A/RES/67/138 Integrating volunteering in the next decade Commending the increasing link between volunteerism and sports, which, through the invaluable contributions of national and international volunteers to the preparation and the organization of major sporting events, contributes to the promotion of the ideal of peace, 1. Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General; 1 2. Commends the contributions of national and international volunteers for their fundamental role in the promotion of peace and development; 3. Congratulates the 70,000 national and international volunteers whose contributions were fundamental to the success of the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games, as well as the thousands of others who gave their time to support the Games, and looks forward to the contributions of national and international volunteers at the 2014 World Soccer Cup and the 2016 Rio Olympic and Paralympic Games; Calls upon stakeholders to do their utmost to strengthen the policy 4. relating to volunteering, including youth volunteering, at the local, national and international levels, as well as integrating volunteering in all relevant issues of the United Nations as main objectives for the next decade; Emphasizes the role of the community as volunteer-accepting stakeholder 5. in efforts to overcome challenges and to retain ownership of the community, and calls for a people-centred, holistic approach in order to build an inclusive and resilient society, supported by a social bond among the people through community-based approaches that facilitate the integration of volunteers; Recognizes that an approach to volunteering may consider drawing on 6. the notion of human security in accordance with all the provisions of General Assembly resolution 66/290 of 10 September 2012; Notes with appreciation the growth and the development of volunteerism 7. since the International Year of Volunteers, and encourages Member States to consider peace and development programmes and initiatives that offer opportunities to build strong and cohesive volunteer coalitions around shared goals at the local, national, regional and international levels; Invites Member States to mobilize and support the research community 8. globally to carry out more studies on the subject of volunteerism, including collecting data disaggregated by gender, age and disability, in partnership with civil society, in order to provide sound knowledge as a foundation for policies and programmes; Calls upon Member States and other stakeholders to favour the 9. integrating of volunteering in all relevant issues of the United Nations, in particular to contribute to accelerated achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, as well as giving appropriate consideration to the issue in the discussions on the post-2015 United Nations development agenda; 10. Urges Member States and the United Nations system to create favourable and safe environments to enable a diversity of volunteers to participate in volunteer activities; _______________ 1 2/4 A/67/153.