United Nations
A/RES/68/130
General Assembly
Distr.: General
17 January 2014
Sixty-eighth session
Agenda item 27 (b)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 December 2013
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/68/448)]
68/130. Policies and programmes involving youth
The General Assembly,
Recalling the World Programme of Action for Youth, adopted by the General
Assembly in its resolutions 50/81 of 14 December 1995 and 62/126 of 18 December
2007,
Recalling also the outcome document of the high-level meeting of the General
Assembly on Youth: Dialogue and Mutual Understanding, adopted by the General
Assembly on 26 July 2011, 1
Welcoming the participation of young representatives in national delegations at
the General Assembly,
Affirming that generating decent work for youth is one of the biggest
challenges that needs to be tackled, emphasizing the priority areas of the World
Programme of Action for Youth linked to the employability of youth, including
education, health and access to information and technology, and bearing in mind
that over 73 million young people are unemployed,
Taking note of the resolution and conclusions of the International Labour
Conference, at its 101st session, held in Geneva in 2012, on the theme “The youth
employment crisis: a call for action”, which focused on employment and economic
policies for youth employment; employability, education, training and skills and the
school-to-work transition; labour market policies; youth entrepreneurship and
self-employment; rights of young people; and the importance of mobilizing
resources to address the youth employment crisis,
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,
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