United Nations
A/RES/65/267
Distr.: General
21 June 2011
General Assembly
Sixty-fifth session
Agenda item 27 (b)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 15 March 2011
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/65/L.63)]
65/267. Organization of the High-level Meeting on Youth
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 64/134 of 18 December 2009, by which it proclaimed
the year commencing on 12 August 2010 the International Year of Youth: Dialogue
and Mutual Understanding and decided to organize, under the auspices of the United
Nations, a world youth conference as the highlight of the Year,
Recalling also its resolutions 50/81 of 14 December 1995 and 62/126 of
18 December 2007, by which it adopted the World Programme of Action for Youth,
as contained in the annexes thereto, and acknowledging that the Programme of
Action provides Member States with a useful policy framework and practical
guidelines for improving the situation of youth,
Bearing in mind that youth represent a significant proportion of the world’s
population and that the way in which the challenges and potential of young people
are addressed will influence social and economic conditions and the well-being and
livelihood of future generations,
Recognizing that the International Year of Youth provides an important
opportunity to enhance dialogue and mutual understanding among youth worldwide,
to promote youth participation at all levels, and to increase the commitment and
investment from Governments and the international community in addressing the
challenges that hinder youth,
Decides that the world youth conference shall take the form of a high1.
level meeting of the General Assembly, to be held at United Nations Headquarters in
New York on 25 and 26 July 2011, and shall be funded within existing resources and
through voluntary contributions;
Also decides that the High-level Meeting shall have as its overarching
2.
theme “Youth: dialogue and mutual understanding”;
3.
Calls upon Member States to pay due attention to relevant internationally
agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals, and
relevant outcomes and programmes of action, including the World Programme of
Action for Youth and General Assembly resolution 62/126;
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