Establishment of the United Nations Youth Office

A/RES/76/306View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 124 Strengthening of the United Nations System, published in 2021.

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Section 1	Overall policymaking, direction and coordination	11

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Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Section 1	Overall policymaking, direction and coordination	11	—

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report · 2023

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2023	A/77/955	United Nations Youth Office report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/76/306

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 subjects

Coordination Within UN System Organizational Change Youth

What’s in this document?

16 operative paragraphs

Decides to establish the United Nations Youth Office as a dedicated office for youth affairs in the Secretariat, integrating the Office of the Envoy of the Secretary-General on Youth, following a submission of a detailed proposal on the operational functions, structure, resources and staffing of the new Youth Office, based on a thorough analysis of the resource needs of the Office and funding from the regular budget of the United Nations, and in this regard requests the Secretary-General to submit this proposal to the General Assembly, through its Fifth Committee, during the seventy-seventh session;

Emphasizes the importance of ensuring that the United Nations Youth Office is provided with sufficient financial and human resources, and decides that the Office shall be led by a suitably qualified person, preferably under the age of 35 years, with a demonstrated commitment to youth issues, who shall be appointed by the Secretary-General at a senior-level position, in accordance with Article 101 of the Charter of the United Nations, with due regard to gender balance and geographical representation;

Decides that the United Nations Youth Office will:

Lead engagement and advocacy for the advancement of youth issues across the United Nations, in the areas of peace and security, sustainable development and human rights;

Promote meaningful, inclusive and effective engagement of youth and youth-led and youth-focused organizations in the work of the United Nations, working in close collaboration across the United Nations system;

Encourage greater United Nations system-wide collaboration, coordination and accountability on the advancement of youth issues, including United Nations support to Member States, as appropriate and upon their request, in promoting the effective and meaningful engagement, participation and empowerment of youth;

Encourage the identification of focal points on youth, within existing resources, across the United Nations system and in United Nations country teams;

Engage with youth-focused envoys, representatives and offices of regional organizations on advancing youth issues;

Propose innovative approaches to advance multi-stakeholder initiatives on the engagement and empowerment of youth, for the consideration of Member States;

Promote and facilitate intergenerational and intercultural dialogue, collaboration and solidarity;

Support efforts to enhance youth representation at the United Nations, including through increasing and improving the conditions of internships and employment opportunities for youth, especially for youth from developing countries and with due regard to gender balance;

Support ongoing efforts towards the mobilization of financial and technical support and investment to promote and upscale quality and inclusive education and training, skills development, capacity-building and bridging the digital divide, in tandem with job creation, for youth and creating an enabling environment for harnessing their talents and abilities to contribute to their societies;

Conduct outreach to youth and youth-led and youth-focused organizations, through innovative means, including the use of social media;

Invites the President of the Economic and Social Council, with the support of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the Secretariat, to collaborate with the United Nations Youth Office in the preparations for the youth forum of the Council, in particular in ensuring that the forum represents a platform for youth from across all regions to continue to share their ideas and engage in dialogue with Member States;

Decides to include in the draft agenda of its seventy-seventh session, and of subsequent sessions, an item entitled “Report of the United Nations Youth Office”, and requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly an annual report on the activities of the Office for its consideration under this agenda item in plenary meeting;

Requests that the United Nations Youth Office share the report with youth representatives and representatives of youth-led and youth-focused organizations.

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