A/RES/78/31
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
6 December 2023
Seventy-eighth session
Agenda item 99 (gg)
General and complete disarmament: youth, disarmament
and non-proliferation
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 4 December 2023
[on the report of the First Committee (A/78/409, para. 89)]
78/31.
Youth, disarmament and non-proliferation
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 74/64 of 12 December 2019 and 76/45 of 6 December
2021,
Recalling also its resolution 75/1 of 21 September 2020 on the declaration on
the commemoration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the United Nations, in which
the Heads of State and Government representing the peoples of the world have
committed to listen to and work with youth,
Recognizing that young people in all countries are key agents for social change,
economic development and technological innovation,
Reaffirming the important and positive contribution that young people can make
to the promotion and attainment of sustainable peace and security,
Noting that engagement with young people can provide opportunities to benefit
from their views, insights and ideas,
Bearing in mind its resolution 77/52 of 7 December 2022, which highlights the
need for disarmament and non-proliferation education, particularly among youth,
Recalling its resolution 77/55 of 7 December 2022, in which it reaffirmed that
the full, equal and meaningful participation of both women and men is one of the
essential factors for the promotion and attainment of sustainable peace and security,
Recalling also its resolution 76/306 of 8 September 2022, in which it underlined
the important role of youth in the promotion of peace and security, and established
the United Nations Youth Office to promote meaningful, inclusive and effective
engagement of youth in the United Nations system,
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