Policies and Programmes Involving Youth : 10th Anniversary of the World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and Beyond

A/RES/59/148View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 94a Social development, including questions relating to the world social situation and to youth, ageing, disabled persons and the family, published in 2005.

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report · 2005

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2005	A/60/156	Making commitments matter young people's input to the 10-year review of the World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and Beyond : report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/59/148

What subjects does this mandate have?

16 subjects

Anniversaries Conferences Consultations Consultative Status Developing Countries Economies in Transition Gender Mainstreaming Geographical Distribution Information Dissemination International Youth Organizations Least Developed Countries Non-Governmental Organizations Observer Status Programme Implementation Programmes of Action Youth

What’s in this document?

9 operative paragraphs

Decides to convene, at its sixtieth session, two plenary meetings of the General Assembly devoted to the evaluation of the progress made in the implementation of the World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and Beyond, to be held during the general debate of the Third Committee under the agenda item entitled “Social development, including questions relating to the world social situation and to youth, ageing, disabled persons and the family”;

Decides also to hold, prior to the plenary meetings, an informal, interactive round-table discussion on the theme “Young people: making commitments matter”, which will be open to the participation of Member States, observers, organizations of the United Nations system and non-governmental youth organizations;

Decides further that one youth representative from a Member State shall orally present a summary of the informal round-table discussion to the General Assembly at the beginning of the plenary meeting;

Urges Member States to consider being represented by youth representatives to address the plenary on this occasion, as well as in the above-mentioned informal round-table discussion, bearing in mind the principle of gender balance;

Decides to facilitate access to United Nations Headquarters by the non-governmental organizations that were accredited to the World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth in 1998 and interested non-governmental organizations that are neither in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council nor were accredited to the World Conference to participate in the informal round-table discussions and side events to be held during the tenth anniversary of the World Programme of Action;

Urges, in recognition of the importance of ensuring the equitable geographical participation of non-governmental youth organizations in the tenth anniversary of the World Programme of Action, relevant United Nations entities to assist non-governmental organizations that do not have the resources, in particular non-governmental organizations from developing countries, including the least developed countries and countries with economies in transition, to participate in the tenth anniversary;

Requests the Secretary-General to disseminate widely to the community of non-governmental youth organizations all available information on the events associated with the tenth anniversary of the World Programme of Action;

Decides that the arrangements outlined in paragraph 5 above shall in no way create a precedent for other similar events;

Notes with appreciation the ongoing efforts of the United Nations system to solicit input from youth organizations and young people into the current review of the World Programme of Action, as requested by the General Assembly in paragraph 14 of its resolution 58/133, and invites the Secretary-General to provide an overview of the input gathered from youth organizations as a supplement to his report to the Assembly at its sixtieth session.

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