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

Adopts the World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and Beyond as an integral part of the present resolution, including the 10 priority areas identified therein, i.e. education, employment, hunger and poverty, health, environment, drug abuse, juvenile delinquency, leisure-time activities, girls and young women, and the full and effective participation of youth in the life of society and in decision-making; invites Governments as well as the public and private sectors and, in particular, youth organizations, to implement the programme of action by undertaking the relevant activities outlined therein; invites, once again, Member States to include, whenever possible, youth representatives in their delegations to the General Assembly and other meetings of relevant UN bodies with a view to stimulating participation of young women and men in the implementation of the Programme of Action.

Adopted without vote, 59th meeting

Adopted at the 59th plenary meeting, 2 Nov. 1995.
In: Resolutions and decisions of the Economic and Social Council: organizational session for 1995, New York, 1 and 7-10 February 1995; resumed organizational session for 1995, New York, 4 and 5 May, 1 and 6 June 1995; substantive session of 1995, Geneva, 26 June-28 July 1995; resumed substantive session of 1995, New York, 25 October, 2 November and 12 December 1995 - E/1995/95 - p. 63-64 - (ESCOR, 1995, Suppl. no. 1).