Follow-Up to the Implementation of the International Year of Volunteers

A/RES/60/134View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 62 Social development, including questions relating to the world social situation, and to youth, ageing, disabled persons and the family, published in 2006.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 2006–2009

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/63/153

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2009	A/RES/63/153	Follow-up to the implementation of the International Year of Volunteers	761	25%Compare
2006	A/RES/60/134	Follow-up to the implementation of the International Year of Volunteers	802	–

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

2 reports · 2008–2012

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2012	A/67/153	Follow-up to the implementation of the International Year of Volunteers report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/63/153
2008	A/63/184	Follow-up to the implementation of the International Year of Volunteers report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/60/134

What subjects does this mandate have?

14 subjects

Civil Society Information Dissemination Information Networks International Days International Voluntary Services International Years Partnership Private Sector Programme Implementation Public Information Social Development Technical Cooperation Voluntary Service Websites

What’s in this document?

15 operative paragraphs

Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General;³

³A/60/128.

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General in response to the report of the Panel of Eminent Persons on United Nations-Civil Society Relations;⁴

⁴A/59/354.

Welcomes the hosting of the first International Conference on Volunteerism and the Millennium Development Goals, organized jointly by the Government of Pakistan and the United Nations system and held in Islamabad from 5 to 7 December 2004, and takes note of its final report;Error: Reference source not found

Reiterates its call upon Governments, with the active support of the media, civil society and the private sector, to observe the International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development on 5 December and to include activities, in particular on efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals;

Reaffirms the need to recognize and promote all forms of volunteerism as an issue that involves and benefits all segments of society, including children, young persons, older persons, persons with disabilities, minorities and immigrants and those who remain excluded for social or economic reasons;

Recognizes that volunteering, in particular at the community level, will help to achieve the internationally agreed development goals, including those contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration;⁵

⁵See resolution 55/2.

Also recognizes the importance of supportive legislative and fiscal frameworks for the growth and development of volunteerism, and encourages Governments to enact such measures;

Welcomes the work of the United Nations Volunteers, and requests them to continue their efforts, together with other stakeholders, to raise awareness of volunteerism, increase reference and networking resources available, provide technical cooperation to developing countries, upon their request, in the field of volunteerism and enhance coordination among those operating on the ground;

Invites all stakeholders, especially from the private sector community and from private foundations, to support volunteerism as a strategic tool to enhance economic and social development, including by expanding corporate volunteering;

Calls for the relevant organizations and bodies of the United Nations system to integrate volunteerism in its various forms into their policies, programmes and reports, and encourages the recognition and inclusion of volunteer contributions in future United Nations and other relevant international conferences;

Acknowledges the importance of civil society organizations for the promotion of volunteerism, and in this respect recognizes that strengthening the dialogue and interaction between civil society and the United Nations contributes to the expansion of volunteerism;

Encourages Governments to establish partnerships with civil society in order to build up volunteer potential at the national level, given the important contribution that volunteerism makes to the fulfilment of the internationally agreed development goals, including those contained in the Millennium Declaration;

Recognizes the increasing attention being given to the economic dimension of volunteerism, and encourages Governments, with the support of civil society, to build up a knowledge base on the subject, to disseminate data and to expand research on other volunteer-related issues, including in developing countries;

Welcomes the work of the United Nations Volunteers in building up the capacity of the World Volunteer WebError: Reference source not found with a view to enhancing network capabilities and to expanding information, knowledge and resource management, and encourages Governments and all stakeholders, in particular the private sector, to contribute on a voluntary basis to this initiative;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-third session on the implementation of the present resolution under the item entitled “Social development, including questions relating to the world social situation and to youth, ageing, disabled persons and the family” and to include in the report proposals regarding possible ways to mark the tenth anniversary of the International Year of Volunteers in 2011.

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