Policies and Programmes Involving Youth

A/RES/56/117View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 108 Social development, including questions relating to the world social situation and to youth, ageing, disabled persons and the family, published in 2002.

What other versions does this mandate have?

18 versions · 1990–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/180

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/180	Policies and programmes involving youth	4,841	80%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/179	Policies and programmes involving youth	4,291	20%Compare
2022	A/RES/76/137	Policies and programmes involving youth	5,792	50%Compare
2020	A/RES/74/121	Policies and programmes involving youth	4,376	74%Compare
2018	A/RES/72/146	Policies and programmes involving youth	3,376	41%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

8 reports · 2005–2025

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2025	A/80/375	Policies and programmes involving youth report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/78/179
2023	A/78/189	Policies and programmes involving youth report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/76/137
2021	A/76/210	Policies and programmes involving youth report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/74/121
2019	A/74/175	Policies and programmes involving youth report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/72/146
2017	A/72/190	Youth development links to sustainable development report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/70/127

What subjects does this mandate have?

19 subjects

Access to Information Capacity Building Communication Technology Decision-Making Development Strategies Education Empowerment Geographical Distribution Guidelines Hiv/Aids Information Exchange Information Technology Popular Participation Programme Implementation Programmes of Action Recommendations Youth Youth Organizations Youth Policy

What’s in this document?

22 operative paragraphs

Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and Beyond;⁶

⁶A/56/180.

Calls upon all States, all United Nations bodies, the specialized agencies, the regional commissions and the intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations concerned, in particular youth organizations, to make every possible effort towards the implementation of the World Programme of Action, aiming at cross-sectoral youth policies by integrating a youth perspective into all planning and decision-making processes relevant to youth;

Also calls upon all parties concerned, as mentioned in paragraph 2 above, within the framework of the World Programme of Action, to consider the appropriate ways and means to provide follow-up to the Lisbon Declaration on Youth Policies and Programmes adopted at the World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth;Error: Reference source not found

Takes note with appreciation of the work by the regional commissions to implement the World Programme of Action and to follow up the World Conference in their respective regions, in coordination with regional meetings of ministers responsible for youth and regional non-governmental youth organizations, and to provide advisory services to support national youth policies and programmes in each region, and encourages them to continue to do so;

Invites all relevant programmes and funds, the specialized agencies and other bodies within the United Nations system, as well as other intergovernmental organizations and regional financial institutions, to give greater support to national youth policies and programmes within their country programmes as a way to follow up the World Conference;

Calls upon all States, all United Nations bodies, the specialized agencies, the regional commissions and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, in particular youth organizations, to exchange knowledge and expertise on youth-related issues, upon setting up the ways and means to do so;

Welcomes the public information activities organized by the Secretariat for International Youth Day, 12 August, as a way to promote better awareness, especially among youth, of the World Programme of Action;

Recognizes that information and communications technology plays a crucial role as a potential means of promoting participation, access to information and education and networking possibilities for young people;

Welcomes the fact that the special session of the General Assembly on children will also discuss issues relevant to youth;

Expresses its appreciation to the Government of Senegal for its support to the fourth session of the World Youth Forum of the United Nations System, held at Dakar from 6 to 10 August 2001, where, once again, youth delegates had the opportunity to meet and debate strategies for youth empowerment;⁷

⁷See A/C.3/56/2, concerning the fourth session of the World Youth Forum.

Affirms that future sessions of the World Youth Forum should integrate an active and representative involvement of youth organizations and young people into all planning, reviewing and decision-making processes, and invites the Secretary-General to conduct a thorough review of and provide recommendations on the Forum’s structure, organization, participation, including to ensure that it is fully representative of all geographical regions and of a diversity of views, and processes, taking into account the views of Member States and youth organizations, and, in this context, to include this matter in his report to the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth session, through the Commission for Social Development at its forty-first session;

Recognizes the importance of the full and effective participation of youth and youth organizations at the local, national, regional and international levels in promoting and implementing the World Programme of Action and in evaluating the progress achieved and the obstacles encountered in its implementation and of the need to support the activities of youth mechanisms that have been set up by youth and youth organizations, bearing in mind that young people are active agents for positive change and development in society;

Also recognizes the great importance of the empowerment of youth through building the capacity of young people to achieve greater independence, overcoming constraints to their participation and providing them with opportunities to make decisions that affect their life and well-being;

Reaffirms the decision of the heads of State and Government, as contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration,4 to develop and implement strategies that give young people everywhere a real chance to find decent and productive work, welcomes in this context the Secretary-General’s initiative to create a Youth Employment Network, and invites the Secretary-General to continue with these initiatives;

Expresses deep concern over the fact that, currently, approximately half of new human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections are in youth aged 15 to 24 years and that no fewer than 6,500 young people are infected by the virus each day, and reiterates the need to achieve the goals and commitments contained in the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS adopted by the General Assembly at its twenty-sixth special session, held at Headquarters from 25 to 27 June 2001;⁸

⁸Resolution S-26/2, annex.

Reaffirms the importance of schooling and education, in particular for girls and young women, and recognizes the value of all forms of life-long learning, including formal education and training and non-formal education;

Calls upon Member States, all United Nations bodies and non-governmental organizations to continue to implement fully the guidelines for further planning and suitable follow-up in the field of youth endorsed by the General Assembly in its resolution 40/14, and the guidelines for the improvement of the channels of communication between the United Nations and youth and youth organizations which the Assembly adopted by its resolutions 32/135 and 36/17, and in particular to facilitate, in accordance with these resolutions, the activities of youth mechanisms that have been set up by youth and youth organizations;

Takes note with appreciation of the important role of the United Nations Youth Fund in the implementation of agreed programmes and mandates on youth, including the provision of support for youth activities promoting South-South cooperation, and support for the participation of young delegates from the least developed countries at the fourth session of the World Youth Forum;

Invites all Governments and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to contribute to the Fund, and requests the Secretary-General to take appropriate actions to encourage contributions;

Reiterates the call made in the World Programme of Action to Member States to consider including youth representatives in their delegations to the General Assembly and other relevant United Nations meetings, thus broadening the channels of communication and enhancing the discussion of youth-related issues, and requests the Secretary-General to convey this invitation again to Member States;

Welcomes Economic and Social Council resolution 2001/7 of 24 July 2001, in which the Council decided that the Commission for Social Development would review the relevant United Nations plans and programmes of action pertaining to the situation of social groups and the global situation of youth in 2003, and in this regard requests the Secretary-General to present a comprehensive report on this issue, with concrete and action-oriented recommendations, to the Commission at its forty-first session, bearing in mind the need for Member States to develop more holistic and cross-sectoral youth policies and the need to enhance, inter alia, the channels of communication between the United Nations system and youth and youth organizations;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth session on the implementation of the present resolution, in particular on progress made in the implementation of the World Programme of Action.

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