A/RES/50/81
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Having considered the report of the Economic and Social Council, 1/
1.
Adopts the World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000
and Beyond, annexed hereto, as an integral part of the present resolution,
including the ten priority areas identified therein, namely, education,
employment, hunger and poverty, health, environment, drug abuse, juvenile
delinquency, leisure-time activities, girls and young women and the full and
effective participation of youth in the life of society and in decisionmaking;
2.
Invites Governments, with the support of the international
community, non-governmental organizations and the public and private sectors,
as well as youth organizations in particular, to implement the Programme of
Action by undertaking the relevant activities outlined therein;
3.
Requests the Secretary-General to report to it at its fifty-second
session, through the Commission for Social Development and the Economic and
Social Council, on the progress made in the implementation of the Programme of
Action, taking into account the promotion of integrated reporting;
4.
Invites Member States, once again, to include, whenever possible,
youth representatives in their delegations to the General Assembly and other
meetings of relevant United Nations bodies, with a view to stimulating the
participation of young women and men in the implementation of the Programme of
Action.
91st plenary meeting
14 December 1995
1/
A/50/3 and Add.1 and 2.
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