United Nations
A/RES/65/312
General Assembly
Distr.: General
25 August 2011
Sixty-fifth session
Agenda item 27 (b)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 26 July 2011
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/65/L.87)]
65/312. Outcome document of the High-level Meeting of the
General Assembly on Youth: Dialogue and Mutual
Understanding
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 64/134 of 18 December 2009, in particular paragraph 3
thereof, and its resolution 65/267 of 15 March 2011, in particular paragraph 1
thereof,
Adopts the following outcome document of the High-level Meeting of the
General Assembly on Youth: Dialogue and Mutual Understanding:
Outcome document of the High-level Meeting of the General
Assembly on Youth: Dialogue and Mutual Understanding
We, Heads of State and Government, Ministers and representatives of Member
States, gathered at a high-level meeting at United Nations Headquarters in New York on
25 and 26 July 2011 on the theme “Youth: dialogue and mutual understanding”,
1.
Stress the need to disseminate and foster among young people and
educate them about the ideals of peace, freedom, justice, tolerance, respect for
human rights and fundamental freedoms, solidarity and dedication to the objectives
of progress and development;
2.
Recall resolution 64/134 of 18 December 2009, by which the General
Assembly proclaimed the year commencing on 12 August 2010 the International
Year of Youth: Dialogue and Mutual Understanding, and acknowledge the
significance of the High-level Meeting as the highlight of the International Year of
Youth;
3.
Reaffirm the World Programme of Action for Youth, including its fifteen
interrelated priority areas, and call upon Member States to continue its
implementation at the local, national, regional and international levels;
4.
Encourage Member States to develop comprehensive policies and action
plans that focus on the best interests of youth, particularly the poor and
marginalized, and address all aspects of youth development, and also encourage the
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