International Youth Year Participation, Development, Peace

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 89 International Youth Year : Participation, Development, Peace, published in 1985.

What other versions does this mandate have?

7 versions · 1980–1985

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1985	A/RES/40/14	International Youth Year Participation, Development, Peace	1,538	20%Compare
1984	A/RES/39/22	International Youth Year Participation, Development, Peace	944	—
1984	A/RES/38/22	International Youth Year Participation, Development, Peace	—	—
1983	A/RES/37/48	International Youth Year Participation, Development, Peace	1,238	62%Compare
1981	A/RES/36/28	International Youth Year: Participation, Development, Peace	1,274	56%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

6 subjects

Channels of Communication Guidelines International Years Popular Participation Youth Youth Organizations

What’s in this document?

14 operative paragraphs

Bearing in mind that the International Youth Year has

Recognizing the profound importance of the direct parserved to mobilize efforts at the local, national, regional ticipation of youth in shaping the future of mankind and and international levels in order to promote the best eduthe valuable contribution that youth can make in all seccational, professional and living conditions for young tors of society, as well as its willingness to express its ideas concerning the building of a better and more just world in people, to ensure their active participation in the overall development of society and to encourage their participawhich it can attain the objectives of the International tion in the preparation of new national and local policies Youth Year: Participation, Development, Peace,

and programmes in accordance with the experience, condi- C()nsidering it necessary to disseminate among youth tions and priorities of each country, the ideals of peace, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, human solidarity and dedication to the

Conscious that the International Youth Year has conobjectives of progress and development,

tributed to strengthening the rights, the ability and the willingness of young people to participate in all activities

Convinced that youth should be encow-aged to contribrelevant to them and to promote their own interests, ute its energies, enthusiasm and creative abilities to the task of nation-building, the observance of the principles of

Commending the organizers of international youth conthe Charter of the United Nations, the realization of the ferences and festivals and other specific activities devoted right to self-determination and national independence, the to the International Youth Year for the results of those respect for sovereignty and ·non-interference in the internal events inspired by the motto of the International Youth affairs of each State, the economic, social and cultural Year, "Participation, Development, Peace", advancement of peoples, the implementation of a new

Noting with satisfaction the outcome of the World international economic order and the promotion of inter- Congress on Youth, held at Barcelona, Spain, from 8 to 15 national co-operation and understanding to achieve the July 1985 under the auspices of the United Nations Eduobjectives of the International Youth Year: Participation,

cational, Scientific and Cultural Organization,3 Development, Peace,

Recognizing the important role of United Nations

Mindful that national committees or other mechanisms to facilitate the planning, implementation and co-ordinabodies, the specialized agencies and the regional commistion of the activities related to the preparation for and sions in promoting international co-operation in the field observance of the International Youth Year have been of youth and recognizing that they should continue to give established in a majority of States, more attention to the role of young people in the world of today, to their ideas and initiatives and to their demands

Convinced that the timely and significant impetus generfor the world of tomorrow,

ated by the activities of the International Youth Year should be maintained and reinforced with appropriate

Convinced that the preparation for and observance in follow-up action at all levels, 1985 of the International Youth Year with the motto .. Participation, Development, Peace" have offered a useful

Expressing its appreciation to the Advisory Committee and significant opportunity for drawing attention to the for the International Youth Year and to the United situation and the specific needs and aspirations of youth,

Nations Secretariat for their important contribution to the for increasing co-oper,uion at all levels in dealing with whole process of preparation and observance of the Interyouth issues, for undertaking concerted action pronational Youth Year,

Having considered the report of the Advisory Committee for the International Youth Year on its fourth session, held at Vienna from 25 March to 3 April 1985,4

Having considered also the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the guidelines and additional guidelines for the improvement of channels of communication between the United Nations and youth and youth organizations,' l. Endorses the guidelines for further planning and suitable follow-up in the field of youth as contained in the report of the Advisory Committee for the International Youth Year on its fourth session;4

Requests the Secretary-General to transmit the guidelines for further planning and suitable follow-up in the field of youth to all States, United Nations bodies, the specialized agencies and regional commissions, as well as to other international organizations concerned;

Calls upon all States, all United Nations bodies, the specialized agencies, regional commissions and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations concerned, in particular youth organizations, to exert all possible efforts for the implementation of the guidelines for

further planning and suitable follow-up in the field of youth, in accordance with their experience, conditions and priorities;

Urges all States to make every effort to consolidate and build further on the results of the International Youth Year;

Considers that, as the case may be, the continuing of national committees and other appropriate co-ordination measures at the national level devoted to the International Youth Year could be usefuJly considered, and notes with satisfaction the intention of national committees in many countries to ensure a proper follow-up, including adequate funding and the integration of the results of the Year into future activities and policies in order to continue to pursue the objectives of the International Youth Year: Participation, Development, Peace;

Requests the appropriate United Nations bodies and the specialized agencies to consider taking up in their programmes every year one or more specific youth-related projects to be elaborated in close co-operation with nongovernmental youth organizations on such themes as communication, housing, culture, youth employment and education;

Recommends that the Secretary-General keep under review the youth element in the programmes of appropriate United Nations bodies and the specialized agencies;

Requests the Commission for Social Development to examine, on a regular basis, specific youth issues, in

keeping with the objectives of the International Youth • Year: Participation, Development, Peace;

Stresses again the importance of the active and direct participation of youth and .youth organizations in the activities organized at the local, national, regional and international levels in the field of youth;

Emphasizes the importance of improving the active use of the channels of communication between the United Nations system and youth organizations, at both the national and international levels;

Invites Governments again to consider the regular inclusion of youth representatives in their national delegations to the General Assembly and other relevant United Nations meetings;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its forty-first session an item entitled "Policies and pro. grammes involving young people: Participation, Development, Peace" and to evaluate, in this framework, the results of the International Youth Year on the basis of a report of the Secretary-General.

.t0/15. Efforts and measures for securing the imple.

mentation and the enjoyment by youth of human rights, particularly the right to educa• tion and to work

Calls upon all States, all governmental and non-governmental organizations and the interested bodies of the United Nations and the specialized agencies to pay continuous attention, in further planning and suitable follow-up in the field of youth, to the implementation of General Assembly resolutions 36/29, 37/49, 38/B and 39/23 relating to efforts and measures aimed at the promotion of human rights and their enjoyment by youth, particularly the right to education and vocational training and to work, with a view to resolving the problem of unemployment among youth;

Requests the Commission for Social Development, in examining specific youth issues, to pay adequate attention to the enjoyment by youth of human rights, particularly the right to education and to work;

Invites national organs of co-ordination or organs implementing policies and programmes in the field of youth to give appropriate priority in the activities to be undertaken after the International Youth Year: Participation, Development, Peace to the implementation and the

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2 See sect. l, footnote 10.

J See N40/768. annex.

4 A/40/256. annex.

6 Resolution 217 A (III). 5 A/40/631.

7 See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.

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