Forty-ninth session
Agenda item 95
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 45/103 of 14 December 1990 and 47/85
of 16 December 1992 and its other relevant resolutions,
Noting that the year 1995 will mark the fiftieth anniversary
of the Charter of the United Nations, the fiftieth anniversary
of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
and the tenth anniversary of International Youth Year, as well
as the holding of the World Summit for Social Development and
the Fourth World Conference on Women: Action for Equality, Development
and Peace,
Bearing in mind that the preparation for and observance
in 1995 of the tenth anniversary of International Youth Year offer
a special opportunity to refocus attention on the needs and aspirations
of youth, to increase cooperation at all levels in dealing with
youth matters and to take concrete action in favour of youth,
1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General, 1
and the recommendations contained therein;
2. Requests the Commission for Social Development at its
thirty-fourth session to consider further the draft world programme
of action for youth towards the year 2000 and beyond as a matter
of priority and to submit it, through the Economic and Social
Council, to the General Assembly at its fiftieth session;
3. Decides to devote up to four plenary meetings at its
fiftieth session to mark the tenth anniversary of International
Youth Year and to consider, with a view to adopting it, the world
programme of action for youth towards the year 2000 and beyond;
4. Invites Member States to participate in the plenary
meetings at a high political level and requests the Secretariat
to schedule those meetings as close as possible to 24 October
1995 to facilitate such participation;
5. Decides to mark the tenth anniversary of International
Youth Year by designating in 1995 an international youth day at
the fiftieth session of the General Assembly;
6. Encourages Member States to ensure that youth and youth
organizations are given appropriate opportunity to be involved
in and to contribute to discussions at the national level leading
to the celebration of the tenth anniversary of International Youth
Year;
7. Invites Governments to give particular consideration
to the inclusion of youth representatives in their national delegations
to both the thirty-fourth session of the Commission for Social
Development and the fiftieth session of the General Assembly;
8. Urges the Secretary-General to give special attention
to implementing the world programme of action for youth towards
the year 2000 and beyond and, for that purpose, to give to the
programme regular budget support, within existing resources, and
also to encourage the provision of extrabudgetary resources;
9. Requests the Secretary-General to incorporate a youth
component in the programmes of the appropriate United Nations
organizations and bodies in the context of the world programme
of action for youth towards the year 2000 and beyond.
94th plenary meeting
23 December 1994
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