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international community and the United Nations system to support national youth
programmes and further develop and improve the existing international framework
on youth, including the World Programme of Action for Youth, in order to fully
address all current challenges affecting youth;
5.
Also encourage Member States to promote gender equality and the
empowerment of women in all aspects of youth development, recognizing the
vulnerability of girls and young women, and the important role of boys and young
men in ensuring gender equality;
6.
Note with appreciation the activities, special events, contributions and
inputs of Member States and all stakeholders, including youth-led organizations, the
private sector, civil society and the media, as well as United Nations entities, and
take into account the input from youth-led organizations to the outcome document
of the High-level Meeting;
7.
Recognize that the ways in which young people are able to address their
aspirations and challenges and fulfil their potential will influence current social and
economic conditions and the well-being and livelihood of future generations, and
stress the need for further efforts to promote the interests of youth, including the full
enjoyment of their human rights, inter alia, by supporting young people in
developing their potential and talents and tackling obstacles facing youth;
8.
Recall the commitment to achieving the internationally agreed development
goals, including the Millennium Development Goals, and to implementing the outcomes
of global conferences and summits and relevant programmes;
9.
Stress the important role of effective sectoral and cross-sectoral national
youth policies, reflecting youth in all its diversity, as well as of international
cooperation in promoting the achievement of the internationally agreed development
goals, including the Millennium Development Goals;
10. Invite Member States to review and evaluate the implementation of their
commitments to relevant internationally agreed development goals, including the
Millennium Development Goals, and the relevant outcomes and programmes of
action, including the World Programme of Action for Youth, and request the United
Nations regional commissions to assist Member States in sharing information on
national experiences, lessons learned and good practices in that regard;
11. Encourage Member States to continue developing, implementing,
monitoring and evaluating effective national youth policies, taking into account
their cultural context regarding youth development, as well as to promote relevant
regional programmes on youth;
12. Reaffirm our determination to give priority attention to the promotion of
youth and their interests and to address the challenges that hinder youth
development, in particular through poverty eradication, the promotion of sustained
economic growth, sustainable development and full and productive employment and
decent work for all, and call for increased participation of youth and youth-led
organizations in the formulation of, as appropriate, local, national, regional and
international development strategies and policies;
13. Reaffirm the need for young people to be protected from all forms of
violence, including gender-based violence, trafficking in persons, bullying and
cyberbullying, as well as from involvement and manipulation in criminal activities
such as drug-related crimes, and recognize the need for the development of safe and
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