United Nations A/RES/59/148 General Assembly Distr.: General 25 January 2005 Fifty-ninth session Agenda item 94 (a) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 20 December 2004 [on the report of the Third Committee (A/59/492)] 59/148. Policies and programmes involving youth: tenth anniversary of the World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and Beyond The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 50/81 of 14 December 1995, by which it adopted the World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and Beyond, annexed thereto, 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, Recognizing the importance of the full and effective participation of young people 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, Decides to convene, at its sixtieth session, two plenary meetings of the 1. General Assembly devoted to the evaluation of the progress made in the implementation of the World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and Beyond, to be held during the general debate of the Third Committee under the agenda item entitled “Social development, including questions relating to the world social situation and to youth, ageing, disabled persons and the family”; Decides also to hold, prior to the plenary meetings, an informal, 2. interactive round-table discussion on the theme “Young people: making commitments matter”, which will be open to the participation of Member States, observers, organizations of the United Nations system and non-governmental youth organizations; Decides further that one youth representative from a Member State shall 3. orally present a summary of the informal round-table discussion to the General Assembly at the beginning of the plenary meeting; Urges Member States to consider being represented by youth 4. representatives to address the plenary on this occasion, as well as in the 04-48514