A/RES/52/83 Page 2 2. Calls upon all Member States to undertake all possible efforts to implement the World Programme of Action; 3. Stresses again the importance of the active and direct participation of youth and youth organizations at the local, national, regional and international levels in promoting and implementing the World Programme of Action and in evaluating the progress achieved and the obstacles encountered in its implementation and of the need to support the activities of youth mechanisms that have been set up by youth and youth organizations; 4. Welcomes the initiative of the Government of Portugal to host the World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth, to be held at Lisbon from 8 to 12 August 1998, and takes note with appreciation of the ongoing collaboration between the Government of Portugal and the United Nations, including its agencies, funds and programmes, in that regard; 5. Stresses the need to involve youth and youth organizations in all stages of preparation for the World Conference, at the local, national, regional and international levels, and welcomes initiatives taken in that respect; 6. Acknowledges the activities undertaken at the regional level in preparation for the World Conference; 7. Recommends that the results of the second session of the World Youth Forum of the United Nations system be duly taken into account at the World Conference; 8. Notes with interest that the outcome of the third session of the World Youth Forum will be presented at the World Conference; 9. Reiterates the call made in the World Programme of Action to Member States to consider including youth representatives in their delegations to the General Assembly and other relevant United Nations meetings, thus broadening the channels of communication and enhancing the discussion of youth-related issues, and requests the Secretary-General to convey this invitation to Member States; 10. Requests the Secretary-General to make the reports of the third session of the World Youth Forum and of the World Conference available to all Member States; 11. Also requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session on the implementation of the present resolution and, in particular, on progress made in the implementation of the World Programme of Action. 70th plenary meeting 12 December 1997