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Policies and programmes involving youth (2016), para. 02
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- 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,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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Strengthening the United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme, in particular its technical cooperation capacity (2019), para. 083
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- 17. Recommends that Member States adopt multisectoral crime prevention policies and programmes for youth, taking into consideration their varying needs, and safeguard their well-being, recognizing that youth may face specific challenges and risk factors that make them particularly vulnerable to crime, all forms of viol ence, terrorism and victimization;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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Implementation of the recommendations contained in the report of the Secretary-General on the causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa (2016), para. 23
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- Encouraging the United Nations system, the African Union and subregional organizations to enhance their interaction with civil society, including women’s and youth associations, academia and research institutions on issues relevant to the promotion of peace, security and sustainable development in Africa, and welcoming the ongoing efforts in this regard, including by the Office of the Special Adviser on Africa,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Youth
- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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Youth, disarmament and non-proliferation (2019), para. 10
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- Mindful of the initiatives and activities undertaken by Member States, the United Nations entities and relevant civil society organizations for the implementation of the World Programme of Action for Youth 1 and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, 2
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2010), para. 27
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- (c) Promoting, where appropriate, the physical and legal separation of juvenile from adult judicial and penal systems;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Youth
- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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Policies and programmes involving youth: youth in the global economy – promoting youth participation in social and economic development (2008), para. 111
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- 48. Governments should take all feasible measures to ensure that members of their armed forces who have not attained the age of 18 years do not take direct part in hostilities and that those who have not attained the age of 18 years are not compulsorily recruited into their armed forces.
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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Literacy for life: shaping future agendas (2017), para. 20
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- 7. Requests the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to continue its coordinating and catalysing role through the implementation of the recommendations of the Global Alliance for Literacy and by continuing to provide support to Member States, in collaboration with partners, in enhancing capacities for policy formulation, programme implementation, monitoring and evaluation, as well as sharing information and knowledge on policies, programmes and progress in the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goal targets connected with literacy, especially target 4.6 on youth and adult literacy, and creating synergies of action between the Alliance and other initiatives, including its Global Partnership for Girls’ and Women’s Education and Global Network of Learning Cities;
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- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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The girl child (2018), para. 56
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- 31. Calls upon Member States to devise, enforce and strengthen effective child- and youth-sensitive measures to combat, eliminate and prosecute all forms of trafficking in women and girls, including for sexual and economic exploitation, as part of a comprehensive anti-trafficking strategy within wider efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls, including by taking effective measures against the criminalization of girls who are victims of exploitation and ensuring that girls who have been exploited receive access to the necessary psychosocial support, and in this regard urges Member States, the United Nations and other international, regional and subregional organizations, as well as civil society, including non-governmental organizations, the private sector and the media, to fully and effectively implement the relevant provisions of the United Nations Global Plan of __________________ Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons 24 and the activities outlined therein, with full respect for the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime; 25
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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International cooperation against the world drug problem (2008), para. 04
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- Gravely concerned that, despite continued increased efforts by States, relevant organizations, civil society and non-governmental organizations, the world drug problem continues to constitute a serious threat to public health and safety and the well-being of humanity, in particular children and young people and their families, and to the national security and sovereignty of States, and that it undermines socio-economic and political stability and sustainable development,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Situation of human rights in Belarus (2007), para. 14
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- (g) About persistent reports of harassment and closure of non-governmental organizations, national minority organizations, independent media outlets, religious groups, opposition political parties, independent trade unions and independent youth and student organizations, and the harassment and prosecution of individuals, including students engaged in the promotion and protection of human rights, the rule of law and democracy;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Commemoration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the United Nations (2019), para. 13
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- 5. Also decides to commemorate, on 26 June 2020, the signing of the Charter of the United Nations and, on 24 October 2020, United Nations Day, through meaningful observance ceremonies at United Nations Headquarters in New York, open to Member States and observers of the General Assembly, as well as non-governmental organizations that are in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, and requests the President of the General Assembly at its seventy - fourth session to determine the modalities of those ceremonies, taking into account the views of Member States and relevant stakeholders, including civil society and youth;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Commemorative high-level plenary meeting devoted to the follow-up to the outcome of the special session on children (2007), para. 16
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- 9. Encourages Member States and observers to include children and young people in their delegations participating in the commemorative high-level plenary meeting;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Preventing and combating corrupt practices and the transfer of proceeds of corruption, facilitating asset recovery and returning such assets to legitimate owners, in particular to countries of origin, in accordance with the United Nations Convention against Corruption (2019), para. 086
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- 33. Invites States parties to the Convention to recognize the importance of the involvement of young people and children as key actors in strengthening ethical behaviour, beginning with the identification and adoption of values, principles and actions that make it possible to build a fair and corruption-free society, in accordance with the Convention;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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International cooperation against the world drug problem (2010), para. 31
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- 17. Urges all Member States to implement the Action Plan for the Implementation of the Declaration on the Guiding Principles of Drug Demand Reduction 4 3H and to strengthen their national efforts to counter the abuse of illicit drugs in their populations, in particular among children and young people;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2004), para. 22
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- 12. Invites, within the context of the Youth Employment Network, the International Labour Organization, in collaboration with the Secretariat and the World Bank and other relevant specialized agencies, to assist and support, upon request, the efforts of Governments in the elaboration of national reviews and action plans and to undertake a global analysis and evaluation of progress made in this regard;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth: youth in the global economy – promoting youth participation in social and economic development (2008), para. 004
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- Recalling further Economic and Social Council resolution 2007/27 of 26 July 2007, by which the Council recommended to the General Assembly the adoption of the Supplement to the World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and Beyond,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (1995), para. 11
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- 5. Calls once again upon Member States, United Nations bodies and non-governmental organizations to implement fully the guidelines for the improvement of the channels of communication between the United Nations and youth and youth organizations, adopted by the General Assembly by its resolutions 32/135 and 36/17, and in particular to facilitate, in accordance with these resolutions, the activities of youth mechanisms that have been set up by youth and youth organizations;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Strengthening the United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme, in particular its technical cooperation capacity (2019), para. 101
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- 35. Also invites Member States to integrate child- and youth-related issues into their criminal justice reform efforts, recognizing the importance of protecting children from all forms of violence, exploitation and abuse, consistent with the obligations of parties under relevant international instruments, and to develop comprehensive child - sensitive justice policies focused on the best interests of the child, consistent with the principle that the deprivation of liberty of children should be used only as a measure of last resort and for the shortest appropriate period of time;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth: tenth anniversary of the World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and Beyond (2005), para. 13
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- 9. Notes with appreciation the ongoing efforts of the United Nations system to solicit input from youth organizations and young people into the current review of the World Programme of Action, as requested by the General Assembly in paragraph 14 of its resolution 58/133, and invites the Secretary-General to provide an overview of the input gathered from youth organizations as a supplement to his report to the Assembly at its sixtieth session.
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2018), para. 46
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- 30. Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report to the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth session on the implementation of the present resolution, to be prepared in consultation with Member States as well as the relevant specialized agencies, funds, programmes and regional commissions, taking into account the work done by the United Nations system, and encourages the Secretariat to consult, as appropriate, with youth-led and youth-focused organizations.
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth: youth in the global economy – promoting youth participation in social and economic development (2008), para. 043
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- 23. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session, through the Commission for Social Development at its forty-seventh session, on the implementation of the World Programme of Action in the clusters on youth in civil society and youth and their well-being and to include in that report a comprehensive set of goals and targets for those clusters based on consultations with Member States as well as the organizations, programmes, regional commissions and specialized agencies of the United Nations system, young people, youth-led organizations and other non-governmental organizations.
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Rights of the child (2019), para. 012
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- Acknowledging the important role played by national governmental and local structures for children, including, where they exist, ministries and institutions in charge of child, family and youth issues and independent ombudspersons for childr en or other national institutions for the promotion and protection of the rights of the child,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Youth
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth: tenth anniversary of the World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and Beyond (2005), para. 11
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- 7. Requests the Secretary-General to disseminate widely to the community of non-governmental youth organizations all available information on the events associated with the tenth anniversary of the World Programme of Action;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Rights of indigenous peoples (2018), para. 17
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- Recognizing the importance of access to justice in the promotion and protection of the rights of indigenous peoples and individuals and the need to examine and take steps to remove obstacles to justice, especially for indigenous women, indigenous children, youth, older persons and indigenous persons with disabilities,
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Youth
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Questions relating to informationInformation in the service of humanity (2019), para. 146
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- 109. Notes the ongoing efforts of the Department of Global Communications to strengthen its role as a focal point for two-way interaction with civil society relating to the priorities and concerns of the Organization identified by Member State s, and also notes in this regard the increasing involvement of civil society in United Nations activities, including the outreach activities directed at youth representatives and young journalists;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth: tenth anniversary of the World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and Beyond (2005), para. 03
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- Recalling also its resolution 58/133 of 22 December 2003, in which it, inter alia, recommended devoting two plenary meetings at its sixtieth session, in 2005, to review the situation of youth and achievements attained in the implementation of the World Programme of Action ten years after its adoption,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Youth and human rights (2019), para. 23
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- 5. Urges Member States, in consultation with youth-led and youth-focused organizations, to promote new initiatives for the full, effective, structured and sustainable participation of young people in relevant decision-making processes and monitoring in political, economic, social and cultural spheres, including in designing and implementing policies, programmes and initiatives, in particular while implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2018), para. 15
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- Recalling the Lisbon Declaration on Youth Policies and Programmes, adopted at the World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth in 1998, and emphasizing the importance of the twentieth anniversary of the Conference, to be marked in 2018, and the need for a meaningful assessment of the progress made in youth development and the challenges that remain,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Review of the United Nations peacebuilding architecture (2016), para. 15
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- Recognizing also that an integrated and coherent approach among relevant political, security and development actors, within and outside of the United Nations system, consistent with their respective mandates, and the Charter, is critical to sustaining peace, and essential for improving respect for human rights, advancing gender equality, empowering women and youth, strengthening the rule of law, eradicating poverty, building institutions, and advancing economic development in conflict-affected countries,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Youth
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Outcome document of the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on Youth: Dialogue and Mutual Understanding (2011), para. 42
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- (i) Adopt appropriate laws and develop strategies for the prevention and elimination of all forms of violence against youth, in all settings, and to ensure the implementation of policies and adequately resourced programmes on ending violence against youth, including initiatives to support youth action to end violence through youth-led organizations and networks;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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