A/RES/66/67 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 2 February 2012 Sixty-sixth session Agenda item 27 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 2011 [on the report of the Third Committee (A/66/454 (Part I))] 66/67. Tenth anniversary of the International Year of Volunteers The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 63/153 of 18 December 2008 on the follow-up to the implementation of the International Year of Volunteers and the commemoration of its tenth anniversary, Noting that the momentum created by the International Year has contributed to the vibrancy of volunteerism globally with the involvement of more people, from a broader cross-section of societies, Recognizing that volunteerism is an important component of any strategy aimed at, inter alia, such areas as poverty reduction, sustainable development, health, youth empowerment, climate change, disaster prevention and management, social integration, humanitarian action, peacebuilding and, in particular, overcoming social exclusion and discrimination, Acknowledging the existing contribution of the organizations of the United Nations system in support of volunteering, especially the work of the United Nations Volunteers programme around the world, and acknowledging also the efforts of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies to promote volunteerism throughout its global network, Bearing in mind the need for an integrated and coordinated follow-up to the International Year to be pursued in the relevant parts of the United Nations system, Welcomes the successful observance of the tenth anniversary of the 1. International Year of Volunteers in 2011, and also welcomes the growth and development of volunteerism since the International Year, in 2001; Acknowledges that the tenth anniversary has provided the opportunity 2. and impetus for an increased and unprecedented level of collaboration among Governments, the United Nations system, civil society, private sector partners and people from a broad cross-section of societies all over the world, and reaffirms the need for further efforts to achieve the goals of the International Year in the areas of the recognition, facilitation, networking and promotion of volunteerism worldwide; 11-46284 *1146284* Please rec cle ♲