United Nations
A/RES/64/134
General Assembly
Distr.: General
1 February 2010
Sixty-fourth session
Agenda item 61 (b)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 December 2009
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/64/432)]
64/134. Proclamation of 2010 as the International Year of Youth:
Dialogue and Mutual Understanding
The General Assembly,
Bearing in mind the Charter of the United Nations and the principles contained
therein,
Considering that it is necessary to disseminate among young people the ideals
of peace, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, solidarity and
dedication to the objectives of progress and development,
Recalling the provisions of the Declaration on the Promotion among Youth of
the Ideals of Peace, Mutual Respect and Understanding between Peoples, proclaimed
by the General Assembly in its resolution 2037 (XX) of 7 December 1965,
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
to the Year 2000 and Beyond and the Supplement thereto, 1
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Bearing in mind that the ways in which the challenges and potential of young
people are addressed will influence current social and economic conditions and the
well-being and livelihood of future generations,
Bearing in mind also that 2010 will mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the
1985 International Youth Year: Participation, Development, Peace, and stressing the
importance of commemorating this anniversary,
Convinced that young people should be encouraged to devote their energy,
enthusiasm and creativity to economic, social and cultural development and the
promotion of mutual understanding,
Welcoming the fifth World Youth Congress, to be held in Istanbul, Turkey,
European Capital of Culture 2010, from 31 July to 13 August 2010, and the
initiative of the Government of Mexico to host a World Youth Conference, in
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In paragraph 1 of its resolution 47/1, the Commission for Social Development reaffirmed the World
Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and Beyond and the Supplement thereto as a unified set
of guiding principles, to be referred to henceforth as the World Programme of Action for Youth.
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