Education for democracy A/RES/67/18 education standards and to develop and strengthen national and subnational programmes, curricula and curricular and extracurricular educational activities aimed at the promotion and consolidation of democratic values and democratic governance and human rights, taking into account innovative approaches and best practices in the field, in order to facilitate citizens’ empowerment and participation in political life and policymaking at all levels; Invites United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, including the 5. United Nations Democracy Fund, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, to provide appropriate expertise and resources for the development of relevant educational programmes and materials for democracy; Encourages international, regional and other intergovernmental 6. organizations, within their respective mandates, to share their best practices and experiences in the field of education for democracy, including but not limited to civic education, with each other and with the United Nations system, as appropriate; Invites the Special Rapporteur on the right to education to seek, in close 7. cooperation with Member States, the views of Governments, United Nations agencies and programmes and civil society, and other relevant United Nations mandate holders in order that he may include in his next report to the General Assembly, at its sixty-ninth session, an update on the efforts of Member States in the field of education for democracy; Decides to continue its consideration of the issue of education for 8. democracy at its sixty-ninth session, under the agenda item entitled “Integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields”; Invites Governments, agencies and organizations of the United Nations 9. system and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to intensify their efforts to promote education for democracy, and requests the Secretary-General, within existing reporting obligations, to report to the General Assembly at its sixtyninth session on the implementation of the present resolution. 43rd plenary meeting 28 November 2012 3/3