26 May 1983

Youth in the contemporary world

The Economic and Social Council,

Noting with great interest the importance attached by the General Assembly and other United Nations bodies to the concerns of youth,

Recalling its resolutions 1979/16 of 9 May 1979 and 1981/16 of 6 May 1981 on youth in the contemporary world, as well as General Assembly resolutions 35/126 of 11 December 1980, 36/28 of 13 November 1981 and 37/48 of 3 December 1982 on the International Youth Year: Participation, Development, Peace, and 36/17 of 9 November 1981 and 37/50 of 3 December 1982 on channels of communication between the United Nations and youth and youth organizations,

Noting with satisfaction that the Declaration on the Promotion among Youth of the Ideals of Peace, Mutual Respect and Understanding between Peoples, contained in General Assembly resolution 2037 (XX) of 7 December l965, continues to provide a useful basis and incentive for further action in the field of youth, at the national, regional, interregional and international levels,

Convinced that the preservation and strengthening of international peace and security are prerequisites for a secure and happy future for the youth of all countries,

Recognizing the importance of integrating young people in the overall life of society and of taking fully into account their special needs when formulating national plans and programmes,

Emphasizing the need to increase the quantity and quality of opportunities for young people for their active and productive participation in the general development of society,

Reaffirming the necessity of intensifying and consolidating the efforts of the United Nations so as to give effect to a co-ordinated and practical approach to the youth programmes of all the United Nations agencies involved, as well as strengthening co-operation with non-governmental youth organizations or organizations dealing directly with youth,

Noting the views on the question of youth in the contemporary world expressed in the report of the Secretary-General on the situation of youth in the 1980s and in the report of the Commission for Social Development on its twenty-seventh session,

1. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General on the situation of youth in the 1980s;

2. Requests the Secretary-General to bring to the attention of the General Assembly at its thirty-eighth session all relevant documents on the question of youth prepared for the Commission for Social Development;

3. Also requests the Secretary-General to take into account the views expressed on youth in the Commission for Social Development in the preparation of the documentation to be submitted to the Advisory Committee for the International Youth Year: Participation, Development, Peace;

4. Further requests the Secretary-General to submit the present resolution to the five regional meetings devoted to the International Youth Year and to take all necessary organizational measures to ensure their success as provided by the General Assembly in paragraph 4 of its resolution 37/48;

5. Decides to include the item entitled "Youth in the contemporary world" in the agenda of the twenty-ninth session of the Commission for Social Development decides also that the Commission should consider under that item a report of the Secretary-General on the situation of youth in the 1980s in connection with the International Youth Year: Participation, Development, Peace, and decides further that the report should be transmitted to the General Assembly through the Economic and Social Council.