Welcomes the work of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on youth, and recalls the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the recommendations contained therein on strengthening the promotion and protection of the rights of young people;
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Stresses the fundamental importance of equal opportunities, education, including digital literacy, and technical and vocational training and that lifelong learning opportunities and guidance for youth are necessary for the realization of all human rights for young people;
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Welcomes the decision of the General Assembly to convene a one-day high-level plenary meeting of the Assembly, at the level of Heads of State and Government and with the full and effective participation of youth, during the general debate of the eightieth session of the Assembly, in 2025, to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and Beyond, with a view to addressing the challenges still faced by young people in the realization of their full potential and human rights;
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Recognizes that the participation and representation of youth in institutional political processes and policymaking are low compared with those of other age groups and that young people are not proportionately represented in political institutions, such as parliaments, political parties and public administrations;
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UrgesStates, in consultation with youth-led and youth-focused organizations, to promote new initiatives for the full, effective, structured, sustainable, safe and meaningful participation of young people in relevant decision-making processes and monitoring, in the political, economic, social and cultural spheres, including in designing and implementing policies, programmes and initiatives, in particular while implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development;
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Calls upon all States to promote and ensure the full realization of all human rights and fundamental freedoms for young people, including by taking measures to combat age discrimination, the exclusion of young persons with disabilities, neglect, abuse and violence, including sexual and gender-based violence, and to address issues relating to barriers to social integration and active, full, equal, meaningful and safe participation, bearing in mind that the full enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms by young people empowers them to contribute as active members of society to the political, civil, economic, social and cultural development of their countries;
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UrgesStates to promote equal opportunities for all, to eliminate all forms of discrimination against young people, including that based on age, race, colour, sex, disability, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status;
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Calls upon all States to guarantee a safe and enabling environment for meaningful youth participation that fully respects the right to freedom of opinion and expression and the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, in accordance with relevant and applicable international human rights instruments;
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Also calls upon all States to take the steps necessary to ensure that the right of young people to freedom of expression and their safety are respected in the digital space, including by better educating them on the digital environment and by developing youth-friendly digital tools, as well as by protecting young people effectively from online threats;
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Recognizes the potential of new and emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, to empower young people and to help them to develop their full potential, and encourages States to adopt specific measures to ensure that young people can enjoy all their rights safely and without fear of intimidation in the digital space and that they have access to justice and effective remedies when violations occur;
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Calls upon all States and other relevant stakeholders to develop initiatives on human rights education for youth, taking into consideration, as appropriate, the plan of action for the fourth phase (2020–2024) of the World Programme for Human Rights Education, and to engage youth as key partners in those efforts;
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UrgesStates to address the challenges faced by girls and young women, as well as gender stereotypes that perpetuate all forms of discrimination and violence against girls and young women, including harmful practices, both online and offline, and the stereotypical roles of women and men that hinder social development, by reaffirming the commitment to the empowerment of women and gender equality and the human rights of all women and girls, and to engage, educate, encourage and support men and boys to promote gender equality;
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Also urgesStates to address the barriers faced by young persons with disabilities, including by ensuring access on an equal basis to productive employment and decent work, economic and financial resources and disability-inclusive infrastructure and services, in particular in relation to health and education, as well as by ensuring that their priorities and needs are fully incorporated into policies and programmes, through, inter alia, their participation in relevant decision-making processes, so that they are actively involved in all aspects of public, political, economic, cultural, social and family life, on an equal basis with all others;
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EncouragesStates to conduct coherent youth-related policies through inclusive and participatory consultations with youth and relevant youth-led and youth-focused stakeholders and social development partners in the interest of developing integrated, holistic and inclusive youth policies and programmes, as well as coherent cross-sectoral efforts, based on the World Programme of Action For Youth and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, in which human rights are mainstreamed, and to evaluate them regularly as part of the follow-up action on and implementation of the Programme of Action at all levels;
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UrgesStates to consider addressing, through the universal periodic review and the treaty bodies, issues pertaining to the full and equal enjoyment of all the human rights of youth and to share the best practices that they have developed in dealing with the realization of the human rights of young people;
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EncouragesStates, United Nations bodies, especially the Human Rights Council, and the Office of the High Commissioner to collaborate broadly with the United Nations Youth Office, headed by the Assistant Secretary-General for Youth Affairs, in implementing the United Nations Youth Strategy and other youth-focused activities in order to guarantee the empowerment of young people and the full enjoyment of their human rights;
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Decides that the theme of the next biennial panel discussion, to be held during the sixtieth session of the Human Rights Council, will be the role of youth in fostering peaceful societies and creating an enabling environment for the enjoyment of human rights by all, and requests the Office of the High Commissioner to organize the panel discussion following consultations with youth and youth-led organizations and to prepare a summary report on the panel discussion for consideration by the Council at its sixty-first session;
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Requeststhe Office of the High Commissioner, in consultation with States and relevant stakeholders, including relevant United Nations agencies, the United Nations Youth Office and the Assistant Secretary-General for Youth Affairs, the treaty bodies, the special procedures of the Human Rights Council, national human rights institutions, civil society and representatives of youth organizations, to conduct a detailed study on the impact of mental health challenges on the enjoyment of human rights by young people and to submit the study to the Council for consideration prior to its sixty-third session;
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Decides to remain seized of the matter.
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