Policies and programmes involving youth
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selected through a transparent process that ensures that they have a suitable mandate
to represent young people in their countries;
19. Acknowledges the increased collaboration through the Inter-Agency
Network on Youth Development in developing the United Nations System-wide
Action Plan on Youth, requests the United Nations entities, within existing
resources, to continue their coordination towards a more coherent, comprehensive
and integrated approach to youth development, calls upon entities of the United
Nations system and relevant partners to support national, regional and international
efforts to address challenges hindering youth development, and in this regard
encourages close collaboration with Member States as well as other relevant
stakeholders, including civil society;
20. 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;
21. Calls upon donors, including Member States and intergovernmental and
non-governmental organizations, to actively contribute to the United Nations Youth
Fund in order to facilitate the participation of youth representatives from developing
countries in the activities of the United Nations, taking into account the need for
greater geographical balance in youth representation, as well as to accelerate the
implementation of the World Programme of Action for Youth and to support the
production of the World Youth Report, and in this regard requests the SecretaryGeneral to take appropriate action to encourage contributions to the Fund;
22. Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report to the General
Assembly at its seventieth session on the implementation of the present resolution,
including on ways to promote effective, structured and sustainable youth
participation in designing, implementing and assessing United Nations youth
policies, programmes and initiatives, to be prepared in consultation with Member
States as well as the relevant specialized agencies, funds and programmes, and
regional commissions, taking into account the work done by the United Nations
system, and also encourages the Secretariat to consult, as appropriate, with youth-led
and youth-focused organizations.
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