A/RES/68/130. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2013

• Resolution Number: A/RES/68/130
• Year: 2013
• Session: 68th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations A/RES/68/130

General Assembly Distr.: General

17 January 2014

Sixty-eighth session

Agenda item 27 (b)

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 December 2013

[on the report of the Third Committee (A/68/448)]

68/130. Policies and programmes involving youth

The General Assembly

,

Recalling

the World Programme of Action for Youth, adopted by the General

Assembly in its resolutions 50/81 of 14 December 1995 and 62/126 of 18 December

2007,

Recalling also

the outcome document of the high-level meeting of the General

Assembly on Youth: Dialogue and Mutual Understanding, adopted by the General

Assembly on 26 July 2011,

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Welcoming

the participation of young representatives in national delegations at

the General Assembly,

Affirming

that generating decent work for youth is one of the biggest

challenges that needs to be tackled, emphasizing the priority areas of the World

Programme of Action for Youth linked to the employability of youth, including

education, health and access to information and technology, and bearing in mind

that over 73 million young people are unemployed,

Taking note

of the resolution and conclusions of the International Labour

Conference, at its 101st session, held in Geneva in 2012, on the theme “The youth

employment crisis: a call for action”, which focused on employment and economic

policies for youth employment; employability, education, training and skills and the

school-to-work transition; labour market policies; youth entrepreneurship and

self-employment; rights of young people; and the importance of mobilizing

resources to address the youth employment crisis,

Recalling

that Member States have an important role in meeting the needs and

aspirations of youth, and recognizing that the ways in which young people are able

to fulfil their potential will influence social and economic conditions and the

well-being and livelihood of future generations, and that States have an important

role in addressing the needs of youth, including youth with disabilities,

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1 Resolution 65/312.