The programme provides a policy framework and practical guidelines for national action and international support to improve the situation of young people.

It identifies ten priority areas for action:

education, employment, drug abuse, juvenile deliquency, leisure activities, girls and young women, and the full and effective participation of youth in the life of society and decision-making.

The General Assembly invites governments, non-governmental organizations and the public and private sectors, as well as youth organizations, to implement the Programme of Action.

The Secretary-General is asked to report to the 52nd session of the General Assembly in 1997, through the Commission on Social Development and the Economic and Social Council, on the progress made in the implementation of the Programme of Action.

For a copy of A/50/728, containing the World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and Beyond, contact:

NGLS
Room 1065
866 UN Plaza
New York NY 10017
USA

Tel: +1.212.963 3125
Fax: +1.212.963 8712
E-mail: ngls@igc.apc.org

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Title of newsletter : Greenway Newsletter
Published by : Greenway Year : 1996, Number : 27