A/RES/64/130 (c) Supporting, including through State and local governments, the establishment and functioning of independent national youth councils or equivalent bodies; (d) Strengthening the participation and inclusion of young persons with disabilities in decision-making processes on an equal basis with others; (e) Providing young people who are disconnected or socially and economically excluded with opportunities to participate in decision-making processes to ensure their full involvement in society; 14. Calls upon Member States to consider using the goals and targets proposed in the reports of the Secretary-General 11 at the national level as a means of facilitating the monitoring of progress towards the implementation of the World Programme of Action for Youth; 10F 15. Requests the Secretary-General to intensify efforts to further develop and propose a set of possible indicators linked to the World Programme of Action for Youth and the proposed goals and targets, in order to assist States in assessing the situation of youth, with a view to allowing it to be considered by the Commission for Social Development and by the Statistical Commission at the earliest opportunity; 16. Recognizes the positive contribution that youth representatives make to the General Assembly and other United Nations bodies and their role in serving as an important channel of communication between young people and the United Nations, and in this regard requests the Secretary-General to support adequately the United Nations Programme on Youth of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the Secretariat so that it can continue to facilitate their effective participation in meetings; 17. Urges Member States to consider including youth representatives in their delegations at all relevant discussions in the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council and its functional commissions and relevant United Nations conferences, as appropriate, bearing in mind the principles of gender balance and non-discrimination, and emphasizes that such youth representatives should be selected through a transparent process that ensures that they have a suitable mandate to represent young people in their countries; 18. Recognizes the need for a greater geographical balance of youth representation, and encourages Member States and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to contribute to the United Nations Youth Fund in order to facilitate the participation of youth representatives from developing countries; 19. Welcomes the recent increased collaboration among United Nations entities in the area of youth development, and calls upon the United Nations Programme on Youth to continue to act as the focal point within the United Nations system for promoting further collaboration. 65th plenary meeting 18 December 2009 _______________ 11 A/62/61/Add.1-E/2007/7/Add.1 and A/64/61-E/2009/3. 5