published by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization.
4. Under
the terms of resolution 845 (IX) and subsequent resolutions, the most recent of
which is resolution 69/100, the Secretary-General submits to the General
Assembly each year a report containing detailed information on the offers made
and the extent to which they were utilized.[1] The
present report, which covers the period from 5 March 2014 to 5 March 2015, is
submitted in accordance with paragraph 5 of resolution 69/100.
