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Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008–2017) (2016), para. 24
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- Recognizing the importance of supporting countries in their efforts to eradicate poverty and promote the empowerment of the poor and people in vulnerable situations, including women, children and youth, indigenous peoples, older persons, persons with disabilities, migrants, refugees and internally displaced persons,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Movement
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Persons on the move
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Cooperation between the United Nations and the International Organization of la Francophonie (2017), para. 61
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- 29. Invites the specialized agencies, funds and programmes of the United Nations system, as well as the regional commissions, including the Economic Commission for Africa, to strengthen the cooperation with the Secretary -General of la Francophonie by identifying new synergies in favour of sustainable development, in particular in the areas of poverty eradication, economic growth, energy, the environment and the fight against climate change, culture, education, training and the development of new information technologies, in particular with a view to achieving the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals and the Sustainable Development Goals, to the benefit of all, including children, young people and women;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (2019), para. 144
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- 6. Where appropriate, States shall take appropriate measures to carry out agrarian reforms in order to facilitate the broad and equitable access to land and other natural resources necessary to ensure that peasants and other people working in rural areas enjoy adequate living conditions, and to limit excessive concentration and control of land, taking into account its social function. Landless peasants, young people, small - scale fishers and other rural workers should be given priority in the allocation of public lands, fisheries and forests.
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Economic Rights
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Human resources development (2020), para. 41
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- 19. Stresses that human resources development strategies should include measures aimed at reducing unemployment and underemployment among young men and women and the long-term unemployed, who have been disproportionately affected by slow growth in jobs recovery and by labour-displacing technological changes, and to integrate underutilized human resources into the labour market through policies that promote skills development and productivity, facilitate adaptation during transition periods and reduce barriers to employment, including gender barriers, including by providing incentives, as appropriate, for recruiting, retaining and retooling, assistance in job-finding, job-matching and vocational and on-the-job training, and by promoting, inter alia, youth entrepreneurship;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Commodities (2016), para. 19
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- Expressing concern about the adverse impact of the consequences of the world financial and economic crisis, including on development, and evidence of an uneven, fragile and slow recovery, cognizant that the global economy, notwithstanding significant efforts that helped to contain tail risks, improve financial market conditions and stability and sustain recovery, still remains in a challenging phase, with downside risks, including high volatility in global markets, excessive volatility of commodity prices, high unemployment, particularly among young people, unsustainable debt in some countries and widespread fiscal strains, which pose challenges for global economic recovery and reflect the need for additional progress towards sustaining and rebalancing global demand, and stressing the need for continuing efforts to address systemic fragilities and imbalances and to reform and strengthen the international financial system while implementing the reforms agreed upon to date,
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2020), para. 34
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- 9. Reiterates that the eradication of poverty, hunger and malnutrition, in particular as they affect children and youth, is crucial for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, recalls the commitment to eradicate poverty in all its forms and dimensions and promote sustained economic growth, sustainable development and global prosperity for all, including the strengthening of international cooperation through the fulfilment of all official development assistance commitments and the transfer of appropriate technology and capacity-building with regard to youth, and the need for urgent action on all sides, including more ambitious national development strategies, efforts and investment in youth, backed by increased international support and, inter alia, by providing youth with a nurturing environment for the full realization of their human rights and capabilities, in order to realize the opportunity of the demographic dividend offered by the largest number of young people ever in the history of humankind, and calls for the increased participation of youth, youth-led and youth-focused organizations and other relevant civil society organizations in the development of such national development strategies;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Food & Nutrition
- Health
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Child, early and forced marriage (2015), para. 18
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- 2. Calls upon States, with the participation of relevant stakeholders, including girls, religious and community leaders, civil society, women’s and human rights groups, men and boys and youth organizations, to develop and implement holistic, comprehensive and coordinated responses and strategies to eliminate child, early and forced marriage and to support already married girls, adolescents and women, including through the strengthening of child protection systems, protection mechanisms such as safe shelters, access to justice and the sharing of best practices across borders;
- Topic(s)
- Harmful Practices
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Children
- Girls
- Men
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International cooperation against the world drug problem (2001), para. 04
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- Gravely concerned that, despite continued increased efforts by States, relevant international organizations, civil society and non-governmental organizations, the drug problem is still a challenge of a global dimension, which constitutes a serious threat to the health, safety and well-being of all mankind, in particular young people, in all countries, undermines development, including efforts to reduce poverty, socio-economic and political stability and democratic institutions, entails an increasing economic cost for Governments, also threatens the national security and sovereignty of States, as well as the dignity and hope of millions of people and their families, and causes irreparable loss of human lives,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Promotion of interreligious and intercultural dialogue, understanding and cooperation for peace (2014), para. 17
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- Reaffirming the importance of sustaining the process of engaging all stakeholders, including young men and women as relevant actors, in interreligious and intercultural dialogue within the appropriate initiatives at various levels, which aims to challenge prejudices and improve mutual understanding,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International cooperation against the world drug problem (2005), para. 08
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- Concerned by the increase in the abuse of illicit drugs among children, including adolescents, and young people,
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS: On the Fast Track to Accelerating the Fight against HIV and to Ending the AIDS Epidemic by 2030 (2016), para. 033
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- 30. Welcome the leadership and commitment shown in every aspect of the HIV and AIDS response by Governments, relevant United Nations agencies and regional and subregional organizations, as well as people living with, at risk of and affected by HIV, political and community leaders, parliamentarians, communities, families, faith-based organizations, scientists, health professionals, donors, the phila nthropic community, the workforce, the private sector, the media and civil society, including women’s and community-based organizations, feminist groups, youth-led organizations, national human rights institutions and human rights defenders, and recognize their contribution to the achievement of Millennium Development Goal 6 on AIDS and implementing the commitments set forth in the 2011 Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS, 25 and call upon stakeholders, as appropriate, to support Member States in ensuring that country-driven, credible, costed, evidence- based, inclusive, sustainable, gender-responsive and comprehensive national HIV and AIDS strategic plans are funded and implemented as soon as possible with transparency, accountability and effectiveness;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in Myanmar (2018), para. 16
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- 3. Welcomes the progress made towards the principles of a future democratic federal union during the Twenty-first Century Panglong Conference in May 2017 and the signing by the New Mon State Party and the Lahu Democratic Union of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement on 13 February 2018, bringing the number of signatories to the Agreement to 10, while expressing concern at the violations of the Agreement against signatory groups and the use of the Unlawful Associations Act to arrest members of ethnic and religious minorities on an arbitrary basis, and calls for further steps, including an immediate end to the violence and of all violations and abuses of international human rights law and violations of international humanitarian law, as applicable, in northern Myanmar, the granting of immediate, safe and unhindered humanitarian access, including to areas controlled by ethnic armed groups, in particular in Kachin and Shan States, and enhanced efforts to reach out to those ethnic armed groups that have not yet signed the Agreement, and the pursuit of an inclusive and comprehensive national political dialogue that ensures the full and effective participation of women and young people, as well as civil society, with the objective of achieving lasting peace;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Organization of the 2008 comprehensive review of the progress achieved in realizing the Declaration ofCommitment on HIV/AIDS and the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS (2008), para. 17
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- 8. Also requests the President of the General Assembly, following appropriate consultations with Member States, to draw up, no later than 31 March 2008, a list of other relevant civil society representatives, in particular associations of people living with HIV, non-governmental organizations, including organizations of women and young people, girls and boys and men, faith-based organizations and the private sector, especially pharmaceutical companies and representatives of labour, including on the basis of the recommendations of the Joint Programme and taking into account the principle of equitable geographical representation, and to submit the list to Member States for consideration on a no-objection basis for a final decision by the Assembly on participation in the high-level meeting, including panel discussions;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Girls
- Men
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Supporting efforts to end obstetric fistula (2011), para. 40
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- 12. Urges multilateral donors, and invites international financial institutions, within their respective mandates, and regional development banks to review and implement policies to support national efforts to ensure that a higher proportion of resources reaches young women and girls, in particular in rural and remote areas;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Agricultural technology for sustainable development (2020), para. 41
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- 13. Recognizes that sustainable agricultural mechanization can have potential drawbacks but could also help address shortages of labour, ease drudgery, increase incomes, enhance productivity and the timeliness of agricultural activities, promote efficient resource use, enable better market access and attract new investment and talent into agriculture, thereby creating better prospects for sustainable growth and support measures to mitigate climate and weather-related hazards, and acknowledges that mechanization and digitalization can also create new and higher-paying jobs in agricultural value chains, making it more attractive for youth to stay in rural areas;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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United Nations University (2007), para. 08
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- 5. Notes with particular appreciation the University’s support of scholars and academic institutions in developing countries and the countries with economies in transition, including in particular young scholars, through its research and capacity and network development activities, highly appreciates the efforts of the University and its research and training centres and programmes in expanding their cooperative networks of institutions, academic associations and individual scholars worldwide and in developing innovative interdisciplinary programmes that produce concrete outcomes, and encourages the University to further expand those efforts;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2020), para. 51
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- 26. Urges Member States to take concerted action, in conformity with international law, to remove obstacles to the full realization of the rights of young people living under foreign occupation, colonial rule and in other areas of conflict or post-conflict situations in order to promote the achievement of the goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Agricultural technology for development (2014), para. 20
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- Recognizing that young people are an asset for sustainable economic growth and that agricultural technology has an essential role to play in facilitating access to agricultural skills for young women and men and in improving the livelihoods of youth,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (1995), para. 13
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- 7. Invites once again Member States to include, whenever possible, youth representatives in their national delegations to the General Assembly and other relevant United Nations meetings, with particular emphasis on the fiftieth session of the General Assembly, in order to mark the tenth anniversary of International Youth Year, thus enhancing and strengthening the channels of communication through the discussion of youth-related issues, with a view to finding solutions to the problems confronting youth in the contemporary world;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Youth, disarmament and non-proliferation (2019), para. 09
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- Noting also Action 38 of the disarmament agenda put forward by the Secretary- General, in which he describes the young generation as the ultimate force for change and proposes actions to promote youth engagement,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the International Year of Human Rights Learning (2014), para. 11
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- 1. Reaffirms its conviction that every woman, man, youth and child can realize his or her full human potential by, inter alia, learning about the comprehensive framework of human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the ability to act on that knowledge in order to ensure the effective realization of human rights and fundamental freedoms for all;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International cooperation against the world drug problem (2004), para. 23
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- (a) To further implement comprehensive demand reduction policies and programmes, including research, covering all drugs under international control, in order to raise public awareness of the drug problem, paying special attention to prevention and education and providing, especially to young people and others at risk, information on developing life skills, making healthy choices and engaging in drug-free activities;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International financial system and development (2017), para. 16
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- Expressing concern about the adverse impact of the continuing fragility and slowdown of global growth and trade, including on development, cognizant that the global economy remains in a challenging phase, with many downside risks, including capital outflows from some emerging and developing economies, continued low commodity prices, high unemployment, particularly among young people, and rising private and public indebtedness in many developing countries, and stressing the need for continuing efforts to address systemic fragilities and imbalances and to reform and strengthen the international financial system while implementing the reforms agreed upon to date to attend to these challenges and to make progress towards sustaining global demand,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Right to work (2018), para. 40
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- 28. Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to prepare an analytical report, in consultation with States, relevant United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, particularly the International Labour Organization, and the treaty bodies, the special procedures, civil society, national human rights institutions and other stakeholders, on the relationship between the realization of the right to work and the enjoyment of all human rights by young people, with an emphasis on their empowerment, in accordance with States’ respective obligations under international human rights law, to indicate the major challenges and best practices in that regard, and to submit the report to the Human Rights Council prior to its fortieth session;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Outcome document of the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on Youth: Dialogue and Mutual Understanding (2011), para. 24
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- 19. Invite Member States, following the celebration of the International Year of Youth, to continue to place greater emphasis on, and expand their activities at the national, regional and international levels in promoting, including through human rights education and learning, a culture of dialogue and mutual understanding among and with youth, as agents of development, social inclusion, tolerance and peace;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2010), para. 32
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- (a) Creating effective channels of cooperation and information exchange among young people, their national Governments and other decision makers;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto (2009), para. 13
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- 11. Requests United Nations agencies and organizations, and invites intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, to continue to strengthen efforts undertaken to disseminate accessible information on the Convention and the Optional Protocol, including to children and young people to promote their understanding, and to assist States parties in implementing their obligations under those instruments;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Implementation of the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) and strengthening of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) (2016), para. 040
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- 27. Reiterates its invitation to Member States and Habitat Agenda partners to formulate and implement sustainable urban development policies that promote just, resilient and inclusive cities and human settlements, considering the contributions of all relevant stakeholders, with a particular focus on the needs of women and those who are most vulnerable, including children and youth, older persons, persons living with disability, rural-to-urban migrants, internally displaced persons and indigenous peoples;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Literacy for life: shaping future agendas (2014), para. 04
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- Reaffirming the Education for All goals, in particular goal 3, on ensuring that the learning needs of all young people and adults are met through equitable access to appropriate learning and life-skills programmes, and goal 4, on achieving a 50 per cent improvement in levels of adult literacy by 2015, especially for women, and equitable access to basic and continuing education for all adults,
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Agricultural technology for sustainable development (2020), para. 11
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- Welcoming also the United Nations Decade of Family Farming (2019–2028) 15 and noting that sustainable agricultural technology, digitalization as well as technological, social, economic and institutional innovations build on the knowledge and capacities and respond to the needs and realities of smallholders and family farmers, in particular women and youth in rural areas, and in that regard highlighting __________________ the importance of innovation-driven development and support to entrepreneurship and innovation, and welcoming new sustainable agricultural technologies that can contribute to their transition from subsistence farming to innovative, commercial production, helping them to increase their own food security and nutrition, generate marketable surpluses and add value to their production,
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Food & Nutrition
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International cooperation against the world drug problem (2006), para. 35
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- 11. Urges States to renew their efforts, at the national, regional and international levels, to implement the comprehensive measures covered in the Action Plan against Illicit Manufacture, Trafficking and Abuse of Amphetamine- type Stimulants and Their Precursors, 16 to make special efforts to counter the abuse and recreational use of amphetamine-type stimulants, especially by young people, and to disseminate information on the adverse health, social and economic consequences of such abuse;
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2020), para. 27
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- 2. Reaffirms the World Programme of Action for Youth, 19 and emphasizes that all 15 priority areas of the Programme of Action are interrelated and mutually reinforcing and the role that the Commission for Social Development plays in implementing it;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2014), para. 15
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- 5. Also urges Member States to address the challenges faced by girls and young women and to address gender stereotypes that perpetuate discrimination and violence against girls and young women and the stereotypical roles of men and women that hinder social development by reaffirming the commitment to the empowerment of women and gender equality, to engage, educate, encourage and support men and boys to take responsibility for their behaviour, including their sexual and reproductive behaviour, to mainstream a gender perspective into all development efforts, recognizing that such actions are critical for achieving sustainable development and for efforts to combat hunger, poverty and disease, and to strengthen policies and programmes that improve, ensure and broaden the full participation of young women in all spheres of political, economic, social and cultural life, as equal partners, and improve their access to all resources needed for the full exercise of all their human rights and fundamental freedoms by removing persistent barriers, including ensuring equal access to full and productive employment and decent work and strengthening their economic independence;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Girls
- Men
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2014), para. 16
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- 6. Emphasizes the role of education and health literacy in improving health outcomes over a lifetime, and in this regard encourages Member States to promote health education and health literacy among young people, including through evidence-based education and information strategies and programmes, both in and out of school, and through public campaigns, and to increase the access of youth to affordable, safe, effective and sustainable health-care services and social services by paying special attention to, and raising awareness regarding, nutrition, including eating disorders and obesity, the effects of non-communicable and communicable diseases and sexual and reproductive health;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia andrelated intolerance (2015), para. 23
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- 14. Stresses that the practices described above do injustice to the memory of the countless victims of crimes against humanity committed in the Second World War, in particular those committed by the SS organization and by those who fought against the anti-Hitler coalition and collaborated with the Nazi movement, and may negatively influence children and young people, and that failure by States to effectively address such practices is incompatible with the obligations of States Members of the United Nations under its Charter, including those related to the purposes and principles of the Organization;
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Youth, disarmament and non-proliferation (2019), para. 07
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- Recalling also relevant General Assembly and Security Council resolutions on the issue of youth, peace and security,
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Rights of indigenous peoples (2016), para. 38
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- 18. Encourages the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund and other relevant United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, in accordance with their mandates, to carry out research and evidence -gathering on the prevalence of suicide among indigenous youth and children and good practices on its prevention and to consider developing, as appropriate, strategies or policies, consistent with national priorities, in cooperation with Member States, to tackle it, including through consultation with indigenous peoples, in particular indigenous youth organizations;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Human resources development (2016), para. 23
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- 6. Stresses that human resources development policies should focus on supporting the emergence of a sufficiently wide and flexible pool of skilled human resources, especially among women and youth, to support all sectors of the e conomy and be matched with present and future workforce needs, which requires well - sequenced investments in basic education, vocational training, on -the-job training and more advanced managerial, engineering and scientific education to increase the supply of technological knowledge that can be absorbed by national innovation systems;
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Education
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Elimination of female genital mutilation (2018), para. 35
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- (b) Place special emphasis on formal and informal education, in particular for young people, including girls, and for parents and religious, traditional and community leaders, about the harmful effects of female genital mutilation, and, in particular, encourage men and boys to become more involved in information and awareness campaigns and to be agents of change within communities, with the meaningful participation of women and girls who have been subjected to the practice;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Harmful Practices
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Girls
- Men
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Third Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination and the convening of the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance (2001), para. 84
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- 19. Recommends that the particular situation of children and young people should receive special attention during the preparations for and during the World Conference, especially in its outcome;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2020), para. 36
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- 11. Also emphasizes the need to implement measures to promote and improve the mental health and well-being of young people, including by scaling up comprehensive and integrated services for the prevention of mental disorders and other mental health conditions, including suicide prevention, as well as treatment for young people with mental disorders and other mental health conditions as well as neurological disorders, providing psychosocial support, including resilience training, while raising awareness of mental health issues and tackling stigma and s ocial pressure, promoting well-being, strengthening the prevention and treatment of substance abuse, addressing social determinants of health and fully respecting their human rights;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2014), para. 04
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- Welcoming the participation of young representatives in national delegations at the General Assembly,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Twelfth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (2011), para. 68
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- 31. We call upon civil society, including the media, to support the efforts to protect children and youth from exposure to content that may exacerbate violence and crime, particularly content depicting and glorifying acts of violence against women and children.
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2020), para. 53
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- 28. Further urges Member States to address legal, administrative, social, economic, digital and cultural barriers that limit young people’s participation and representation, while enabling the capacities, resources, information, technology, support, space and skills needed to empower the free, active, independent, full and effective participation of youth, including youth in vulnerable situations;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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United Nations Literacy Decade: education for all (2011), para. 22
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- 5. Calls upon Member States, their development partners, the international donor community, the private sector and civil society, in accordance with national law, to further scale up quality literacy efforts and consider the post-2012 strategy for addressing youth and adult literacy challenges, bearing in mind that just over two years remain of the Decade and that the target date of 2015 for the achievement of the Education for All goals and the Millennium Development Goals is approaching;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2018), para. 36
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- Paragraph text
- 20. Further recognizes the importance of strengthening intergenerational partnerships and solidarity among generations, and in this regard recognizes the importance of opportunities for voluntary, constructive and regular interaction between young people and older generations in the family, the workplace and society at large;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Older persons
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Agricultural technology for development (2010), para. 19
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- 2. Calls upon Member States and relevant United Nations organizations to make greater efforts to develop and disseminate appropriate sustainable agricultural technologies, particularly in and with developing countries, under fair, transparent and mutually agreed terms, and to support national efforts to foster utilization of local know-how and agricultural technologies, promote agricultural technology research and enable poor rural women, men and youth to increase sustainable agricultural productivity and enhance food security;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance (2019), para. 54
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- 40. Underlines that the roots of extremism are multifaceted and must be addressed through adequate measures such as education, awareness-raising and the promotion of dialogue, and in this regard recommends the increase of measures to raise awareness among young people of the dangers of the ideologies and activities of extremist political parties, movements and groups;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International cooperation against the world drug problem (2015), para. 13
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- Recognizing the importance of preventing and addressing drug-related youth crime, considering its impact on the social and economic development of societies, and supporting the rehabilitation and treatment of young offenders and their reintegration into society,
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Technical assistance and capacity-building to improve human rights in Libya (2017), para. 14
- Paragraph text
- Underscoring the importance of the equal and full participation of all members of Libyan society, including women, civil society and youth, in the political process,
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Consequences of child, early and forced marriage (2019), para. 45
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- 17. Calls upon States, with the participation of women and girls and of relevant stakeholders, as appropriate, including men and boys, parents and other family members, teachers, religious, traditional and community leaders, civil society, organizations led by girls, women’s organizations, youth, feminist groups, human rights defenders, parliaments, national human rights institutions, children’s ombudspersons, the media and the private sector, to develop, implement and monitor holistic, comprehensive and coordinated responses and strategies to prevent and eliminate child, early and forced marriage, to support girls and women who are affected or at risk, who have fled such a marriage or whose marriage has dissolved, and widowed girls or women who were married as girls, including through the strengthening of child protection systems, protection mechanisms such as safe shelters, access to justice, the sharing of best practices across borders and the collection of relevant, reliable and disaggregated data;
- Topic(s)
- Harmful Practices
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Children
- Girls
- Men
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth: youth in the global economy – promoting youth participation in social and economic development (2008), para. 038
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- 18. Stresses also the importance of ensuring that young people are recognized as active agents in decision-making processes and for positive change and development in society, urges Member States, in this regard, to consider including youth representatives in their delegations to all relevant discussions in the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council and its functional commissions, bearing in mind the principles of gender balance and non-discrimination, and emphasizes that such youth representatives should be selected through a transparent process which ensures that they have a suitable mandate to represent young people in their countries;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2000), para. 05
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- Paragraph text
- Noting that, in paragraph 124 of the Programme of Action, youth-related bodies and organizations of the United Nations system were invited to cooperate with the above-mentioned conferences,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2010), para. 12
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- 2. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General entitled “Implementation of the World Programme of Action for Youth: progress and constraints with respect to the well-being of youth and their role in civil society”; 3F 4
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth: youth in the global economy – promoting youth participation in social and economic development (2008), para. 102
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- 42. Governments should intensify efforts to enact, strengthen or enforce, as appropriate, legislation, regulations and other measures to eliminate all forms of discrimination and to ensure the full enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by youth living with HIV, including policies to secure their access to education, inheritance, employment, health care, social and health services, prevention, support and treatment, information and legal protection, while respecting their privacy and confidentiality and developing strategies to combat the stigma and social exclusion connected with the epidemic.
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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A world against violence and violent extremism (2015), para. 30
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- Paragraph text
- 13. Encourages Member States to increase their understanding of the drivers of violent extremism, particularly for women and youth, so as to develop targeted and comprehensive solutions to this threat;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Elimination of all forms of discrimination against women and girls (2018), para. 33
- Paragraph text
- (c) To consider reviewing all proposed and existing legislation in accordance with international human rights obligations and a gender-responsive perspective, involving, when necessary, independent experts, national human rights institutions, women human rights defenders, women’s and girls’ community-based organizations, feminist groups and youth-led organizations, and other relevant stakeholders;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly (2020), para. 043
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- 9. Reaffirms that social integration policies should seek to reduce inequalities, promote access to basic social services, quality education for all and health care, eliminate discrimination, increase the participation and integration of social groups, particularly young people, older persons and persons with disabilities, noting the role of sports in this regard, and address the challenges posed to social development by globalization and market-driven reforms in order for all people in all countries to benefit from globalization;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Persons with disabilities
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International financial system and development (2019), para. 11
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- Recognizing that the remaining effects of the world financial and economic crisis have the potential to undermine debt sustainability and progress towards achieving the internationally agreed development goals, especially in developing countries, and stressing the need to avoid the recurrence of such crises, including by addressing the lessons learned, improving confidence, sustaining economic growth and promoting full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including young people, older persons and people with disabilities, and by continuing to promote global economic stability and the underlying institutional reforms required to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals,
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Older persons
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2016), para. 07
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- Paragraph text
- Recalling the adoption of the outcome document of the United Nations summit for the adoption of the post-2015 development agenda, entitled “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, by Heads of State and Government on 25 September 2015, 1 and recognizing that the 2030 Agenda includes important goals and targets pertaining to youth,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Women in development (2016), para. 54
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- Paragraph text
- 20. Stresses the need to eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in public and private spaces, and encourages Member States to adopt specific preventive measures to protect women, youth and children from any abuse, including sexual abuse, exploitation, trafficking and violence;
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International Youth Year (1995), para. 10
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- Paragraph text
- 6. Encourages Member States to ensure that youth and youth organizations are given appropriate opportunity to be involved in and to contribute to discussions at the national level leading to the celebration of the tenth anniversary of International Youth Year;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Review of the United Nations peacebuilding architecture (2016), para. 57
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- 23. Calls upon Member States and relevant United Nations organs and entities to consider ways to increase meaningful and inclusive participation of youth in peacebuilding efforts through creating policies, including in partnership with the private sector where relevant, that would enhance youth capacities and skills, and create youth employment to actively contribute to sustaining peace, and in this regard, requests the Secretary-General and the Peacebuilding Commission to include in their recommendations ways to engage youth in peacebuilding;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal (1993), para. 09
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- Paragraph text
- 2. Commends the Olympic Movement for its ideal to promote international understanding among the youth of the world through sport and culture;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2018), para. 04
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- Paragraph text
- Recalling further General Assembly resolution 70/1 of 25 September 2015, entitled “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development ”, in which for the first time the Assembly recognized children and youth as agents of change, and recognizing that the Sustainable Development Goals are integrated, indivisible and global in nature, and therefore that all of them apply to youth,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Youth and human rights (2017), para. 17
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- Paragraph text
- 3. Encourages all States to conduct their coherent youth-related policies through inclusive and participatory consultations with relevant stakeholders and social development partners in the interest of developing effective and comprehensive policies, as well in the development of their national action plans to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth: youth in the global economy – promoting youth participation in social and economic development (2008), para. 029
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- Paragraph text
- 9. Calls upon the international community to continue to support the efforts of Governments, together with civil society, including youth-led organizations, the private sector and other parts of society, to anticipate and offset the negative social and economic consequences of globalization and to maximize its benefits for young people;
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Rights of the child: the right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health (2013), para. 048
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- (a) To ensure that the right to the highest attainable standard of sexual and reproductive health is fully realized by giving full attention to the sexual and reproductive health needs of children and adolescents, consistent with their evolving capacities, through providing information, education and services, in accordance with the Beijing Platform for Action and the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development, 3 and the outcomes of their review conferences, on an equitable and universal basis, with their full involvement and the support of the international community, with full respect for their privacy and confidentiality, free of discrimination, and to provide them with youth-friendly and evidence-based comprehensive education, consistent with their evolving capacities, on sexual and reproductive health, human rights and gender equality to enable them to deal in a positive and responsible way with their sexuality;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2010), para. 18
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- Paragraph text
- (c) To ensure the involvement of young people in the renewable and sustainable energy sectors, through access to adequate education and training, the promotion of youth employment and entrepreneurship opportunities and cooperation initiatives in these sectors;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2020), para. 47
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- Paragraph text
- 22. Recognizes that the international community faces increasing challenges posed by climate change and the loss of biodiversity, which have increased vulnerabilities and inequalities with direct and indirect implications for the well - being of youth and which could make youth, particularly in developing countries and small island developing States, vulnerable to their adverse impacts, including through suffering disproportionately in labour markets in times of crisis created by climate change, calls for the enhanced cooperation of and concerted action by Member States with youth in order to address those challenges, taking into account the p ositive role that the education of youth can play in that respect, and encourages Member States to further promote youth participation in climate action and to consider youth perspectives in decision-making processes on climate change;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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New Partnership for Africa’s Development: progress in implementation and international support (2016), para. 32
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- Paragraph text
- 14. Expresses concern about the adverse impact of the consequences of the world financial and economic crisis, including on development, and evidence of an uneven, fragile and slow recovery, cognizant that the global economy, notwithstanding significant efforts that helped to contain tail risks, improve financial market conditions and stability and sustain recovery, still remains in a challenging phase, with downside risks, including high volatility in global markets, excessive volatility of commodity prices, high unemployment, particularly among young people, unsustainable debt in some countries and widespread fiscal strains, which pose challenges for global economic recovery and reflect the need for additional progress towards sustaining and rebalancing global demand, and stresses the need for continuing efforts to address systemic fragilities and imbalances and to reform and strengthen the international financial system while implementing the reforms agreed upon to date;
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Agricultural technology for sustainable development (2016), para. 31
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 11. Encourages Member States, civil society and public and private institutions to develop partnerships to support financial and market services, including training, capacity-building, infrastructure and extension services, and calls for further efforts by all stakeholders to include smallholder farmers, in particular rural women and youth, in planning and taking decisions about making appropriate sustainable agricultural technologies and practices accessible and affordable to them;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Implementation of the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) and strengthening of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) (2016), para. 205
- Paragraph text
- 15 Paragraph 23.3 of Agenda 21 provides that: “Any policies, definitions or rules affecting access to and participation by non-governmental organizations in the work of the United Nations institutions or agencies associated with the implementation of Agenda 21 must apply equally to all major groups”. Agenda 21 defines major groups as comprising women, children and youth, indigenous people, non-governmental organizations, local authorities, workers and their trade unions, business and industry, the scientific and technological community and farmers. Therefore, based on Agenda 21, rule 65 shall apply equally to non- governmental organizations and other major groups.
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International cooperation on humanitarian assistance in the field of natural disasters, from relief to development (2020), para. 022
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- Paragraph text
- Noting with concern that women, persons with disabilities, older persons, children and youth are often disproportionately affected in natural disasters, and stressing the need to ensure that their specific needs are identified and addressed in emergency preparedness and response,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Older persons
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Policies and programmes involving youth: youth in the global economy – promoting youth participation in social and economic development (2008), para. 046
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 1. Globalization has opened new opportunities for sustained economic growth and the development of the world economy. Globalization has also permitted countries to share experiences and to learn from one another’s achievements and difficulties and has promoted a cross-fertilization of ideas, cultural values and aspirations. Globalization has thus helped to connect youth not only to the rest of the world, but also with each other.
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Implementation of the Third United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2018–2027) (2020), para. 43
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- Paragraph text
- 14. Also notes with concern that 262 million children and young people between the ages of 6 and 17 were out of school in 2017, in this regard recognizes that substantial and efficiently spent investments are needed to improve the qual ity of and access to education and in order to enable millions of people to acquire skills for decent work, and takes note with appreciation of the report of the International Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunity and the recommendations contained therein, as appropriate;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Role of the United Nations in promoting development in the context of globalization and interdependence (2020), para. 20
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Expressing concern about the adverse impact of the continuing fragility of the global economy and the slow pace of restoration of global growth and trade, including on development, cognizant that the global economy remains in a challenging phase, with many downside risks, including net negative capital flows from some emerging and developing economies, continued low commodity prices, high unemployment, particularly among young people, women, persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples, local communities and people in vulnerable situations, and rising private and public indebtedness in many developing countries, and stressing the need for continuing efforts to address systemic fragilities and imbalances and to reform and strengthen the international financial system while implementing the reforms agreed upon to date in order to attend to those challenges and make progress towards sustaining global demand,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
Paragraph
Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly (2019), para. 23
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Recognizing that, since the convening of the World Summit for Social Development in Copenhagen in 1995, advances have been made in addressing and promoting social integration, including through the adoption of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, 2002, 10 the World Programme of Action for Youth, 11 the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 13 and the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, 14
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Promoting social integration through social inclusion (2020), para. 40
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- Paragraph text
- 5. Stresses the importance of promoting inclusive and equitable quality education that is age-, disability- and gender-sensitive, as well as lifelong learning opportunities for all, especially for children, women, youth, persons with disabilities, older persons, migrants, indigenous peoples and persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities, and of skills development and quality training as essential means for inclusive participation and integration in society;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Persons on the move
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth: youth in the global economy – promoting youth participation in social and economic development (2008), para. 105
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- Paragraph text
- 44. Youth are often among the main victims of armed conflict. Children and youth are killed or maimed, made orphans, abducted, taken hostage, forcibly displaced, deprived of education and health care and left with deep emotional scars and trauma. Children illegally recruited as child soldiers are often forced to commit serious abuses. Armed conflict destroys the safe environment provided by a house, a family, adequate nutrition, education and employment. During conflict, health risks increase among youth, especially young women. Young women and girls face additional risks, in particular those of sexual violence and exploitation.
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (1995), para. 10
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 4. Encourages the preparation by Member States that have not yet done so, of a national youth policy, based on an analytical national evaluation of the situation and needs of youth;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing (2014), para. 33
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- Paragraph text
- 21. Recognizes the importance of strengthening intergenerational partnerships and solidarity among generations, and in this regard calls upon Member States to promote opportunities for voluntary, constructive and regular interaction between young people and older generations in the family, the workplace and society at large;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2020), para. 59
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- Paragraph text
- 34. Acknowledges the increased collaboration through the Inter-Agency Network on Youth Development in developing the United Nations System -wide Action Plan on Youth, requests United Nations entities, within existing resources, to continue their coordination towards a more coherent, comprehensive and inte grated approach to youth development, calls upon United Nations entities and relevant partners to support national, regional and international efforts in addressing challenges hindering youth development, and in this regard encourages close collaboration with Member States as well as other relevant stakeholders, including civil society;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2018), para. 07
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Welcoming the effective participation of youth representatives in national delegations at the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council and it s functional commissions and relevant United Nations conferences,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Measures to be taken against political platforms and activities based on doctrines of superiority which are based on racial discrimination or ethnic exclusiveness and xenophobia, including, in particular, neo-Nazism (2001), para. 18
- Paragraph text
- 4. Calls upon all Governments to promote and encourage, especially among young people, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, as well as to promote awareness of and oppose political platforms and activities based on doctrines of superiority which are based on racial discrimination or ethnic exclusiveness and xenophobia, including, in particular, neo-Nazism;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Assistance to Somalia in the field of human rights (2018), para. 31
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (c) To meet commitments to deliver legislation by December 2018 that will pave the way for historic one-person, one-vote elections in 2020, and to ensure that this and other measures promote the inclusivity of these elections, particularly by ensuring the equal participation and representation of women in decision-making and in leadership positions, as well as of internally displaced persons, young persons, persons with disabilities, minorities and all members of disadvantaged groups at all stages of the electoral cycle;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Observer status for the International Youth Organization for Ibero-America in the General Assembly (2016), para. 3
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- Paragraph text
- 1. Decides to invite the International Youth Organization for Ibero-America to participate in the sessions and the work of the General Assembly in the capacity of observer;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Outcome document of the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on Youth: Dialogue and Mutual Understanding (2011), para. 30
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- Paragraph text
- 25. Request the United Nations entities to enhance their coordination and intensify efforts towards a more coherent, comprehensive and integrated approach to youth development through, inter alia, the Inter-Agency Network on Youth Development, call upon the United Nations entities and relevant partners to develop additional measures to support national, regional and international efforts in addressing challenges hindering youth development, and in this regard encourage close collaboration with Member States as well as other relevant stakeholders, including civil society;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Assistance to Somalia in the field of human rights (2019), para. 38
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- Paragraph text
- (g) To adopt the Electoral Law and the amendments to legislation on political parties before the 2020 and 2021 elections, and to ensure that these and other measures promote the inclusivity of elections, particularly by ensuring the equal participation and representation of women in decision-making and in leadership positions, as well as of internally displaced persons, young persons, persons with disabilities, minorities and all members of disadvantaged groups at all stages of the electoral cycle;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Assistance to Somalia in the field of human rights (2017), para. 35
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- Paragraph text
- (j) To ensure the equitable participation of women, young people, members of minority groups and other marginalized groups in national political processes, and to establish skills development centres to empower women, young people and members of minority groups to participate;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Political Declaration of the Comprehensive High-level Midterm Review of the Implementation of the Istanbul Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2011–2020 (2016), para. 143
- Paragraph text
- 112. We stress the importance of working on conflict prevention and peacebuilding to promote social cohesion and of empowering the least developed countries to become inclusive and resilient to external and internal shocks that could result in new cycles of violence. Conflict prevention measures with adequate early warning and risk assessment tools can assist in avoiding or at least mitigating adverse impacts of shocks. We express our commitment to take earl y action to prevent extreme violence and armed conflict by supporting and strengthening core governance institutions, strengthening national capacities for conflict prevention and management of ongoing tensions with civil society and marginalized communiti es, including women and youth, facilitating dialogue and consensus-building, and mainstreaming conflict prevention and early warning in development within the United Nations system through conflict analysis and assessment.
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International cooperation against the world drug problem (2007), para. 28
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (c) To enhance early intervention programmes that dissuade children and young people from using illicit drugs, including, inter alia, polydrug use and the recreational use of substances such as cannabis and synthetic drugs, especially amphetamine-type stimulants, and to encourage the active participation of the younger generation and their families in campaigns against drug abuse;
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (2016), para. 41
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- 32. Expresses appreciation for the convening of the World Education Forum 2015 at Incheon, Republic of Korea, from 19 to 22 May 2015, notes with concern that a large proportion of the world’s out-of-school population lives in conflict- affected areas, and takes note of the commitment in the Incheon Declaration 10 to developing more inclusive, responsive and resilient educati on systems to meet the needs of children, youth and adults in these contexts, including internally displaced persons and refugees;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition (2016), para. 49
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- 22. Emphasizes the need to revitalize the agriculture sector, promote rural development and aim for ensuring food security and nutrition, notably in developing countries, in a sustainable manner, which will lead to rich payoffs across the Sustainable Development Goals, and underlines the importance of taking the necessary actions to better address the needs of rural communities by, inter alia, enhancing access for agricultural producers, in particular small producers, women, youth, indigenous peoples and people living in vulnerable situations, to credit and other financial services, markets, secure land tenure, health care, social services, education, training, knowledge and appropriate and affordable technologies, including for efficient irrigation, reuse of treated wastewater and water harvesting and storage;
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Food & Nutrition
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth: youth in the global economy – promoting youth participation in social and economic development (2008), para. 048
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- 3. Many young people, especially in developing countries, remain marginalized from the global economy and lack the capabilities to access the opportunities that globalization offers. Many are restricted by inadequate education, limited skills, unemployment and poverty or are outside the reach of basic information and communication and the goods and services that have become available with globalization.
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Twelfth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (2011), para. 64
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- 27. We support the principle that the deprivation of liberty of children should be used only as a measure of last resort and for the shortest appropriate period of time. We recommend the broader application, as appropriate, of alternatives to imprisonment, restorative justice and other relevant measures that foster the diversion of young offenders from the criminal justice system.
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Youth and human rights (2016), para. 10
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- Underlining the important role that youth can play in the promotion of peace, sustainable development and human rights, and the importance of active and wide participation of youth in decision-making,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Global efforts for the total elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and the comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action (2013), para. 110
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- 76. Urges States, in cooperation with intergovernmental organizations, the International Olympic Committee and international and regional sports federations, to intensify the fight against racism in sport by, among other things, educating the youth of the world through sport practised without discrimination of any kind and in the Olympic spirit, which requires human understanding, tolerance, fair play and solidarity;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children (2010), para. 147
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- 99. Children in care should have access to a known, effective and impartial mechanism whereby they can notify complaints or concerns regarding their treatment or conditions of placement. Such mechanisms should include initial consultation, feedback, implementation and further consultation. Young people with previous care experience should be involved in this process, due weight being given to their opinions. This process should be conducted by competent persons trained to work with children and young people.
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal (2017), para. 03
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- Recalling also its resolution 48/11 of 25 October 1993, which, inter alia, revived the ancient Greek tradition of ekecheiria (“Olympic Truce”) calling for a truce during the Olympic Games to encourage a peaceful environment and ensure safe passage, access and participation for athletes and relevant persons at the Games, thereby mobilizing the youth of the world to the cause of peace,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2000), para. 14
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- 6. Encourages the regional commissions to follow up the World Conference in their respective regions, in coordination with regional meetings of ministers responsible for youth and regional non- governmental youth organizations, and to provide advisory services to support national youth policies and programmes in each region;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2018), para. 41
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- 25. Urges Member States to consider including youth delegates in their delegations at all relevant discussions in the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council and its functional commissions and relevant United Nations conferences, as appropriate, bearing in mind the principles of gender balance and non- discrimination, and emphasizes that such youth representatives should be selected through a transparent process that ensures that they have a suitable mandate to represent young people in their countries;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The Social Forum (2017), para. 13
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- 9. Decides that the Social Forum will remain open to the participation of representatives of States Members of the United Nations and all other interested stakeholders, such as intergovernmental organizations, different components of the United Nations system, especially mandate holders of thematic procedures and mechanisms of the human rights machinery, regional economic commissions and specialized agencies and organizations, and representatives designated by national human rights institutions and non- governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, and will also be open to other non-governmental organizations whose aims and purposes are in conformity with the spirit, purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, including newly emerging actors, such as small groups and rural and urban associations from the North and the South, anti-poverty groups, peasants’ and farmers’ organizations and their national and international associations, voluntary organizations, environmental organizations and activists, youth associations, community organizations, trade unions and associations of workers, and representatives of the private sector, on the basis of arrangements, including Economic and Social Council resolution 1996/31 of 25 July 1996 and practices observed by the Commission on Human Rights, through an open and transparent accreditation procedure, in accordance with the rules of procedure of the Human Rights Council, while ensuring the most effective contribution of these entities;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in Burundi (2018), para. 25
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- 3. Expresses grave concern at the findings of the Commission of Inquiry on Burundi with regard to the increased number of human rights violations and abuses committed by the Burundian defence and security forces, including the national intelligence service, the police and the armed forces and the Imbonerakure, the youth wing of the ruling party, in a climate of widespread impunity, while providing reasonable grounds to believe that some human rights violations may constitute crimes against humanity, as first found by the Commission of Inquiry with regard to the events of 2015 and 2016 in its report; 4
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International cooperation to address and counter the world drug problem (2020), para. 059
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- 22. Urges Member States, as part of their comprehensive drug demand reduction measures at the national level, to strengthen efforts, as appropriate, to prevent drug abuse in educational settings, in both the public and private sectors, including by providing children and youth with information regarding drug abuse and its harmful effects and consequences as well as drug use prevention, counselling and skills, resilience and opportunities to choose healthy lifestyles, and to promote safe and drug-free environments in educational settings;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2018), para. 34
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- 18. Recognizes that the international community faces increasing challenges posed by climate change and the loss of biodiversity, which have increased vulnerabilities and inequalities with direct and indirect implications for the well - being of youth and which could make youth, particularly in developing countries and small island developing States, vulnerable to their adverse impacts, including through suffering disproportionately in labour markets in times of crisis created by climate change, and calls for the enhanced cooperation of and concerted action by Member States with youth in order to address those challenges, taking into account the positive role that the education of youth can play in that respect;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The right to food (2018), para. 31
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- 3. Considers it intolerable that, as estimated by the United Nations Children’s Fund, nearly half of all deaths of children under the age of 5 are attributable to undernutrition, translating into the loss of about 3 million young lives a year and that, as estimated by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, about 815 million people in the world suffer from chronic hunger owing to the lack of sufficient food for the conduct of an active and healthy life, including as one of the effects derived from food insecurity, while, according to the Organization, the planet could produce enough food to feed everyone around the world;
- Topic(s)
- Food & Nutrition
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (1995), para. 14
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- 8. Requests the Secretary-General to make recommendations on the need for specific programmes aimed at encouraging school attendance through various means, in particular by the provision of lessons free of charge and, where appropriate, free food in schools, in close coordination with the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the multilateral financial institutions, bearing in mind the fundamental importance to youth of increasing literacy rates as set out in the draft world programme of action for youth to the year 2000 and beyond;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Integrating sport into youth crime prevention and criminal justice strategies (2020), para. 14
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- Convinced of the importance of preventing the involvement of children and youth in criminal activities by supporting their development and strengthening their resilience to antisocial and delinquent behaviour, of supporting the rehabilitation of children and youth in conflict with the law and their reintegration into society, of protecting child victims and witnesses, including by preventing revictimization, and of addressing the needs of children and youth in vulnerable situations, and convinced also that holistic crime prevention and criminal justice responses should take into account human rights and the best interests of the child,
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2010), para. 37
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- 14. Calls upon Member States to consider using the goals and targets proposed in the reports of the Secretary-General 10F 11 at the national level as a means of facilitating the monitoring of progress towards the implementation of the World Programme of Action for Youth;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Cooperation between the United Nations and the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries (2011), para. 10
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- 4. Welcomes the signature, on 30 July 2009, of a cooperation agreement between the Executive Secretariat of the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research to jointly develop and implement capacity-building and training projects in the fields of human rights, the environment, public administration and leadership training for young people;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2010), para. 33
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- (b) Encouraging and promoting youth-led organizations and the important role they play in supporting young people’s civic engagement, capacity-building and providing non-formal education through financial and technical support and promotion of their activities;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Sport as a means to promote education, health, development and peace (2003), para. 18
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- (f) To strengthen cooperation and partnership between all actors, including family, school, clubs/leagues, local communities, youth sports associations and decision makers as well as the public and private sectors, in order to ensure complementarities and to make sport and physical education available to everyone;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Rights of indigenous peoples (2015), para. 13
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- Stressing the need to pay particular attention to the rights and special needs of indigenous women, children, youth, older persons and persons with disabilities, as set out in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including in the process of protecting and promoting their access to justice,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Youth, disarmament and non-proliferation (2019), para. 02
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- Recognizing that young people in all countries are key agents for social change, economic development and technological innovation,
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2020), para. 19
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- Emphasizing also the need to substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship, and to ensure, by 2030, that all youth and a substantial proportion of adults, both men and women, achieve literacy and numeracy,
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (2017), para. 89
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- 36. Notes with appreciation the positive contribution of the Agency’s microfinance and job creation programmes, encourages efforts to enhance the sustainability and benefits of microfinance services to a greater number of Palestine refugees, especially in view of the high unemployment rates affecting them, and youth in particular, welcomes the Agency’s efforts to streamline costs and increase microfinance services through internal reform efforts, and calls upon the Agency, in close cooperation with the relevant agencies, to continue to contribute to the development of the economic and social stability of the Palestine refugees in all fields of operation;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace (2018), para. 40
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- 12. Encourages the involvement of media, especially the mass media, in promoting a culture of peace and non-violence, with particular regard to children and young people;
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Preparations for the special session on children (2001), para. 17
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- 11. Highlights the important role of children and young people in this process, and in this regard encourages States to facilitate and promote their active contribution to the preparatory process, including in the work of the Preparatory Committee, and the special session;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2004), para. 24
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- 14. Requests the Secretary-General, with regard to paragraph 4 above, to consider organizing a consultative meeting with youth organizations and youth representatives, taking into account equitable geographical distribution, on the evaluation of the progress made and obstacles encountered in the implementation of the World Programme of Action in preparation for the two plenary meetings of the General Assembly to be held in 2005, and to include the outcome of the meeting in his report to the Assembly at its sixtieth session;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS: On the Fast Track to Accelerating the Fight against HIV and to Ending the AIDS Epidemic by 2030 (2016), para. 147
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- 67. Continue to encourage the Economic and Social Council to request the regional commissions, within their respective mandates and resources, to support periodic, inclusive reviews of national efforts and progress made in their respective regions to combat HIV and underline in this regard the valuable model provided by the African Peer Review Mechanism of the African Union, and consider, as appropriate, regular regional peer-based reviews of AIDS responses that facilitate the engagement of health and non-health ministries and city and local leaders and ensure the meaningful participation of civil society organizations, especially of people living with HIV and women’s and youth groups, among others;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth: youth in the global economy – promoting youth participation in social and economic development (2008), para. 027
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- (k) To take all necessary measures to ensure the rights of young people to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health and their access to sustainable health systems and social services, without discrimination, paying special attention to and raising awareness of nutrition, including eating disorders and obesity, and the effects of communicable diseases, and to sexual and reproductive health, including measures to prevent sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Pattern of conferences (2020), para. 131
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- 115. Notes with appreciation the positive experience with language traineeships in training young professionals and in attracting them to the United Nations, while enhancing the pool of qualified language professionals in language combinations that are critical for succession-planning purposes, and encourages the Secretary-General to continue his efforts in this regard;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Promoting inclusive and accountable public services for sustainable development (2015), para. 26
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- 12. Calls for renewed efforts to promote diversity and inclusion in public services and to enhance equality in access to services by all, especially persons with disabilities, the elderly, women, youth, children and other disadvantaged groups;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Questions relating to information (2013), para. 083
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- 52. Acknowledges the achievements of the Alliance of Civilizations and the efforts made by the High Representative of the Secretary-General for the Alliance of Civilizations, which it had welcomed in its resolution 64/14 of 10 November 2009, notes the broad range of initiatives and partnerships in the areas of youth, education, the media and migration launched at the fourth Alliance of Civilizations Forum, held in Doha from 11 to 13 December 2011, and continued at the fifth Alliance of Civilizations Forum, held in Vienna on 27 and 28 February 2013, and welcomes the continuing support of the Department of Public Information for the work of the Alliance of Civilizations, including its ongoing projects;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Recognizing the contribution of environmental human rights defenders to the enjoyment of human rights, environmental protection andsustainable development (2019), para. 42
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- (e) To provide a safe and empowering context for initiatives organized by young people and children to defend human rights relating to the environment;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The Social Forum (2018), para. 08
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- 4. Decides that the Social Forum will meet for two working days in 2019, in Geneva, on dates suitable for the participation of representatives of States Members of the United Nations and of the broadest possible range of other stakeholders, especially from developing countries, and also decides that, at its next meeting, the Forum should focus on the promotion and protection of the rights of children and youth through education;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Rights of indigenous peoples (2019), para. 11
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- Stressing the importance of the empowerment and capacity-building of indigenous women and youth, including their full and effective participation in decision-making processes in matters that affect them directly, including policies, programmes and resources, where relevant, that target the well-being of indigenous women, children and youth, in particular in the areas of health, education, employment and the transmission of traditional knowledge, languages and practices, and the importance of taking measures to promote awareness and understanding of their rights,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Cooperation between the United Nations and the International Organization of la Francophonie (2019), para. 27
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- 10. Recognizes, as part of the cooperation between the United Nations and the International Organization of la Francophonie, the interest in intensifying efforts to move from early warning to rapid response and the need to promote the full __________________ participation of women and youth in conflict prevention, management and resolution mechanisms, including through their involvement in the negotiation and implementation of peace agreement processes;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2000), para. 17
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- 9. Recommends that the second World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth be organized under the aegis of the United Nations, and notes with appreciation the offer made by the Government of Turkey to organize the second World Conference together with the fifth session of the World Youth Forum and the World Youth Festival; 5
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2014), para. 03
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- Paragraph text
- 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
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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United action with renewed determination towards the total elimination of nuclear weapons (2015), para. 43
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- 23. Encourages every effort to raise awareness of the humanitarian impact of the use of nuclear weapons, including through, among others, visits by leaders, youth and others, to the cities devastated by the use of nuclear weapons, and testimonies of the atomic bomb survivors, the hibakusha;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace (2013), para. 27
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- 9. Commends civil society, non-governmental organizations and young people for their activities in further promoting a culture of peace and non-violence, including through their campaign to raise awareness on a culture of peace and the peaceful settlement of disputes;
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Strengthening the United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme, in particular its technical cooperation capacity (2015), para. 034
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- Paragraph text
- Convinced of the importance of preventing youth crime, supporting the rehabilitation of young offenders and their reintegration into society, protecting child victims and witnesses, including efforts to prevent their revictimization, and addressing the needs of children of prisoners, and stressing that such responses should take into account the human rights and best interests of children and young people, as called for in the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Optional Protocols thereto, 18 where applicable, and in other relevant United Nations standards and norms in juvenile justice, where appropriate,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Review and implementation of the Concluding Document of the Twelfth Special Session of the General Assembly (2001), para. 139
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- Paragraph text
- Welcoming the idea of the possible creation of an educational and training programme for peace and disarmament in Asia and the Pacific for young people with different backgrounds, to be financed from voluntary contributions,
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2020), para. 24
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- Paragraph text
- Noting the launch by the Secretary-General, in September 2018, of Youth 2030: The United Nations Youth Strategy, to address the needs of youth and to fulfil their potential as agents of change, as well as of the Generation Unlimited global partnership, which is aimed at ensuring that, by 2030, every young person has the opportunity to be in education, learning, training or employment,
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Human resources management (2013), para. 42
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- Paragraph text
- 36. Confirms that the placement of successful candidates from the young professionals programme should be made at the P-1 or P-2 level, depending on the qualifications of the relevant candidate, the requirements of the related job description and the availability of posts;
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (1995), para. 09
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- Paragraph text
- 3. Requests the Secretary-General, in close cooperation with Member States and youth organizations, to evaluate youth programmes that were developed during the follow-up of International Youth Year and to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-second session, with a view to ensuring effective implementation of a world programme of action for youth to the year 2000 and beyond; 5/
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Protecting children from bullying (2017), para. 28
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- Paragraph text
- (g) To raise public awareness, involving family members, legal guardians, caregivers, young people, schools, communities, community leaders and the media, as well as civil society organizations, with the participation of children, regarding the protection of children from bullying;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly (2020), para. 055
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- Paragraph text
- 21. Also urges Member States to address the high rates of youth unemployment, underemployment, vulnerable employment, informal employment and young people not in employment, education or training by developing and implementing targeted and integrated local and national youth employment policies for inclusive, sustainable and innovative job creation, improved employability, skills development and vocational training to facilitate the transition from school to work and to increase the prospects for integrating youth into the sustainable labour market, and through increased entrepreneurship, including the development of networks of young entrepreneurs at the local, national, regional and global levels that foster knowledge among young people about their rights and responsibilities in society, and encourages Member States to invest in education, support lifelong learning and provide social protection for all youth and to request donors, specialized United Nations entities and the private sector to continue to provide assistance to Member States, including technical and funding support, as appropriate;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Improving global road safety (2014), para. 28
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- Paragraph text
- Recognizing that a solution to the global road safety crisis can be achieved only through multisectoral collaboration, private and public funding mechanisms and partnerships involving the public and private sectors, as well as civil society, including national Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, academia, professional associations, non-governmental organizations, victims’ organizations, youth organizations and the media,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth: youth in the global economy – promoting youth participation in social and economic development (2008), para. 039
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- Paragraph text
- 19. Recognizes the positive contribution that youth representatives make to the General Assembly and other United Nations bodies and their role as an important channel of communication between young people and the United Nations, and in this regard requests the Secretary-General to support adequately the United Nations Programme on Youth of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the Secretariat so that it can continue to facilitate their effective participation in meetings;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children (2010), para. 200
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- 135. Ongoing educational and vocational training opportunities should be imparted as part of life skills education to young people leaving care in order to help them to become financially independent and generate their own income.
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Education
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Rights of indigenous peoples (2018), para. 25
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- Stressing the need to pay particular attention to the rights and special needs of indigenous women, children, youth, older persons and persons with disabilities, as set out in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including in the process of protecting and promoting their access to justice,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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World Creativity and Innovation Day (2017), para. 09
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- Paragraph text
- Recalling also its resolutions 54/120 of 17 December 1999 on policies and programmes involving youth, 68/220 of 20 December 2013 on science, technology and innovation for development and 68/223 of 20 December 2013 on culture and sustainable development,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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World Youth Skills Day (2015), para. 02
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- Recalling its resolutions 50/81 of 14 December 1995 and 62/126 of 18 December 2007, in which it adopted the World Programme of Action for Youth, its resolution 65/312 of 26 July 2011, by which it adopted the outcome document of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on youth: dialogue and mutual understanding, including the actions recommended therein on youth, and its resolution 68/130 of 18 December 2013 on policies and programmes involving youth,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2016), para. 08
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- Welcoming the high-level event held by the General Assembly on 29 May 2015 to mark the twentieth anniversary of the World Programme of Action for Youth, which offered an important opportunity for Member States and other relevant stakeholders to take stock of progress made in its implementation, as well as to identify gaps and challenges and the way forward for its full, effective and accelerated implementation,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Protection of migrants (2015), para. 24
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- Paragraph text
- Recognizing the contributions of young migrants to countries of origin and destination, and in that regard encouraging States to consider the specific circumstances and needs of young migrants,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International Year of Volunteers (2001), para. 09
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- 3. Invites States to consider all means available for more people to become involved in voluntary action and to be drawn from a broader cross-section of society, especially from groups, including young people, older people and people with disabilities, in view of the benefits accruing to volunteers through volunteer action;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Persons with disabilities
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008–2017) (2016), para. 26
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- Recognizing the importance of supporting countries in their efforts to eradicate poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, and promote the empowerment of the poor and people in vulnerable situations, including women, children and youth, indigenous peoples and local communities, older persons, persons with disabilities, migrants, refugees and internally displaced persons,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Persons on the move
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Human rights and extreme poverty (2017), para. 15
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- Stressing that special attention should be given to those who are living in extreme poverty and in vulnerable situations, in particular women, children, youth, older persons, persons with disabilities and indigenous peoples,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International cooperation against the world drug problem (2016), para. 012
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- Gravely concerned that, despite continuing increased efforts by States, relevant organizations, civil society and non -governmental organizations, the world drug problem continues to constitute a serious threat to public health and safety and the well-being of humanity, in particular children and young people and their families, and to the national security and sovereignty of States, and that it undermines socioeconomic and political stability and sustainable development,
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal (2017), para. 21
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- Acknowledging also the importance of the Youth Olympic Games in inspiring youth through integrated sports and cultural and educational experiences, noting in this regard the successful conclusion of the second Youth Winter Olympic Games, held in Lillehammer, Norway, from 12 to 21 February 2016, and welcoming the third Youth Summer Olympic Games, to be held in Buenos Aires from 6 to 18 October 2018,
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic (2020), para. 53
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- 22. Reaffirms the Syrian regime’s responsibility for the systematic use of enforced disappearances, takes note of the assessment of the Commission of Inquiry that the Syrian regime’s use of enforced disappearances amounts to a crime against humanity, and condemns the targeted disappearances of young men and the exploitation of ceasefires as an opportunity to forcibly recruit and arbitrarily detain them;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth: youth in the global economy – promoting youth participation in social and economic development (2008), para. 025
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- (i) To recognize the rights of young persons with disabilities to education without discrimination and on the basis of equal opportunity, including by ensuring an inclusive education system at all levels and lifelong learning, and to work, on an equal basis with others;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International cooperation against the world drug problem (2001), para. 44
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- 17. Urges all States to assign priority to activities aimed at preventing drug and inhalant abuse among children and young people, inter alia, through the promotion of information and education programmes aimed at raising awareness of the risks of drug abuse with a view to giving effect to the Action Plan for the Implementation of the Declaration on the Guiding Principles of Drug Demand Reduction;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal (2019), para. 23
- Paragraph text
- Acknowledging the joint endeavours of the International Olympic Committee, the International Paralympic Committee and relevant United Nations entities in such fields as the promotion of human rights, human development, poverty alleviation, humanitarian assistance, health promotion, HIV and AIDS prevention, child and youth education, gender equality, peacebuilding and sustainable development,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Health
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Role of the United Nations in promoting development in the context of globalization and interdependence (2014), para. 12
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- Expressing deep concern about the ongoing adverse impacts of the world financial and economic crisis, particularly on development, recognizing evidence of an uneven and fragile recovery, cognizant that the global economy, notwithstanding significant efforts that helped to contain tail risks, improve financial market conditions and sustain recovery, still remains in a challenging phase, with downside risks, including high volatility in global markets, high unemployment, particularly among young people, indebtedness in some countries and widespread fiscal strains, which pose challenges for global economic recover y and reflect the need for additional progress towards sustaining and rebalancing global demand, and stressing the need for continuing efforts to address systemic fragilities and imbalances and to reform and strengthen the international financial system, w hile implementing the reforms agreed upon to date,
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the development outcome of the 2005 World Summit, including the Millennium Development Goals and the other internationally agreed development goals (2006), para. 62
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- 43. Reiterates its strong support for fair globalization and its resolve to make the goals of full and productive employment and decent work for all, including for women and young people, a central objective of relevant national and international policies as well as national development strategies, including poverty reduction strategies, as part of efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Outcome document of the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on Youth: Dialogue and Mutual Understanding (2011), para. 36
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- (c) Address the high rates of youth unemployment, underemployment, vulnerable employment and informal employment by developing and implementing targeted and integrated national youth employment policies for inclusive job creation; improved employability; skill development and vocational training to meet specific labour market needs of youth, including young migrants; and increased entrepreneurship, including the development of networks of young entrepreneurs at the local, national, regional and global levels, which foster knowledge among young people about their rights and responsibilities in society; and in this regard request donors, specialized United Nations entities and the private sector to continue to provide assistance, including technical and funding support, as required;
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Human resources management (2011), para. 091
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- 66. Decides that staff members shall retain geographical status when serving against a geographical post, except those recruited under the young professionals programme;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace (2015), para. 19
- Paragraph text
- Recognizing the role of women and young people in advancing the culture of peace and, in particular, the importance of greater involvement of women in the prevention and resolution of conflicts and in activities promoting a culture of peace, including in post-conflict situations,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Entrepreneurship for sustainable development (2019), para. 23
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- Reaffirming its commitment to substantially increase the number of young people and all adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship, and acknowledging the importance of strengthening education systems, including vocational training, in order to develop relevant skills and competences,
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Outcome document of the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on Youth: Dialogue and Mutual Understanding (2011), para. 29
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- 24. Urge the United Nations entities, including specialized agencies, funds and programmes, in accordance with their mandates, to support, upon request, the strengthening of national capacities and efforts in the development and implementation of national plans, policies and programmes that can accelerate the achievement of internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals, and the relevant outcomes and programmes of action, including the World Programme of Action for Youth;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Rights of indigenous peoples (2016), para. 19
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- Paragraph text
- Stressing the need to pay particular attention to the rights and special needs of indigenous women, children, youth, older persons and persons with disabilities, as set out in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including in the process of protecting and promoting their access to justice,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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New Partnership for Africa’s Development: progress in implementation and international support (2018), para. 55
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- 32. Reiterates that international trade is an engine for inclusive economic growth and can contribute to the promotion of sustainable development for all, in particular through its contribution to boosting job creation, given the high youth unemployment in Africa, and to the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Human resources development (2020), para. 34
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- Paragraph text
- 12. Acknowledges the need to promote and support quality education and lifelong learning to ensure that all children, youth and adults are empowered with the relevant knowledge and skills to shape more resilient, inclusive and sustainable societies that are able to adapt to rapid technological change, and stresses the need to foster international cooperation to support developing countries in addressing their constraints in access to technologies and education;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Promoting awareness, understanding and the application of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights through sport and the Olympic ideal (2011), para. 11
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- Paragraph text
- Acknowledging the potential of sport and major sporting events to educate the youth of the world and to promote their inclusion through sport practised without discrimination of any kind and in the Olympic spirit, which requires human understanding, tolerance, fair play and solidarity,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS: Intensifying Our Efforts to Eliminate HIV and AIDS (2011), para. 047
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- 43. Reaffirm the central role of the family, bearing in mind that in different cultural, social and political systems various forms of the family exist, in reducing vulnerability to HIV, inter alia in educating and guiding children, and take account of cultural, religious and ethical factors to reduce the vulnerability of children and young people by ensuring access of both girls and boys to primary and secondary education, including HIV and AIDS in curricula for adolescents, ensuring safe and secure environments, especially for young girls, expanding good quality youth- friendly information and sexual health education and counselling services, strengthening reproductive and sexual health programmes, and involving families and young people in planning, implementing and evaluating HIV and AIDS prevention and care programmes, to the extent possible;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Boys
- Children
- Girls
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Strengthening the United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme, in particular its technical cooperation capacity (2018), para. 037
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- Paragraph text
- Recalling its resolution 69/194 of 18 December 2014, by which it adopted the United Nations Model Strategies and Practical Measures on the Elimination of Violence against Children in the Field of Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, convinced of the importance of preventing youth crime, supporting the rehabilitation of young offenders and their reintegration into society, protecting in particular child victims of all forms of violence, including those in contact with the law and witnesses, including efforts to prevent their revictimization, and addressing the needs of children of prisoners, stressing that such responses should take into account the human rights and best interests of children and young people, consistent with the obligations o f the States parties under relevant international instruments, including the Convention on the Rights of the Child 16 and the Optional Protocols thereto, and noting other relevant United Nations standards and norms in juvenile justice,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Sustainable tourism and sustainable development in Central America (2016), para. 24
- Paragraph text
- 12. Invites States Members of the United Nations and other stakeholders and the World Tourism Organization to continue to support the activities undertaken by the Central American countries for the promotion of responsible and sustainable tourism in the region, in the context of emergency preparedness and mitigation of and response to natural disasters, as well as for capacity-building, in order to create jobs and promote local culture and products, including by empowering women and youth and extending the benefits of tourism to all sectors of society, including the most vulnerable and marginalized groups of the population, while minimizing its negative impact, and to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Sport as a means to promote education, health, development and peace (2017), para. 15
- Paragraph text
- Affirming the invaluable contribution of the Olympic and Paralympic movements in establishing sport as a unique means for the promotion of peace and development, in particular through the ideal of the Olympic Truce, acknowledging the opportunities provided by past Olympic and Paralympic Games, including those held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2016, which, inter alia, inspired youth by the potential presented by sport for social inclusion, as well as the Youth Olympic Games, held in Lillehammer, Norway, in February 2016, welcoming with appreciation all upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Games, in particular those to be held in Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea, in 2018, in Tokyo in 2020, and in Beijing in 2022, as well as the Youth Olympic Games to be held in Buenos Aires in 2018 and Lausanne, Switzerland, in 2020, and calling upon future hosts of such Games and other Member States to include sport, as appropriate, in conflict prevention activities and to ensure the effective implementation of the Olympic Truce during the Games,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Promotion of interreligious and intercultural dialogue, understanding and cooperation for peace (2018), para. 30
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- Paragraph text
- Reaffirming the importance of sustaining the process of engaging all stakeholders, including young men and women as relevant actors, in interreligious and intercultural dialogue within the appropriate initiatives at various l evels, which aims to challenge prejudices, improve mutual understanding and foster cooperation,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2016), para. 33
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- Paragraph text
- 23. Calls upon the United Nations Programme on Youth to continue to act as the focal point within the United Nations system for promoting further collaboration and coordination on youth-related matters;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Organization of the High-level Meeting on Youth (2011), para. 03
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- Paragraph text
- Recalling also its resolutions 50/81 of 14 December 1995 and 62/126 of 18 December 2007, by which it adopted the World Programme of Action for Youth, as contained in the annexes thereto, and acknowledging that the Programme of Action provides Member States with a useful policy framework and practical guidelines for improving the situation of youth,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Human rights and indigenous peoples (2017), para. 09
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Stressing the need to pay particular attention to the rights and special needs of indigenous women, children, young people, elderly persons and persons with disabilities and to intensify efforts to prevent and eliminate violence and multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination in this regard, as set out in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the outcome document of the World Conference,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Sport as a means to promote education, health, development and peace (2004), para. 07
- Paragraph text
- Acknowledging with concern the dangers faced by sportsmen and sportswomen, in particular young athletes, including child labour, violence, doping, early specialization, over-training and exploitative forms of commercialization, as well as less visible threats and deprivations, such as the premature severance of family bonds and the loss of sporting, social and cultural ties,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2002), para. 32
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- Paragraph text
- 20. 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 again to Member States;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the tenth anniversary of the International Year of the Family and beyond (2006), para. 23
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- Paragraph text
- 11. Decides to consider the topic “Follow-up to the tenth anniversary of the International Year of the Family” at its sixty-second session under the item entitled “Social development, including questions relating to the world social situation and to youth, ageing, disabled persons and the family”.
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons with disabilities
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Entrepreneurship for sustainable development (2017), para. 16
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Deeply concerned by continued high rates of youth unemployment, particularly in developing countries, which stifle the transformative potential of young people in sustainable development,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Youth and human rights (2016), para. 03
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Recalling also all previous relevant resolutions, including the most recent, namely, General Assembly resolution 70/127 of 17 December 2015 on policies and programmes involving youth, and Assembly resolution 50/81 of 14 December 1995, by which the Assembly adopted the World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and Beyond,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly (2017), para. 35
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- 9. Reaffirms the commitments made in respect of meeting the special needs of Africa at the 2005 World Summit, 14 underlines the call of the Economic and Social Council for enhanced coordination within the United Nations system and the ongoing efforts to harmonize the current initiatives on Africa, in line with the African Union’s Agenda 2063, and requests the Commission for Social Development to continue to give due prominence in its work to the social dimensions of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development; 7 10. Notes with appreciation the adoption of Agenda 2063 by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union at its twenty-fourth ordinary session, held in Addis Ababa on 30 and 31 January 2015, as the African Union long- term strategy emphasizing industrialization, youth employment, improved natural resource governance and the reduction of inequalities;
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People (2004), para. 15
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- Paragraph text
- (b) To give due regard to the dissemination, from within existing resources and voluntary contributions, of information on the situation, cultures, languages, rights and aspirations of indigenous people and, in that context, to consider the possibility of organizing projects, special events, exhibitions and other activities addressed to the public, in particular to young people;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2018), para. 14
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- Paragraph text
- Recognizing the important and positive contribution of young people in efforts for the maintenance and promotion of peace and security,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Human resources management (2013), para. 43
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- Paragraph text
- 37. Endorses the arrangement, as set out in paragraph 46 of the report of the Advisory Committee, whereby staff members who are nationals of a country participating in the national competitive recruitment examination or the young professionals programme may apply for participation in the examination or programme as external candidates if they meet the eligibility criteria (the “G to N” arrangement), and expresses hope that both the young professionals programme and the “G to N” arrangement will improve geographical representation of underrepresented and unrepresented Member States;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2014), para. 11
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- Paragraph text
- 1. Reaffirms the World Programme of Action for Youth, and emphasizes that all 15 priority areas of the World Programme of Action for Youth are interrelated and mutually reinforcing;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Outcome document of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the realization of the Millennium Development Goals and other internationally agreed development goals for persons with disabilities: the way forward, a disability- inclusive development agenda towards 2015 and beyond (2014), para. 11
- Paragraph text
- (b) Ensure that all development policies, including those regarding poverty eradication, social inclusion, full and productive employment and decent work, and access to basic social services, and their decision-making processes take into account the needs of and benefit all persons with disabilities, including women, children, youth, indigenous peoples and older persons, who can be subject to violence and multiple or aggravated forms of discrimination;
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Poverty
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Outcome document of the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on Youth: Dialogue and Mutual Understanding (2011), para. 44
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- Paragraph text
- (k) Ensure that young people enjoy the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health by providing youth with access to sustainable health systems and social services without discrimination and by paying special attention to, and raising awareness regarding, nutrition, including eating disorders and obesity, the effects of non-communicable and communicable diseases and sexual and reproductive health, as well as measures to prevent sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV and AIDS;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Rights of the child (2016), para. 106
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- Paragraph text
- (u) To develop and implement educational programmes and teaching materials, including comprehensive evidence-based education on human sexuality, based on full and accurate information, for all adolescents and youth, in a mann er consistent with their evolving capacities, with appropriate direction and guidance from parents and legal guardians, with the active involvement of all relevant stakeholders, in order to modify the social and cultural patterns of conduct of men and women of all ages, to eliminate prejudices and to promote and build decision - making, communication and risk reduction skills for the development of respectful relationships based on gender equality and human rights, as well as teacher education and training programmes for both formal and non-formal education;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Men
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Youth and human rights (2016), para. 12
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Recalling the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training, and recognizing that human rights education and training for youth can contribute to the promotion of inclusive and tolerant societies, thereby favouring the progressive realization of all human rights,
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Declaration on the Occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the United Nations (1995), para. 42
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- Paragraph text
- - Ensure that the rights of persons who can be particularly vulnerable to abuse or neglect, including youth, persons with disabilities, the elderly and migrant workers, are protected;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Persons on the move
- Persons with disabilities
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal (2014), para. 16
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- Acknowledging also the importance of the Youth Olympic Games in inspiring youth through integrated sports and cultural and educational experiences, noting in this regard the successful conclusion of the first Youth Winter Olympic Games, held in Innsbruck, Austria, from 13 to 22 January 2012, and welcoming the second Youth Summer Olympic Games, to be held in Nanjing, China, from 16 to 28 August 2014 and the second Youth Winter Olympic Games, to be held in Lillehammer, Norway, from 12 to 21 February 2016,
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Harmony with Nature (2019), para. 26
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- Recognizing that sustainable production and consumption patterns can contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, including by fostering economic growth, alleviating poverty and creating full and productive employment and decent work for all, including for women and youth, while promoting local culture, protecting the environment, improving the quality of life and promoting rural development and better living conditions for rural populations,
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Poverty
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2005), para. 12
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- 11. Welcomes the decision to convene the informal, interactive round-table discussion, which created an opportunity for youth organizations to engage with Member States, and encourages the consideration of similar events in the future;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International cooperation against the world drug problem (2015), para. 27
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- Inviting Member States to consider, when developing crime prevention programmes, such issues as social inclusion, the strengthening of the social fabric, access to justice, drug-related violence, the social reintegration of offenders and access to health and education services, as well as the needs of victims of crime, and to promote a culture of lawfulness and concern for the well-being of individuals, families and communities, with a particular emphasis on children and youth,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobiaand related intolerance (2017), para. 38
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- 27. Underlines that the roots of extremism are multifaceted and must be addressed through adequate measures such as education, awareness -raising and the promotion of dialogue, and in this regard recommends the increase of measures to raise awareness among young people of the dangers of the ideologies and activities of extremist political parties, movements and groups;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The protection of human rights in the context of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquiredimmunodeficiencysyndrome (AIDS) (2011), para. 60
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- 26. Decides to hold a panel discussion at its nineteenth session, within existing resources, in consultation with all regional groups, to give voice to people living with or affected by HIV/AIDS, in particular young people, women and orphaned children, with a view to taking into account their experiences in reinforcing the centrality of human rights in the response to HIV/AIDS, in the context of the timely achievement of Millennium Development Goal 6 and in compliance with the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS and the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS.
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Rights of the child (2016), para. 079
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- 43. Notes with concern that child, early and forced marriage disproportionally affects girls who have received little or no formal education and is itself a significant obstacle to educational opportunities for girls and young women, in particular girls who are forced to drop out of school owing to marriage and/or childbirth, recognizing that educational opportunities are directly related to women’s and girls’ empowerment, employment and economic opportunities and to their active participation in economic, social and cultural development, governa nce and decision-making;
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Education
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Organization of the High-level Meeting on Youth (2011), para. 19
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- 8. Calls upon Member States to consider including in their delegation to the High-level Meeting young people who suitably and broadly represent youth in their countries, bearing in mind the principles of gender balance and non-discrimination;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy Review (2016), para. 029
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- Noting the important and positive contribution of youth in efforts to counter terrorism and prevent violent extremism conducive to terrorism, as well as for the promotion of peace and security, and in this regard expressing concern about the danger of recruitment and radicalization to terrorism, including in prisons,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2018), para. 12
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- Emphasizing also the need to substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship, and to ensure, by 2020, that all youth and a substantial proportion of adults, both men and women, achieve literacy and numeracy,
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International cooperation against the world drug problem (2001), para. 43
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- 16. Recalls the World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and Beyond adopted by the General Assembly on 14 December 1995, 19 notes with satisfaction the commitment of young people to a drug-free society made at various forums, and stresses the importance of young people continuing to contribute their experiences and to participate in the decision-making processes and, in particular, putting into effect the Action Plan for the Implementation of the Declaration on the Guiding Principles of Drug Demand Reduction;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International cooperation against the world drug problem (2006), para. 05
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- Aware that significant progress continues to be made by Member States in meeting the goals set for 2008 at the twentieth special session of the General Assembly, as reflected in the biennial reports of the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 8 taking note of the fact that the third biennial report 9 drew attention to areas requiring further efforts by the international community, and recognizing that the drug problem is still a global challenge that constitutes a serious threat to public health and safety and the well-being of humankind, in particular children and young people, and that it undermines socio- economic and political stability and sustainable development, including efforts to reduce poverty, and is linked to violence and crime, including in urban areas,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International cooperation against the world drug problem (2005), para. 28
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- (c) To enhance early intervention programmes that dissuade children and young people from using illicit drugs, including polydrug use and the recreational use of substances such as cannabis and synthetic drugs, especially amphetamine-type stimulants, and to encourage the active participation of the younger generation in campaigns against drug abuse;
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS: On the Fast Track to Accelerating the Fight against HIV and to Ending the AIDS Epidemic by 2030 (2016), para. 122
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- 62 (j). Commit to eliminating barriers, including stigma and discrimination in health-care settings, to ensure universal access to comprehensive HIV diagnostic s, prevention, treatment, care and support for people living with, at risk of a nd affected by HIV, persons deprived of their liberty, indigenous people, children, adolescents, young people, women, and other vulnerable populations;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Intensification of efforts to end obstetric fistula (2019), para. 30
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- 9. Urges multilateral donors, international financial institutions and regional development banks in the public and private sectors, within their respective mandates, to review and implement policies to support national efforts and institutional capacity-building to end obstetric fistula and to ensure that a higher proportion of resources reach young women and girls, in particular in rural and remote areas and the poorest urban areas, as well as to ensure that needed funding is increased, predictable and sustained;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly (2008), para. 29
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- 19. Reaffirms that social integration policies should seek to reduce inequalities, promote access to basic social services, education for all and health care, increase the participation and integration of social groups, particularly youth, older persons and persons with disabilities, and address the challenges posed by globalization and market-driven reforms to social development in order for all people in all countries to benefit from globalization;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Persons with disabilities
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2000), para. 06
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- Recalling that, in paragraph 125 of the Programme of Action, the World Youth Forum of the United Nations system was invited to contribute to the implementation of the Programme of Action through the identification and promotion of joint initiatives to further its objectives so that they could better reflect the interests of youth,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2000), para. 08
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- Welcoming the holding of the World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth, hosted by the Government of Portugal in cooperation with the United Nations, as well as the support of the Government of Portugal for the holding of the third session of the World Youth Forum at Braga, Portugal, from 2 to 7 August 1998,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Rights of the child (2016), para. 011
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- Acknowledging the important role played by national governmental structures for children, including, where they exist, ministries and institutions in charge of child, family and youth issues and independent ombudspersons for children or other national institutions for the promotion and protection of the rights of the child,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The girl child (2010), para. 62
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- 34. Requests States to ensure that, in all policies and programmes designed to provide comprehensive HIV and AIDS prevention, treatment, care and support, particular attention and support is given to the girl child at risk, infected with or affected by HIV, including pregnant girls and young and adolescent mothers, as part of the global effort to scale up significantly towards achieving the goal of universal access to comprehensive prevention, treatment, care and support by 2010;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Girls
- Infants
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Strengthening the United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme, in particular its technical cooperation capacity (2020), para. 108
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- 37. Also invites Member States to integrate child- and youth-related issues into their criminal justice reform efforts, recognizing the importance of protecting children from all forms of violence, exploitation and abuse, consistent with the obligations of parties under relevant international instruments, and to develop comprehensive child - sensitive justice policies focused on the best interests of the child, consistent with the principle that the deprivation of liberty of children should be used only as a measure of last resort and for the shortest appropriate period of time;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (2015), para. 07
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- Taking note of the special report of the Commissioner-General, submitted pursuant to paragraph 21 of General Assembly resolution 302 (IV), and transmitted by the Secretary-General on 4 August 2015, regarding the severe financial crisis of the Agency and the negative implications for Agency services, including its education programme for some 500,000 Palestine refugee children in more than 685 schools and some 7,000 youth in 8 vocational training centres, 3 Expressing appreciation for the mobilization of donors and host countries in response to the financial crisis, and expressing particular appreciation to the donors that extended generous support to avert the suspension of the Agency ’ s education programme, while acknowledging the steadfast support of all other donors to the Agency,
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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From rhetoric to reality: a global call for concrete action against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance (2012), para. 30
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- 10. Urges States, in cooperation with intergovernmental organizations, the International Olympic Committee and international and regional sports federations, to intensify the fight against racism in sport by, among other things, educating the youth of the world through sport practised without discrimination of any kind and in the Olympic spirit, which requires human understanding, tolerance, fair play and solidarity;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Integrating volunteering in the next decade (2013), para. 31
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- 24. Also encourages Member States and other stakeholders to integrate volunteering in peacebuilding activities, thereby, inter alia, making more effective use of volunteers, including international United Nations Volunteers, and reflecting the importance of mobilizing and building the capacity of young people;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth: youth in the global economy – promoting youth participation in social and economic development (2008), para. 090
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- 32. Governments should provide access to the highest attainable standards of affordable and youth-friendly health care in order to increase the capacities of young people to protect themselves from the risk of HIV infection, principally through the provision of health care and health services, including for sexual and reproductive health, in accordance with the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development, 12F 13 that integrate HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care and include confidential voluntary counselling and testing and involve young people in the planning, implementation and evaluation of those efforts.
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants (2016), para. 092
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- 82. We will support early childhood education for refugee children. We will also promote tertiary education, skills training and vocational ed ucation. In conflict and crisis situations, higher education serves as a powerful driver for change, shelters and protects a critical group of young men and women by maintaining their hopes for the future, fosters inclusion and non-discrimination and acts as a catalyst for the recovery and rebuilding of post-conflict countries.
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Men
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non- Violence for the Children of the World, 2001–2010 (2010), para. 24
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- 7. Commends civil society, including non-governmental organizations and young people, for their activities in further promoting a culture of peace and non- violence, including through their campaign to raise awareness on a culture of peace, and takes note of the progress achieved by more than seven hundred organizations in more than one hundred countries;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2018), para. 18
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- Paragraph text
- 2. Reaffirms the World Programme of Action for Youth, 11 and emphasizes that all 15 priority areas of the Programme of Action are interrelated and mutually reinforcing;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly (2010), para. 41
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 27. Encourages States to promote youth employment by, inter alia, developing and implementing action plans in collaboration with all relevant stakeholders;
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2020), para. 43
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- Paragraph text
- 18. Also urges Member States to address the challenges faced by girls and young women, as well as gender stereotypes that perpetuate all forms of discrimination and violence against girls and young women, including harmful practices, and the stereotypical roles of men and women that hinder social and personal development, by implementing the commitments to the empowerment of women and gender equality and the human rights of all women and girls, and to engage, educate, encourage and support men and boys to take responsibility for their behaviour in this regard, including their sexual and reproductive behaviour;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Girls
- Men
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Cooperation between the United Nations and the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization (2016), para. 13
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- 4. Values the activities of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization aimed at strengthening regional cooperation in such fields as energy, including renewable energy and energy efficiency, transport, institutional renewal and good governance, trade and economic development, banking and finance, environmental protection, sustainable development and entrepreneurship, communications, agriculture and agro-industry, health care and pharmaceutics, culture, education, youth and sports, tourism, science and technology, exchange of statistical data and economic information, collaboration among customs authorities and combating organized crime and trafficking in drugs, weapons and radioactive material, acts of terrorism and illegal migration and in other related spheres;
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International cooperation against the world drug problem (2006), para. 33
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- (d) To consider strengthening and implementing broadly based prevention and treatment programmes and to ensure that such programmes adequately address the gender-specific barriers that limit access for young girls and women, taking into account all attendant circumstances, including social and clinical histories, in the context of education, the family and the community, as appropriate;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Rights of indigenous peoples (2014), para. 22
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- Paragraph text
- Stressing the need to pay particular attention to the rights and special needs of indigenous women, children, youth and persons with disabilities, as set out in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including in the process of protecting and promoting access to justice by indigenous peoples, indigenous women, children, youth and persons with disabilities,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth: youth in the global economy – promoting youth participation in social and economic development (2008), para. 017
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- Paragraph text
- (a) To integrate and protect youth in the global economy, including those who live in poverty, through the provision of policies that give them everywhere a real opportunity to find full and productive employment and decent work, including policies that promote the transition to work on the basis of equality and non-discrimination;
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Poverty
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Cooperatives in social development (2010), para. 03
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- Recognizing that cooperatives, in their various forms, promote the fullest possible participation in the economic and social development of all people, including women, youth, older persons, persons with disabilities and indigenous peoples, are becoming a major factor of economic and social development and contribute to the eradication of poverty,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal (2017), para. 20
- Paragraph text
- Acknowledging the joint endeavours of the International Olympic Committee, the International Paralympic Committee and relevant United Nations entities in such fields as the promotion of human rights, human development, poverty alleviation, humanitarian assistance, health promotion, HIV and AIDS prevention, child and youth education, gender equality, peacebuilding and sustainable development,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Health
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International Year of the World’s Indigenous People, 1993 (1994), para. 19
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- Paragraph text
- 7. Notes with satisfaction the holding at Manila of a Global Youth Earth-saving Summit which, by its reaffirmation of the role of traditional cultures in the preservation of the environment, underscored the right to cultural survival;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Inclusive development for and with persons with disabilities (2019), para. 62
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- 31. Decides to change the title of sub-item (b) of the item entitled “Social development” on the agenda of the General Assembly to read: “Social development, including questions relating to the world social situation and to youth, ageing, persons with disabilities and the family”;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Disaster risk reduction (2020), para. 63
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- 39. Stresses the importance of mainstreaming a gender perspective and the perspectives of persons with disabilities, as well as other people in vulnerable situations, in disaster risk management, and of engaging and appropriately drawing on the capacities of children, youth, including young professionals, as contributors in disaster risk management so as to strengthen the resilience of communities and reduce social vulnerabilities to disasters, and in this regard recognizes the need for the inclusive participation and contribution of women, children, older persons, persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples and local communities, as well as the role of youth, volunteers, migrants, academia, scientific and research entities and networks, business, professional associations, private sector financing institutions and the media, in all forums and processes related to disaster risk reduction, in accordance with the Sendai Framework;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of American States (2000), para. 14
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- Paragraph text
- 6. Expresses its satisfaction at the exchange with the Organization of American States of information and substantive reports on the advancement in the status of women, on matters relating to youth and on the eradication of poverty;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2010), para. 03
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- Paragraph text
- Recalling also that, in its resolution 62/126, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to report to the Assembly at its sixty-fourth session, through the Commission for Social Development at its forty-seventh session, on the implementation of eleven of the fifteen priority areas of the World Programme of Action for Youth, namely armed conflict, drug abuse, environment, girls and young women, health, HIV/AIDS, information and communications technology, intergenerational issues, juvenile delinquency, leisure-time activities and youth participation in society and decision-making,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Health
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the rights to peaceful assembly and freedom of association (2019), para. 19
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- Paragraph text
- (a) Strongly condemns the use of harassment, intimidation and extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and killings by State and non-State actors to violently suppress and silence individuals, including young people an d students, for participating in peaceful protests, including protests to call for democratic reforms;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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United Nations study on disarmament and non-proliferation education (2016), para. 07
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- Remaining convinced that the need for disarmament and non-proliferation education, particularly among youth, has never been greater, not only on the sub ject of weapons of mass destruction but also in the field of small arms and light weapons, terrorism and other challenges to international security and the process of disarmament, as well as on the relevance of implementing the recommendations contained in the United Nations study,
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International cooperation against the world drug problem (2001), para. 11
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Emphasizing the importance of the Action Plan for the Implementation of the Declaration on the Guiding Principles of Drug Demand Reduction, which introduces a global approach, recognizing a new balance between illicit supply and demand reduction, under the principle of shared responsibility, aims at preventing the use of drugs and at reducing the adverse consequences of drug abuse, ensuring that special attention is paid to vulnerable groups, in particular children and young people, and constitutes one of the pillars of the new global strategy, and reaffirming the need for demand reduction programmes,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal (2007), para. 03
- Paragraph text
- Recalling also its resolution 48/11 of 25 October 1993, which, inter alia, revived the ancient Greek tradition of ekecheiria or “Olympic Truce” calling for a truce during the Games that would encourage a peaceful environment and ensure the safe passage and participation of athletes and relevant persons at the Games, thereby mobilizing the youth of the world to the cause of peace,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Entrepreneurship for sustainable development (2019), para. 53
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- Paragraph text
- 25. Also recognizes that harnessing entrepreneurial talents among all young people is vital for increasing productive capacities, developing new forms of entrepreneurship focused on information and communications technology, big data, digitization, smart cities and creating start-ups, and generating full and productive employment and decent work and inclusive economic growth, and encourages Member States to integrate youth entrepreneurship strategies and innovative programmes into their national policies, create a nurturing environment for the full realization of the rights and capabilities of all young people, and increase investment in micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises, including through impact investment favouring the poorest and most vulnerable, entrepreneurial education, youth capacity- building and information and communications technology;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Rights of the child (2017), para. 012
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Acknowledging the important role played by national governmental and local structures for children, including, where they exist, ministries and institutions in charge of child, family and youth issues and independent ombudspersons for children or other national institutions for the promotion and protection of the rights of the child,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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New Partnership for Africa’s Development: progress in implementation and international support (2015), para. 22
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- 8. Takes note of the declaration of the special summit of the African Union on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, held in Abuja from 12 to 16 July 2013, on the progress made in implementing the Abuja actions towards the elimination of HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria in Africa by 2030, also takes note of the Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS: Intensifying Our Efforts to Eliminate HIV and AIDS, adopted at the high-level meeting on HIV/AIDS on 10 June 2011, 12 and reaffirms the resolve to provide assistance for prevention, treatment and care, with the aim of ensuring an HIV/AIDS-, malaria- and tuberculosis-free Africa by addressing the needs of all, in particular the needs of women, children and young people, and the urgent need to scale up significantly efforts towards achieving the goal of universal access to comprehensive HIV/AIDS prevention programmes, treatment, care and support in African countries, to accelerate and intensify efforts to expand access to affordable and quality medicines in Africa, including antiretroviral drugs, by encouraging pharmaceutical companies to make drugs available, and to ensure strengthened global partnership and increased bilateral and multilateral assistance, where possible on a grant basis, to combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis and other infectious diseases in Africa through the strengthening of health systems;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International cooperation to address and counter the world drug problem (2019), para. 054
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- 18. Urges Member States to increase the availability, coverage and quality of scientific evidence-based prevention measures and tools that target relevant age and risk groups in multiple settings, reaching youth in school as well as out of school, among others, through drug abuse prevention programmes and public awareness- raising campaigns, including by using the Internet, social media and other online platforms, to develop and implement prevention curricula and early intervention programmes for use in the education system at all levels, as well as in vocational training, including in the workplace, and to enhance the capacity of teachers and other relevant professionals to provide or recommend counselling, prevention and care services;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2000), para. 09
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- 1. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and Beyond 2 and the Lisbon Declaration on Youth Policies and Programmes, adopted at the World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth; 3
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The Olympic Ideal (1994), para. 11
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- 3. Requests the Secretary-General to invite and encourage ministers of youth and sport or concerned officials of States Members of the United Nations to participate in the consideration by the Assembly at its fiftieth session of an item entitled "Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic Ideal" on the eve of the centenary of the revival of the Olympic Games in 1896 at Athens, and also requests the Secretary-General to invite the President of the International Olympic Committee to attend;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Combating intolerance, negative stereotyping, stigmatization, discrimination, incitement to violence and violence against persons, based on religion or belief (2018), para. 26
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- Welcoming in this regard all international, regional and national initiatives aimed at promoting interreligious, intercultural and interfaith harmony and combating discrimination against individuals on the basis of religion or belief, noting the initiative of the Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide on the role of religious leaders in preventing incitement that could lead to atrocity crimes and the declaration of its forum held in Fez, Morocco, on 23 and 24 April 2015, the Istanbul Process for Combating Intolerance, Discrimination and Incitement to Hatred and/or Violence on the Basis of Religion or Belief, the announcement on 6 October 2016 of the establishment by the United Arab Emirates of the International Institute for Tolerance for promoting the value of tolerance among nations, the Amman Declaration on Youth, Peace and Security adopted on 22 August 2015, and the fifth Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, held in Astana on 10 and 11 June 2015, and taking note of the initiative of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and its outcome document, the Rabat Plan of Action on the prohibition of advocacy of national, racial or religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence, adopted in Rabat on 5 October 2012, 8
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of American States (2003), para. 18
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- 7. Expresses its satisfaction at the exchange with the Organization of American States of information and substantive reports, including reports on the advancement in the status of women, on matters relating to youth and on the eradication of poverty;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace (2018), para. 20
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- Taking note of the meeting of the Group of Friends of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations, held at United Nations Headquarters on 22 September 2017 at the level of Ministers for Foreign Affairs and heads of international organizations, on the theme “Youth engagement: the nexus to building inclusive societies and sustaining peace”, and highlighting the role of youth in its programmes and policy work advancing the culture of peace,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International cooperation against the world drug problem (2000), para. 123
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- (d) International and regional action. The United Nations International Drug Control Programme and other relevant international and regional organizations: (i) to promote the participation of target groups in the design of projects and facilitate the sharing of information on best strategies; and (ii) to facilitate the creation of an international network promoting regular contact among youth involved in demand reduction activities and allowing them to stay informed and learn from one another.
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Thirteenth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (2016), para. 061
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- 7. We emphasize that education for all children and youth, including the eradication of illiteracy, is fundamental to the prevention of crime and corruption and to the promotion of a culture of lawfulness that supports the rule of law and human rights while respecting cultural identities. In this regard, we also stress the fundamental role of youth participation in crime prevention efforts. Therefore, we will endeavour:
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Education for Justice and the rule of law in the context of sustainable development (2020), para. 14
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- 6. Emphasizes the right to education, recognizes that investment in universal, quality and inclusive education and training is the most important investment that States can make to ensure the short- and long-term development of youth, reiterates that access to inclusive, equitable and quality formal and non-formal education at all levels, including, as appropriate, catch-up and literacy education, including in information and communications technologies, for those who did not receive formal education, information and communications technologies and volunteerism are important factors that enable young people to acquire the relevant skills and to build their capacities, including for employability and entrepreneurial development, and to obtain decent and productive work, and calls upon Member States to take the actions necessary to ensure that young people have access to such services and opportunities, which will allow them to be drivers of development;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Cooperatives in social development (2008), para. 03
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- Recognizing that cooperatives, in their various forms, promote the fullest possible participation in economic and social development of all people, including women, youth, older people, people with disabilities and indigenous peoples, are becoming a major factor of economic and social development and contribute to the eradication of poverty,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Agricultural technology for sustainable development (2016), para. 16
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- Recognizing that young people play a significant role in supporting sustainable economic growth and that agricultural technology has an essential role to play in facilitating access to agricultural skills for young women and men, improving the livelihoods of youth and securing the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour,
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Men
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Elimination of all forms of discrimination against women and girls (2018), para. 48
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- (e) To encourage and facilitate women’s entrepreneurship, including by improving access to financing and investment opportunities, tools of trade, business development and training, through, inter alia, the mobilization of adequate financial resources, capacity-building and the transfer of technology on mutually agreed terms, in order to increase the share of trade and procurement from women’s enterprises, including micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises, cooperatives and self-help groups in both the public and private sectors, and to promote girls’ and young women’s access to training for business development;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2016), para. 04
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- Affirming that generating decent work and quality employment for youth is one of the biggest challenges that needs to be tackled, as well as 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,
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (2019), para. 016
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- Concerned further about peasants ageing around the world and youth increasingly migrating to urban areas and turning their backs on agriculture owing to the lack of incentives and the drudgery of rural life, and recognizing the need to improve the economic diversification of rural areas and the creation of non -farm opportunities, especially for rural youth,
- Topic(s)
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Human rights and indigenous peoples (2016), para. 08
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- Welcoming the study by the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples on the theme, “Right to health and indigenous peoples, with a focus on children and youth”, submitted to the Human Rights Council at its thirty-third session, 2 and encouraging all parties to consider the examples of good practices and recommendations included in the study as practical advice on how to attain the end goals of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Review of the United Nations peacebuilding architecture (2016), para. 49
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- 18. Underlines that the scale and nature of the challenge of sustaining peace can be met through close strategic and operational partnerships b etween national Governments, the United Nations, and other key stakeholders, including international, regional and subregional organizations, international financial institutions, regional and other development banks, civil society organizations, women’s groups, youth organizations and, where relevant, the private sector, and encourages the Peacebuilding Commission to consider options for regular exchanges and joint initiatives with key stakeholders to promote sustainable peace, including in the framework of the annual sessions of the Peacebuilding Commission;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Implementation of the recommendations contained in the report of the Secretary-General on the causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa (2018), para. 58
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- 33. Calls for the enhancement of the role of youth in conflict prevention, conflict resolution, peacekeeping and post-conflict peacebuilding, consistent with relevant Security Council resolutions, including resolutions 2250 (2015) and 2419 (2018) on youth, peace and security;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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New Urban Agenda (2017), para. 043
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- 20. We recognize the need to give particular attention to addressing multiple forms of discrimination faced by, inter alia, women and girls, children and youth, persons with disabilities, people living with HIV/AIDS, older persons, indigenous peoples and local communities, slum and informal-settlement dwellers, homeless people, workers, smallholder farmers and fishers, refugees, returnees, internally displaced persons and migrants, regardless of their migration status.
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Girls
- Persons on the move
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Supporting efforts to end obstetric fistula (2008), para. 19
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- (b) To strengthen the capacity of health systems to provide the essential services needed to prevent obstetric fistula and to treat those cases that do occur by providing the continuum of services, including family planning, prenatal care, skilled birth attendance, emergency obstetric care and post-partum care, to young women and girls, including those living in poverty and in underserved rural areas where obstetric fistula is most common;
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World, 2001–2010 (2005), para. 19
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- 6. Commends civil society, including non-governmental organizations and young people, for their activities in further promoting a culture of peace and non- violence, including through their campaign to raise awareness on a culture of peace, and takes note of the progress achieved by more than seven hundred organizations in more than one hundred countries;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Rights of the child (2013), para. 009
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- Acknowledging the important role played by national governmental structures for children, including, where they exist, ministries and institutions in charge of child, family and youth issues and independent ombudspersons for children or other national institutions for the promotion and protection of the rights of the child,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International Labour Organization Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization (2009), para. 03
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- Reaffirming the commitment made in the 2005 World Summit Outcome 0F 1 to full and productive employment and decent work for all, including for women and young people, as a central objective of relevant national and international policies as well as national development strategies, including poverty reduction strategies, as part of the efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Recommendations on support for volunteering (2002), para. 17
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- 9. Decides that on 5 December 2002, International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development, two plenary meetings at the fifty-seventh session of the General Assembly shall be devoted to the outcome of the International Year of Volunteers and its follow-up under the agenda item entitled “Social development, including questions relating to the world social situation and to youth, ageing, disabled persons and the family”;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Promoting human rights through sport and the Olympic ideal (2018), para. 13
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- Welcoming the significant impetus that the Olympic Games, the Paralympic Games and the Youth Olympic Games give to the volunteer movement around the world, acknowledging the contributions of volunteers to the success of the Games, and in this regard calling upon host countries to promote social inclusion without discrimination of any kind,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2014), para. 22
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- 12. Emphasizes the importance of the impact of a fair globalization, and encourages Member States to take measures that minimize the negative effects of globalization and maximize its benefits, such as offering relevant education and training for young people in order to enable their access to decent jobs and better employment opportunities and to meet the needs of changing labour markets, and that enable young migrants to enjoy their human rights;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Questions relating to information (2011), para. 112
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- 75. Welcomes the educational outreach activities of the Department of Public Information, through the United Nations Works programme and the Global Teaching and Learning Project, to reach educators and young people worldwide via a range of multimedia platforms, and encourages the United Nations Works programme to continue to develop further its partnerships with global media networks and celebrity advocates and the Global Teaching and Learning Project to further expand its activities to teachers and students in primary, intermediate and secondary schools;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development (Addis Ababa Action Agenda) (2015), para. 126
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- 114. The creation, development and diffusion of new innovations and technologies and associated know-how, including the transfer of technology on mutually agreed terms, are powerful drivers of economic growth and sustainable development. However, we note with concern the persistent “digital divide” and the uneven innovative capacity, connectivity and access to technology, including information and communications technology, within and between countries. We will promote the development and use of information and communications technology infrastructure, as well as capacity-building, particularly in least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing States, including rapid universal and affordable access to the Internet. We will promote access to technology and science for women, youth and children. We will further facilitate accessible technology for persons with disabilities.
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Questions relating to information (2014), para. 119
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- 85. Stresses that the central objective of the outreach and knowledge services implemented by the Department of Public Information is to promote awareness of the role and work of the United Nations by fostering dialogue with global constituencies, such as academia, civil society, educators, students and youth, with the overall emphasis on multilingualism from the planning stage, in close collaboration with the substantive departments, specialized agencies, funds and programmes of the United Nations;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The girl child (2016), para. 58
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- 36. Urges States and the international community to increase resources at all levels, particularly in the education and health sectors, so as to enable young people, especially girls, to gain the knowledge, attitudes and life skills that they need to fulfil their social, economic and other potential and overcome their challenges, including the prevention of HIV infection and early pregnancy, and to enjoy the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, including sexual and reproductive health;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2018), para. 33
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- 17. Encourages Member States to take measures that minimize the negative effects of globalization and maximize its benefits, and emphasizes the importance of a fair globalization in offering relevant education and training for young people in order that they may reach their full personal development and that enable their access to decent jobs and better employment opportunities in order to mee t the needs of changing labour markets and enable young migrants to enjoy their human rights;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities (2018), para. 15
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- 2. Notes the completion, in December 2017, of the tenth session of the Forum on Minority Issues, addressing the rights of minority youth, which, through the widespread participation of stakeholders, provided an important platform for promoting dialogue on this topic, and encourages States to take into consideration the relevant recommendations of the Forum;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2020), para. 32
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- 7. Stresses the need to strengthen and support the capacity of national statistical offices to design, collect and analyse data disaggregated by sex and age so as to contribute effectively to follow-up, reporting and accountability for the achievement of the youth dimensions of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS (2006), para. 30
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- 26. Commit ourselves to addressing the rising rates of HIV infection among young people to ensure an HIV-free future generation through the implementation of comprehensive, evidence-based prevention strategies, responsible sexual behaviour, including the use of condoms, evidence- and skills-based, youth-specific HIV education, mass media interventions and the provision of youth-friendly health services;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth: youth in the global economy – promoting youth participation in social and economic development (2008), para. 035
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- 15. Encourages Member States to collect, on a continuous basis, youth- specific data disaggregated by age and sex, whenever possible, in order to create comprehensive databases within youth ministries or similar offices to assist in measuring progress in implementing the priority areas of the World Programme of Action, and requests the Secretary-General to devise means to disseminate such data widely so as to ensure that the global interest in youth development is informed by sound and adequate data;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Youth and human rights (2017), para. 08
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- Taking note of the summary on the expert meeting organized by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in July 2013, in which it was recognized that young people experience difficulties in the exercise of their rights by virtue of being young and that there are gaps in the protection and fulfilment of the human rights of youth,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Industrial development cooperation (2013), para. 36
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- 22. Encourages regional, subregional and interregional cooperation as a platform for international industrial cooperation aiming to promote investments and technology transfer on mutually agreed terms to disseminate good policies and practices as well as to foster job creation, including for youth and women;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2005), para. 17
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- 16. Takes note of the three clusters presented in the report of the Secretary- General entitled “World Youth Report 2005”, 4 namely, youth in the global economy, youth in civil society, and youth and their well-being, and requests the Secretary- General to provide the General Assembly at its sixty-second session, through the Commission for Social Development at its forty-fifth session, with a comprehensive report on the implementation of the World Programme of Action, including the definition of goals and targets, in one of the three clusters mentioned above.
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth: youth in the global economy – promoting youth participation in social and economic development (2008), para. 127
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- Empowering young women
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Outcome document of the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on Youth: Dialogue and Mutual Understanding (2011), para. 09
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- 4. Encourage Member States to develop comprehensive policies and action plans that focus on the best interests of youth, particularly the poor and marginalized, and address all aspects of youth development, and also encourage the international community and the United Nations system to support national youth programmes and further develop and improve the existing international framework on youth, including the World Programme of Action for Youth, in order to fully address all current challenges affecting youth;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2010), para. 38
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- Paragraph text
- 15. Requests the Secretary-General to intensify efforts to further develop and propose a set of possible indicators linked to the World Programme of Action for Youth and the proposed goals and targets, in order to assist States in assessing the situation of youth, with a view to allowing it to be considered by the Commission for Social Development and by the Statistical Commission at the earliest opportunity;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Draft outcome document of the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly on addressing large movements of refugees and migrants (2016), para. 092
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- 81. We are determined to provide quality primary and secondary education in safe learning environments for all refugee children, and to do so within a few months of the initial displacement. We commit to providing host countries with support in this regard. Access to quality education, including for host communities, gives fundamental protection to children and youth in displacement contexts, particularly in situations of conflict and crisis.
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Developing human resources for development (2000), para. 14
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- 4. Also urges the adoption of comprehensive approaches to human resources development which combine, among other factors, economic growth, provision of basic social services, poverty eradication, sustainable livelihoods, empowerment of women, involvement of youth, the needs of vulnerable groups of society, political freedom, popular participation, respect for human rights, justice and equity, all of which are essential for enhancing human capacity to meet the challenge of development;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Poverty
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Consolidating gains and accelerating efforts to control and eliminate malaria in developing countries, particularly in Africa, by 2030 (2019), para. 32
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- Paragraph text
- Gravely concerned about the health burden of malaria worldwide, with 219 million cases and 435,000 deaths reported in 2017 alone, 11 in particular in sub-Saharan Africa, where an estimated 90 per cent of the deaths occur, affecting mostly young children,
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The right to education in emergency situations (2010), para. 33
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- 15. Also urges Member States to provide quality education in emergency situations that is gender-sensitive, centred on learners, rights-based, protective, adaptable, inclusive, participatory and reflective of the specific living conditions of children and youth, and that pays due regard, as appropriate, to their linguistic and cultural identity, mindful that quality education can foster tolerance and mutual understanding and respect for the human rights of others;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Humanitarian
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Intensification of efforts to end obstetric fistula (2017), para. 28
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- Paragraph text
- 9. Urges multilateral donors, international financial institutions and regional development banks in the public and private sectors, within their respective mandates, to review and implement policies to support national efforts and institutional capacity-building to end obstetric fistula and to ensure that a higher proportion of resources reach young women and girls, in particular in rural and remote areas and the poorest urban areas, as well as to ensure that needed funding is increased, predictable and sustained;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International cooperation against the world drug problem (2014), para. 12
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- Paragraph text
- Gravely concerned that, despite continuing increased efforts by States, relevant organizations, civil society and non-governmental organizations, the world drug problem continues to constitute a serious threat to public health and safety and the well-being of humanity, in particular children and young people and their families, and to the national security and sovereignty of States, and that it undermines socioeconomic and political stability and sustainable development,
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth: youth in the global economy – promoting youth participation in social and economic development (2008), para. 131
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- 61. Governments should promote equality and solidarity between generations, including by offering young people full and effective participation in poverty eradication, employment creation and social integration programmes within their societies.
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth: youth in the global economy – promoting youth participation in social and economic development (2008), para. 111
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- 48. Governments should take all feasible measures to ensure that members of their armed forces who have not attained the age of 18 years do not take direct part in hostilities and that those who have not attained the age of 18 years are not compulsorily recruited into their armed forces.
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Comprehensive review of special political missions (2018), para. 20
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- Recalling also the relevant resolutions on youth, peace and security, and affirming the important role that youth can play in the prevention and resolution of conflicts and as a key aspect of the sustainability, inclusiveness and success of peacekeeping and peacebuilding efforts,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Accelerating efforts to eliminate violence against women and girls: preventing and responding to violence against women and girls in digital contexts (2018), para. 41
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- (f) Developing and implementing educational programmes and teaching materials, including comprehensive sexuality education, based on full and accurate information, for all adolescents and youth, in a manner consistent with their evolving capacities, with their meaningful participation, with appropriate direction and guidance from parents and legal guardians, and with the active involvement of all relevant stakeholders, in order to empower them to safely use and navigate digital technologies, to modify the social and cultural patterns of conduct of men and women of all ages, to eliminate prejudices and to promote and build decision-making, communication and risk reduction skills for the development of respectful relationships based on gender equality and human rights, as well as teacher education and training programmes for both formal and non-formal education;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Men
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Supporting efforts to end obstetric fistula (2009), para. 23
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- (c) To strengthen the capacity of health systems, in particular public health systems, to provide the essential services needed to prevent obstetric fistula and to treat those cases that do occur by providing the continuum of services, including family planning, prenatal care, skilled birth attendance, emergency obstetric care and post-partum care, to young women and girls, including those living in poverty and in underserved rural areas where obstetric fistula is most common;
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Keeping the promise: united to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (2010), para. 153
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- (i) Developing appropriate policies and actions to promote health education and literacy, including among young people, in order to address the lack of awareness about health and, in some cases, harmful practices which significantly inhibit women’s and children’s access to health-care services, and to ensure respect for human rights, promote gender equality and the empowerment of women as essential means of addressing the health of women and girls, and to address the stigmatization of people living with and affected by HIV and AIDS;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International cooperation to address and counter the world drug problem (2017), para. 008
- Paragraph text
- Reaffirming its commitment to the goals and objectives of the three international drug control conventions, including concern about the health and welfare of humankind as well as the individual and public health-related, social and safety problems resulting from the abuse of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, in particular among children and young people, and drug -related crime, and reaffirming its determination to prevent and treat the abuse of such substances and prevent and counter their illicit cultivation, production, manufacturing and trafficking,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Questions relating to information (2011), para. 088
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- 56. Recognizes the achievements of the Alliance of Civilizations and the efforts made by the High Representative of the Secretary-General for the Alliance of Civilizations, which were welcomed by the General Assembly in its resolution 64/14 of 10 November 2009, takes note of the broad range of initiatives and partnerships in the areas of youth, education, the media and migration launched at the third Alliance of Civilizations Forum, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 28 and 29 May 2010, and welcomes the continued support of the Department of Public Information for the work of the Alliance of Civilizations, including its ongoing projects;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth: youth in the global economy – promoting youth participation in social and economic development (2008), para. 024
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- (h) To ensure young women’s equal access to education and vocational training at all levels in order to provide them with an equal opportunity to participate in the global economy;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth: youth in the global economy – promoting youth participation in social and economic development (2008), para. 080
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- 24. The HIV/AIDS epidemic is increasingly a problem of youth, especially in parts of the developing world. Governments have noted with grave concern the fact that new HIV infections are heavily concentrated among youth and that there is a lack of information available to help youth to understand their sexuality, including their sexual and reproductive health, in order to increase their ability to protect themselves from HIV infection and sexually transmitted diseases and to prevent unwanted pregnancies.
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2017), para. 20
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- Recognizing that women, youth, children, indigenous persons, older persons, persons with disabilities, persons living with HIV and people of African descent face particular challenges and multifaceted and intersecting forms of discrimination in the enjoyment of the right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Persons with disabilities
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Promoting human rights through sport and the Olympic ideal (2018), para. 21
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- Acknowledging further the importance of the Youth Olympic Games in inspiring youth, including university students, through integrated sports and cultural and educational experiences, and the potential for social inclusion, welcoming the hosting of the Youth Olympic Games by Buenos Aires in 2018 and Lausanne, Switzerland in 2020, and the hosting of the Universiade in 2019 by Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation in March 2019 and in Naples, Italy in July 2019,
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Combating intolerance, negative stereotyping,stigmatization, discrimination, incitement to violence and violence against persons, based on religion or belief (2017), para. 27
- Paragraph text
- Welcoming, in this regard, all international, regional and national initiatives aimed at promoting interreligious, intercultural and interfaith harmony and combating discrimination against individuals on the basis of religion or belief, noting the initiative of the Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide on the role of religious leaders in preventing incitement that could lead to atrocity crimes and the declaration of its forum held in Fez, Morocco, on 23 and 24 April 2015, the Istanbul Process for Combating Intolerance, Discrimination and Incitement to Hatred and/or Violence on the Basis of Religion or Belief, the announcement on 6 October 2016 of the establishment by the United Arab Emirates of the International Institute for Tolerance for promoting the value of tolerance among nations, the Amman Declaration on Youth, Peace and Security adopted on 22 August 2015, as well as the fifth Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, held in Astana on 10 and 11 June 2015, and taking note of the initiative of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and its outcome document, the Rabat Plan of Action on the prohibition of advocacy of national, racial or religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence, adopted in Rabat on 5 October 2012, 7
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (1998), para. 06
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- Noting that the third session of the World Youth Forum, convened by the United Nations in partnership with the Portuguese National Youth Council, will be held at Braga, Portugal, from 2 to 6 August 1998,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2002), para. 30
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- 18. Takes note with appreciation of the important role of the United Nations Youth Fund in the implementation of agreed programmes and mandates on youth, including the provision of support for youth activities promoting South-South cooperation, and support for the participation of young delegates from the least developed countries at the fourth session of the World Youth Forum;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2005), para. 04
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- 3. Calls upon Governments, organizations and bodies of the United Nations 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;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth: tenth anniversary of the World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and Beyond (2005), para. 02
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- Paragraph text
- 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,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal (2017), para. 18
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- Welcoming the significant impetus that the Olympic Games, the Paralympic Games and the Youth Olympic Games give to the volunteer movement around the world, acknowledging the contributions of volunteers to the success of the Games, and in this regard calling upon host countries to promote social inclusion without discrimination of any kind,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Agricultural technology for sustainable development (2020), para. 47
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- 19. Encourages Member States, civil society and public and private institutions to develop partnerships to support financial and market services, including training, capacity-building, infrastructure and extension and rural advisory services, and calls for further efforts by all stakeholders to include smallholder farmers, in particular rural women and youth, in planning and in taking decisions about making appropriate sustainable agricultural technologies and practices accessible and affordable to them, and strengthen the links between community-based initiatives and financial institutions, including through the promotion of financing tools that foster agricultural sustainability;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations (2020), para. 031
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- Paragraph text
- Noting with grave concern that children and youth continue to lack education in situations of complex emergencies, and emphasizing the urgent need for increased financing and more efficient delivery of quality education in humanitaria n emergencies,
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific (2006), para. 07
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- Paragraph text
- Welcoming the idea of the possible creation of an educational and training programme for peace and disarmament in Asia and the Pacific for young people with different backgrounds, to be financed from voluntary contributions,
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Improving the coordination of efforts against trafficking in persons (2014), para. 46
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- 9. Invites Member States to address the social, economic, cultural, political and other factors that make people vulnerable to trafficking in persons, such as poverty, unemployment, inequality, humanitarian emergencies, including armed conflicts and natural disasters, sexual violence, gender discrimination and social exclusion and marginalization, as well as a culture of tolerance towards violence against women, youth and children;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Health
- Humanitarian
- Poverty
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Accelerating efforts to eliminate violence against women: engaging men and boys in preventing and responding to violence against all women and girls (2017), para. 37
- Paragraph text
- (g) Developing and implementing educational programmes and teaching materials, including comprehensive sexuality education, based on full and accurate information, for all adolescents and youth, in a manner consistent with their evolving capacities, with appropriate direction and guidance from parents and legal guardians, with the active involvement of all relevant stakeholders, in order to modify the social and cultural patterns of conduct of men and women of all ages, to eliminate prejudices and to promote and build decision-making, communication and risk reduction skills for the development of respectful relationships based on gender equality and human rights, as well as teacher education and training programmes for both formal and non-formal education;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Men
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Education for Justice and the rule of law in the context of sustainable development (2020), para. 11
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- 3. Urges Member States to provide access to education for all, including technical and professional skills, and to promote lifelong learning skills for all, and invites Member States to promote educational programmes related to crime prevention, criminal justice and the rule of law, in particular for children and young people;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2014), para. 20
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- 10. Recognizes that youth participation is important for development, and urges Member States and entities of the United Nations system, in consultation with youth-led organizations, to explore new avenues to promote full, effective, structured and sustainable participation of young people and youth-led organizations in relevant decision-making processes, including in the design and implementation of policies, programmes and initiatives and in the elaboration of the post-2015 development agenda;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly (2015), para. 59
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- 35. Reaffirms that social integration policies should seek to reduce inequalities, promote access to basic social services, education for all and health care, eliminate discrimination, increase the participation and integration of social groups, particularly young people, older persons and persons with disabilities and address the challenges posed to social development by globalization and market driven reforms in order for all people in all countries to benefit from globalization;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Persons with disabilities
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Consolidating gains and accelerating efforts to control and eliminate malaria in developing countries,particularly in Africa, by 2015 (2011), para. 29
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- Paragraph text
- 13. Requests relevant international organizations, in particular the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund, to assist efforts of national Governments to provide universal access to malaria control interventions to address all at-risk populations, in particular young children and pregnant women, in malaria-endemic countries, particularly in Africa, as rapidly as possible, with due regard to ensuring proper use of those interventions, including long-lasting insecticide nets, and sustainability through full community participation and implementation through the health system;
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Infants
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International cooperation to address and counter the world drug problem (2020), para. 056
- Paragraph text
- 19. Urges Member States to increase the availability, coverage and quality of scientific evidence-based prevention measures and tools that target relevant age and risk groups in multiple settings, reaching youth in school as well as out of school, among others, through drug abuse prevention programmes and public awareness - raising campaigns, including by using the Internet, social media and other online platforms, to develop and implement prevention curricula and early intervention programmes for use in the education system at all levels, as well as in vocational training, including in the workplace, and to enhance the capacity of teachers and other relevant professionals to provide or recommend counselling, prevention and care services;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Youth and human rights (2017), para. 18
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- 4. Urges Member States to consider addressing, through the universal periodic review and the treaty bodies, issues pertaining to the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights for youth, and to share the best practices that they have developed in dealing with the realization of human rights for young people;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2002), para. 16
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- Paragraph text
- 4. Takes note with appreciation of the work by the regional commissions to implement the World Programme of Action and to follow up the World Conference in their respective regions, in coordination with regional meetings of ministers responsible for youth and regional non-governmental youth organizations, and to provide advisory services to support national youth policies and programmes in each region, and encourages them to continue to do so;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Strengthening the United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme, in particular its technical cooperation capacity (2017), para. 031
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- Paragraph text
- Recalling its resolution 69/194 of 18 December 2014, by which it adopted the United Nations Model Strategies and Practical Measures on the Elimination of Violence against Children in the Field of Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, convinced of the importance of preventing youth crime, supporting the rehabilitation of young offenders and their reintegration into society, protecting in particular child victims of all forms of violence, including those in contact with the law and witnesses, including efforts to prevent their revictimization, and addressing the needs of children of prisoners, stressing that such responses should take into account the human rights and best interests of children and young people, consistent with the obligations of the States parties under relevant international instruments, including the Convention on the Rights of the Child 15 and the Optional Protocols thereto, 16 and noting other relevant United Nations standards and norms in juvenile justice,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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–2010: Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly in Africa (2008), para. 23
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- Paragraph text
- 11. Requests relevant international organizations, in particular the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund, to assist efforts of national Governments to establish universal protection of young children and pregnant women in malaria-endemic countries, particularly in Africa, with long- lasting insecticide-treated nets as rapidly as possible, with due regard to ensuring sustainability through full community participation and implementation through the health system;
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace (2017), para. 33
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- 10. Commends civil society, non-governmental organizations and young people for their activities in further promoting a culture of peace and non-violence, including through their campaign to raise awareness on a culture of peace and the peaceful settlement of disputes;
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Human resources development (2014), para. 29
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- 13. Stresses that human resources development strategies should include measures aimed at reducing unemployment and underemployment among young men and women and the long-term unemployed, who have been disproportionately affected by slow growth in jobs recovery, and to integrate underutilized human resources into the labour market through policies that promote skills development and productivity and reduce barriers to employment, including gender barriers, including by providing incentives as appropriate for recruiting, retaining and retooling, assistance in job-finding and job-matching and vocational and on-the-job training, and by promoting, inter alia, youth entrepreneurship, noting in this regard the call for action by the International Labour Conference;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The situation in Afghanistan (2018), para. 56
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- 37. Recalls Security Council resolutions 2250 (2015) of 9 December 2015 on the maintenance of international peace and security and 2419 (2018) of 6 June 2018 on youth, peace and security, in which the Council reaffirmed the important role youth can play in the prevention and resolution of conflicts, welcomes the appointment of Afghanistan’s first youth representative to the United Nations, recognizes in this regard the Government of Afghanistan’s efforts in enhancing the representation of youth for the prevention and resolution of conflict, and encourages continued efforts in this regard;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2004), para. 21
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- 11. Encourages Member States to prepare national reviews and action plans on youth employment, either integrated into their national action plans on employment or issued as separate documents, to make full use of existing data and statistics and to involve young people and youth organizations in this process, taking into account, inter alia, the commitments made by Member States in this regard, in particular those included in the World Programme of Action, and, where such reviews and action plans exist, to submit them to the Secretariat by September 2004;
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2016), para. 28
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- Paragraph text
- 18. Calls upon Member States to take concrete measures to further assist youth in armed conflict situations, in accordance with the World Programme of Action for Youth, and to encourage the involvement of young people, where appropriate, in activities concerning the protection of children and youth affected by armed conflict situations, including in conflict prevention, peacebuilding and post - conflict processes, and recognizes the importance of protecting schools and universities from military use in contravention of applicable international law during armed conflicts;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2010), para. 31
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- Paragraph text
- 13. Also recognizes that the implementation of the World Programme of Action for Youth and the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals, require the full and effective participation of young people and youth-led organizations, and therefore encourages Member States to ensure the full and effective participation of youth in the life of society and in decision-making processes by:
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Questions relating to information (2015), para. 121
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- 87. Stresses that the central objective of the outreach and knowledge services implemented by the Department of Public Information is to promote awareness of the role and work of the United Nations by fostering dialogue with global constituencies, such as academia, civil society, educators, students and youth, with the overall emphasis on multilingualism from the planning stage, in close collaboration with the substantive departments, specialized agencies, funds and programmes of the United Nations;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Questions relating to informationInformation in the service of humanity (2018), para. 140
- Paragraph text
- 104. Notes the ongoing efforts of the Department of Public Information to strengthen its role as a focal point for two-way interaction with civil society relating to the priorities and concerns of the Organization identified by Member States, and also notes in this regard the increasing involvement of civil society in United Nations activities, including the outreach activities directed at youth representatives and young journalists;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Promoting youth employment (2003), para. 05
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- Recalling also its resolution 56/117 of 19 December 2001, in which, inter alia, it welcomed the Secretary-General’s initiative to create a Youth Employment Network and invited him to continue with initiatives in that regard,
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International cooperation against the world drug problem (2006), para. 30
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- Paragraph text
- (a) To further implement comprehensive demand reduction policies and programmes, including research, covering all the drugs under international control, in order to raise public awareness of the drug problem, paying special attention to prevention and education and providing, especially to young people and others at risk, information on developing life skills, making healthy choices and engaging in drug-free activities;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Literacy for life: shaping future agendas (2019), para. 04
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- Paragraph text
- Convinced that literacy is crucial to the acquisition by every child, young person and adult of the essential life skills that will enable them to address the c hallenges that they may face in life and represents an essential condition of lifelong learning, which is an indispensable means for effective participation in the knowledge societies and economies of the twenty-first century, and to promote inclusive and equitable societies,
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Improving the coordination of efforts against trafficking in persons (2018), para. 56
- Paragraph text
- 15. Invites Member States to address the social, economic, cultural, political and other factors that make people vulnerable to trafficking in persons, such as poverty, unemployment, inequality, humanitarian emergencies, including armed conflicts and natural disasters, sexual violence, gender discrimination and social exclusion and marginalization, as well as a culture of tolerance towards violence against women, youth and children;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Health
- Humanitarian
- Poverty
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Cooperation between the United Nations and the Central European Initiative (2016), para. 18
- Paragraph text
- 13. Also notes the engagement of the Initiative in support of mobility for young officials, students and researchers through specific instruments and programmes;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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