A/RES/60/2 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 27 October 2005 Sixtieth session Agenda item 62 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 6 October 2005 [without reference to a Main Committee (A/60/L.2 and Add.1)] 60/2. Policies and programmes involving youth The General Assembly 1. Reaffirms the World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and Beyond; 1 2. Recognizes that the implementation of the World Programme of Action and the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals, in particular those contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration, 2 require the full and effective participation of young people and youth organizations and other civil society organizations at the local, national, regional and international levels; Calls upon Governments, organizations and bodies of the United Nations 3. system and non-governmental organizations to develop strong partnerships to scale up investments in youth and to encourage youth-led contributions to achieving the internationally agreed development goals, in particular those contained in the Millennium Declaration; Urges Governments, in consultation with youth organizations, to develop 4. holistic and integrated youth policies based on the World Programme of Action and to evaluate them regularly as part of the follow-up action on and implementation of the Programme of Action; Requests the United Nations regional commissions to organize, within 5. their existing resources, regional consultations with Member States and youth organizations in order to evaluate the implementation of the World Programme of Action; Calls upon the organizations, programmes and specialized agencies of 6. the United Nations system to enhance inter-agency arrangements on youth policies and programmes with a view to improving coordination and enhancing synergies among relevant system activities in this regard; _______________ 1 2 05-48766 Resolution 50/81, annex. See resolution 55/2.