Editing University for Peace (section)

== History and relationship with United Nations ==
[[File:UPEACE-campus.jpg|250px|thumb|UPEACE Rodrigo Carazo Campus, Costa Rica|alt=]]

The University for Peace was set in motion by a treaty endorsed by resolution 34/111 of 14 December 1979 of the [[United Nations General Assembly]]. This resolution also established an international commission which, in collaboration with the government of Costa Rica, was requested to prepare the proposed university's organization and structure -- setting in motion the creation of the University for Peace. Thereafter, by Resolution 35/55 of 5 December 1980,<ref>{{cite web |title=UN General Assembly Resolution A/RES/35/55 on the Establishment of UPEACE |url=http://www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/RES/35/55 |website=United Nations Official Document |publisher=United Nations}}</ref> the UN General Assembly endorsed the treaty establishing the University for Peace by adopting the International Agreement for the Establishment of the University for Peace along with the Charter of the University for Peace.<ref name=":0" />d 

In 1999, Secretary-General [[Kofi Annan]] took further steps to revitalize the University for Peace by changing its focus from that of a local and regional institution to a more globally-focussed perspective. Accompanying this change in focus was a change of the university's working language, from Spanish to English, and launch of its African program.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sainz |first1=Juan |title=Overview of the University for Peace |url=https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=808768699770288 |website=Preamble to Conversation with Ambassador Jacquelin O'Neill (Canada) |publisher=Facebook Live |access-date=28 June 2024}}</ref>

The University for Peace is part of the academic wing of the UN system, and has observer status at the UN General Assembly,<ref>See "Other Resources" at {{cite web|title=UN Bodies |url=https://www.un.org/en/peace/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112174113/https://www.un.org/en/peace/ |archive-date=12 January 2012 |publisher=United Nations |access-date=16 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Observer status for the University for Peace in the General Assembly : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | date=15 January 2009 |url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/643196?ln=en |publisher=United Nations Digital Library |access-date=16 September 2020}}</ref> while maintaining its [[academic freedom|independence in academic]], financial and management matters. The [[UN secretary-general|UN Secretary-General]] is the honorary president of UPEACE. As the university is mandated by the General Assembly, the UN Secretary-General reports periodically on the activities of the University for Peace.<ref>{{cite web|title=UN General Assembly Resolution A/RES/64/83|url=http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N09/466/81/PDF/N0946681.pdf?OpenElement|publisher=United Nations}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Report of the UN Secretary General on the University for Peace, A/64/281, dated 11 August 2009.|url=http://www.upeace.org/PDF/SG%27s%20Report%20-%202009%20%28English%29.pdf|access-date=3 September 2012|archive-date=11 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011234537/http://www.upeace.org/PDF/SG%27s%20Report%20-%202009%20%28English%29.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The main body of governance of the university is the Council of the University for Peace. It is composed of 17 members, ten of which are appointed by the Secretary-General of the UN and the Director-General of [[UNESCO]], two nominated by the [[Politics of Costa Rica|government of Costa Rica]], and others being high-level staff of the University for Peace, the [[United Nations University]], and the United Nations.<ref>{{Cite web |title=University for Peace |url=https://www.upeace.org/pages/upeace-council |access-date=2022-10-01 |website=www.upeace.org}}</ref>