A/RES/62/126. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2007

• Resolution Number: A/RES/62/126
• Year: 2007
• Session: 62nd
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations A/RES/62/126

General Assembly Distr.: General

5 February 2008

Sixty-second session

Agenda item 62 (b)

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 December 2007

[on the report of the Third Committee (A/62/432)]

62/126. Policies and programmes involving youth: youth in the

global economy – promoting youth participation in

social and economic development

The General Assembly

,

Recalling

its resolution 50/81 of 14 December 1995, by which it adopted the

World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and Beyond,

Recalling also

its resolution 60/2 of 6 October 2005, in which it took note of

the three clusters presented in the “World Youth Report 2005”,

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namely, youth in the

global economy, youth in civil society, and youth and their well-being, and

requested the Secretary-General to provide the General Assembly at its sixty-second

session, through the Commission for Social Development at its forty-fifth session,

with a comprehensive report on the implementation of the World Programme of

Action, including the definition of goals and targets, in one of the three clusters of

the World Programme of Action,

Recalling further

Economic and Social Council resolution 2007/27 of 26 July

2007, by which the Council recommended to the General Assembly the adoption of

the Supplement to the World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and

Beyond,

Recalling

Commission for Social Development resolution 45/2 of 16 February

2007,

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in which the Commission requested the Secretary-General, in consultation

with organizations, programmes and specialized agencies of the United Nations

system, to identify goals and targets regarding the cluster on youth in the global

economy and to submit an addendum to the report of the Secretary-General on the

follow-up to the World Programme of Action

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to the General Assembly at its

sixty-second session,

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1 A/60/61-E/2005/7.

2 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2007, Supplement No. 6 (E/2007/26), chap. I.

sect. E.

3 A/62/61-E/2007/7.

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Recognizing

that the implementation of the World Programme of Action and

the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals, including the

Millennium Development Goals, require the full and effective participation of

young people and youth-led organizations and other civil society organizations at

the local, national, regional and international levels,

Recognizing also

the positive impact that youth participation in the global

economy and in social and economic development can have on the eradication of

poverty and hunger,

Recognizing further

Economic and Social Council resolution 2007/32 of

27 July 2007 on the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), and

the decisions of the Programme Coordinating Board of UNAIDS at its twentieth

meeting, held at Geneva from 25 to 27 June 2007, in particular the reference to the

need to scale up HIV prevention among injecting drug users, consistent with

relevant international drug control treaties,

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Reaffirms

the World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and

Beyond;

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2.

Decides

to adopt the Supplement to the World Programme of Action for

Youth to the Year 2000 and Beyond, annexed to the present resolution;

3.

Takes note with appreciation

of the report of the Secretary-General on

the follow-up to the World Programme of Action

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and the addendum thereto entitled

“Goals and targets for monitoring the progress of youth in the global economy”;

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4.

Emphasizes

the importance of a fair globalization, and recalls the

resolve, expressed at the 2005 World Summit, to make the goals of full and

productive employment and decent work for all, including for women and young

people, a central objective of relevant national and international policies as well as

national development strategies, including poverty reduction strategies, as part of

efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals;

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5.

Reiterates

that the eradication of poverty, hunger and malnutrition,

particularly as they affect children and youth, is crucial for the achievement of the

Millennium Development Goals, recalls the commitment to eradicate poverty and

promote sustained economic growth, sustainable development and global prosperity

for all, and the need for urgent action on all sides, including more ambitious

national development strategies and efforts backed by increased international

support, and calls for the increased participation of youth and youth-led

organizations in the development of such national development strategies;

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Reiterates also

the critical role of both formal and non-formal education

in the achievement of poverty eradication and other development goals, as

envisaged in the United Nations Millennium Declaration,

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in particular basic

education and training for eradicating illiteracy, and stresses the commitments to

strive for expanded secondary and higher education, especially for girls and young

women, and for the creation of human resources and infrastructure capabilities and

the empowerment of those living in poverty;

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4 Resolution 50/81, annex.

5 A/62/61/Add.1-E/2007/7/Add.1.

6 See resolution 60/1, para. 47.

7 See resolution 55/2.