United Nations
A/RES/70/127
General Assembly
Distr.: General
8 February 2016
Seventieth session
Agenda item 28 (b)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 17 December 2015
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/70/481)]
70/127. Policies and programmes involving youth
The General Assembly,
Recalling the World Programme of Action for Youth, adopted by the General
Assembly in its resolutions 50/81 of 14 December 1995 and 62/126 of 18 December
2007,
Welcoming the participation of youth representatives in national delegations at
the General Assembly,
Affirming that generating decent work and quality employment for youth is
one of the biggest challenges that needs to be tackled, as well as emphasizing the
priority areas of the World Programme of Action for Youth linked to the
employability of youth, including education, health and access to information and
technology, and bearing in mind that over 73 million young people are unemployed,
Recalling that Member States have an important role in meeting the needs and
aspirations of youth, including youth with disabilities, and recognizing that the ways
in which young people are able to fulfil their potential will influence social and
economic conditions and the well-being and livelihood of future generations,
Acknowledging that the current generation of youth is the largest one ever, and
in this context reaffirming the importance of involving youth , and youth-led and
youth-focused organizations, in the work of the United Nations at the national,
regional and international levels, in all matters of concern to them, including in the
implementation of the World Programme of Action for Youth and of the 2030
Agenda for Sustainable Development, 1
Recalling the adoption of the outcome document of the United Nations summit
for the adoption of the post-2015 development agenda, entitled “Transforming our
world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, by Heads of State and
Government on 25 September 2015, 1 and recognizing that the 2030 Agenda includes
important goals and targets pertaining to youth,
Welcoming the high-level event held by the General Assembly on 29 May 2015
to mark the twentieth anniversary of the World Programme of Action for Youth,
which offered an important opportunity for Member States and other relevant
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