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Title | Date added | Template | Original document | Paragraph text | Body | Document type | Thematics | Topic(s) | Person(s) affected | Year |
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Policies and programmes involving youth 2003, para. 20 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Further requests the Secretary-General to include in his report to the General Assembly at its sixtieth session a global analysis and evaluation of national action plans on youth employment. | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2003 | ||
Policies and programmes involving youth 2017, para. 12 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recalling that Member States have an important role in promoting and protecting the rights and 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 as agents of change will influence social and economic conditions and the well-being and livelihood of future generations, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2017 | ||
Policies and programmes involving youth 2017, para. 11 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Emphasizing also the need to substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship, and to ensure, by 2020, that all youth and a substantial proportion of adults, both men and women, achieve literacy and numeracy, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2017 | ||
Policies and programmes involving youth 2015, para. 4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 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, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2015 | ||
United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules) 2015, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Vocational training in useful trades shall be provided for prisoners able to profit thereby and especially for young prisoners. | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2015 | ||
Sustainable Development Summit: Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 2015, para. 8.6 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | By 2020, substantially reduce the proportion of youth not in employment, education or training | United Nations General Assembly | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 2015 | ||
Sustainable Development Summit: Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 2015, para. 4.4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | By 2030, substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship | United Nations General Assembly | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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Sustainable Development Summit: Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 2015, para. 8.6 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | By 2020, substantially reduce the proportion of youth not in employment, education or training | United Nations General Assembly | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 2015 | ||
Sustainable Development Summit: Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 2015, para. 4.4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | By 2030, substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship | United Nations General Assembly | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 2015 | ||
Policies and programmes involving youth 2013, para. 6 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recalling that Member States have an important role in meeting the needs and aspirations of youth, 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, and that States have an important role in addressing the needs of youth, including youth with disabilities, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2013 | ||
Policies and programmes involving youth 2011, para. 9 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Calls upon Member States to promote the well-being of young people, particularly the poor and the marginalized, through comprehensive policies and action plans and, in particular, to address poverty, employment and social integration as fundamental aspects of their national development agendas, and encourages the international community and the United Nations system to support Member States in this regard; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2011 | ||
Policies and programmes involving youth 2011, para. 4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Expresses deep concern that the attainment of the social development objectives may be hindered by the multiple and interrelated crises, including the ongoing impact of the financial and economic crisis, volatile energy and food prices and ongoing concerns over food security, as well as the increasing challenges posed by climate change and the loss of biodiversity; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2011 | ||
Policies and programmes involving youth: youth in the global economy: promoting youth participation in social and economic development 2007, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Decides to adopt the Supplement to the World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and Beyond, annexed to the present resolution; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Policies and programmes involving youth: youth in the global economy: promoting youth participation in social and economic development 2007, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirms the World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and Beyond; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2007 | ||
Policies and programmes involving youth: youth in the global economy: promoting youth participation in social and economic development 2007, para. 6 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizing also the positive impact that youth participation in the global economy and in social and economic development can have on the eradication of poverty and hunger, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2007 | ||
Policies and programmes involving youth 2005, para. 8 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Stresses the importance of the work of the Youth Employment Network as a peer exchange, support and review mechanism, and encourages Member States, the United Nations and partner organizations to strengthen and expand the Network at the national, regional and international levels; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2005 | ||
Policies and programmes involving youth 2003, para. 12 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 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; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 2007, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | States shall take effective measures and, where appropriate, special measures to ensure continuing improvement of their economic and social conditions. Particular attention shall be paid to the rights and special needs of indigenous elders, women, youth, children and persons with disabilities. | United Nations General Assembly | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 2007 | ||
Promoting youth employment 2002, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 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; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2002 | ||
Promoting youth employment 2002, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Encourages Member States to prepare national reviews and action plans on youth employment and to involve youth organizations and young people in this process, taking into account, inter alia, the commitments made by Member States in this regard, in particular those included in the World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and Beyond; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2002 | ||
Policies and programmes involving youth: youth in the global economy: promoting youth participation in social and economic development 2007, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 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, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2007 | ||
Policies and programmes involving youth 2011, para. 6 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirms that the strengthening of international cooperation regarding youth, including through the fulfilment of all official development assistance commitments, the transfer of appropriate technology, capacity-building, the enhancement of dialogue, mutual understanding and the active participation of young people are crucial elements of efforts towards achieving the eradication of poverty, full employment and social integration; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2011 | ||
Policies and programmes involving youth: youth in the global economy: promoting youth participation in social and economic development 2007, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General on the follow-up to the World Programme of Action3 and the addendum thereto entitled “Goals and targets for monitoring the progress of youth in the global economy”; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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New York Declaration For Refugees and Migrants 2016, para. 57 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | We will consider facilitating opportunities for safe, orderly and regular migration, including, as appropriate, employment creation, labour mobility at all skills levels, circular migration, family reunification and education-related opportunities. We will pay particular attention to the application of minimum labour standards for migrant workers regardless of their status, as well as to recruitment and other migration-related costs, remittance flows, transfers of skills and knowledge and the creation of employment opportunities for young people. | United Nations General Assembly | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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Rio+20 – Conference on Sustainable Development: The future we want 2012, para. 58k | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [We affirm that green economy policies in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication should:] Enhance the welfare of women, children, youth, persons with disabilities, smallholder and subsistence farmers, fisherfolk and those working in small and medium-sized enterprises, and improve the livelihoods and empowerment of the poor and vulnerable groups, in particular in developing countries; | United Nations General Assembly | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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Policies and programmes involving youth: youth in the global economy: promoting youth participation in social and economic development 2007, para. 10 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Urges Member States to combat all forms of discrimination against young people, including that based on race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status, and to promote equal opportunities for all; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Policies and programmes involving youth: youth in the global economy: promoting youth participation in social and economic development 2007, para. 9 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Calls upon the international community to continue to support the efforts of Governments, together with civil society, including youth-led organizations, the private sector and other parts of society, to anticipate and offset the negative social and economic consequences of globalization and to maximize its benefits for young people; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Policies and programmes involving youth 2017, para. 16 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Further urges Member States to mainstream a gender perspective into all development efforts, recognizing that the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls is critical for achieving sustainable development and for efforts to combat hunger, poverty and disease, and to strengthen policies and programmes that seek to improve, ensure and broaden the full, effective and structured participation of young women in all spheres of political, economic, social and cultural life as equal partners, and to improve their access to all resources needed for the full exercise of all of their human rights and fundamental freedoms by removing persistent barriers, including by providing access to quality education at all levels, ensuring equal access to full and productive employment and decent work and strengthening their economic independence; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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Women in development 2015, para. 20 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Expressing concern about the adverse impact of the consequences of the world financial and economic crisis, including on development, and evidence of an uneven, fragile and slow recovery, cognizant that the global economy, notwithstanding significant efforts that helped to contain tail risks, improve financial market conditions and stability and sustain recovery, still remains in a challenging phase, with downside risks, including high volatility in global markets, excessive volatility of commodity prices, high unemployment, particularly among young people, unsustainable debt in some countries and widespread fiscal strains, which pose challenges for global economic recovery and reflect the need for additional progress towards sustaining and rebalancing global demand, and stressing the need for continuing efforts to address systemic fragilities and imbalances and to reform and strengthen the international financial system while implementing the reforms agreed upon to date, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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The rights of the child 2015, para. 43 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Notes with concern that child, early and forced marriage disproportionally affects girls who have received little or no formal education and is itself a significant obstacle to educational opportunities for girls and young women, in particular girls who are forced to drop out of school owing to marriage and/or childbirth, recognizing that educational opportunities are directly related to women's and girls' empowerment, employment and economic opportunities and to their active participation in economic, social and cultural development, governance and decision-making; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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