A/RES/65/267. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2011

• Resolution Number: A/RES/65/267
• Year: 2011
• Session: 65th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations A/RES/65/267

General Assembly Distr.: General

21 June 2011

Sixty-fifth session

Agenda item 27 (b)

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 15 March 2011

[without reference to a Main Committee (A/65/L.63)]

65/267. Organization of the High-level Meeting on Youth

The General Assembly

,

Recalling

its resolution 64/134 of 18 December 2009, by which it proclaimed

the year commencing on 12 August 2010 the International Year of Youth: Dialogue

and Mutual Understanding and decided to organize, under the auspices of the United

Nations, a world youth conference as the highlight of the Year,

Recalling also

its resolutions 50/81 of 14 December 1995 and 62/126 of

18 December 2007, by which it adopted the World Programme of Action for Youth,

as contained in the annexes thereto, and acknowledging that the Programme of

Action provides Member States with a useful policy framework and practical

guidelines for improving the situation of youth,

Bearing in mind

that youth represent a significant proportion of the world’s

population and that the way in which the challenges and potential of young people

are addressed will influence social and economic conditions and the well-being and

livelihood of future generations,

Recognizing

that the International Year of Youth provides an important

opportunity to enhance dialogue and mutual understanding among youth worldwide,

to promote youth participation at all levels, and to increase the commitment and

investment from Governments and the international community in addressing the

challenges that hinder youth,

1.

Decides

that the world youth conference shall take the form of a high-

level meeting of the General Assembly, to be held at United Nations Headquarters in

New York on 25 and 26 July 2011, and shall be funded within existing resources and

through voluntary contributions;

2.

Also decides

that the High-level Meeting shall have as its overarching

theme “Youth: dialogue and mutual understanding”;

3.

Calls upon

Member States to pay due attention to relevant internationally

agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals, and

relevant outcomes and programmes of action, including the World Programme of

Action for Youth and General Assembly resolution 62/126;