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Welcomes the commitment contained in the outcome document of the
High-level Plenary Meeting of the sixtieth session of the General Assembly 3 to
make the goals of full and productive employment and decent work for young
people a central objective of relevant national and international policies as well as
national development strategies, including poverty reduction strategies, through,
inter alia, the development of national action plans on youth employment, as well as
by prioritizing therein the necessary resources for the implementation of these plans,
and in this regard encourages relevant stakeholders to continue to assist and support,
upon request, the efforts of Governments in the elaboration and implementation of
national reviews and action plans;
Stresses the importance of the work of the Youth Employment Network
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as a peer exchange, support and review mechanism, and encourages Member States,
the United Nations and partner organizations to strengthen and expand the Network
at the national, regional and international levels;
Welcomes the participation of youth representatives in national
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delegations, and urges Member States to consider being represented by youth
representatives on a continuing basis during relevant discussions in the General
Assembly and the Economic and Social Council and its functional commissions,
bearing in mind the principle of gender balance;
10. Invites all Governments and intergovernmental and non-governmental
organizations to contribute, inter alia, to the United Nations Youth Fund for the
participation of youth representatives in national delegations, in particular from
developing countries;
11. Welcomes the decision to convene the informal, interactive round-table
discussion, which created an opportunity for youth organizations to engage with
Member States, and encourages the consideration of similar events in the future;
12. Calls upon Governments, the United Nations system, youth organizations
and other relevant stakeholders to strengthen efforts aimed at the implementation of
the ten priority areas contained in the World Programme of Action;
13. Decides to add the following as additional priority areas for the
implementation of the World Programme of Action: the mixed impact of
globalization on young women and men; the use of and access to information and
communication technologies; the dramatic increase in the incidence of HIV
infection among young people and the impact of the epidemic on their lives; the
active involvement of young people in armed conflict, both as victims and as
perpetrators; and the increased importance of addressing intergenerational issues in
an ageing society;
14. Requests the Commission for Social Development at its forty-fifth
session to elaborate the five priority areas mentioned above and to make
recommendations on a supplement to the World Programme of Action to the General
Assembly, to be adopted at its sixty-second session, taking into consideration other
emerging issues of particular relevance to youth;
15. Requests the Secretariat, in collaboration with other relevant United
Nations programmes and agencies, to establish a broad set of indicators related to
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