Measures designed to promote among youth the ideals of peace, mutual respect and understanding between peoples

XVIII. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE THIRD COMMITTEE
1965. Measures designed to promote among youth the ideals of peace, mutual respect and understanding between peoples

The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 1572 (XV) of IS December 1960 and 1842 (XVII) of 19 December 1962, Recognizing the need to adopt a declaration on the promotion among youth of the ideals of peace, mutual respect and understanding between peoples, Considering that praiseworthy efforts have been made by various delegations to prepare a draft which would adequately supplement the text of other declarations and resolutions adopted in the past and constitute an appeal that would arouse intense interest among the youth of the world, Considering the need for the widest possible participation by Governments and youth organizations with respect to the declaration, Considering also the lack of time during the eighteenth session, which has made it impossible to complete the definitive version of the said declaration, Convinced that it must continue its efforts in favour of mutual respect and understanding among the youth of the peoples of the world,

I

1. Requests the Secretary-General to transmit to Member States the draft Declaration on the Promotion among Youth of the Ideals of Peace, Mutual Respect and Understanding between Peoples[1] and the amendments thereto,[2] as well as the relevant records of the eighteenth session;

2. Invites Member States to submit to the Secretary-General their views on the proposed Declaration, after consultation, where necessary, with the most experienced educators and leaders of youth activities;

3. Invites the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to transmit the relevant records of the eighteenth session of the General Assembly to the national commissions, to youth organizations and to the International Conference on Youth, so that they may make whatever comments they deem appropriate;

4. Also invites the Director -General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to transmit those comments to the Secretary-General of the United Nations as early as possible;

5. Decides to continue as a matter of priority the examination and final elaboration of the Declaration at its nineteenth session;

II

1. Congratulates the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization on organizing the International Conference on Youth, to be held at Grenoble in August 1964, and expresses its satisfaction that the Conference will devote its attention to all measures designed to promote greater understanding and co-operation among young people;

2. Requests the Secretary-General of the United Nations, in consultation with the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, to study the desirability of establishing regional documentation and study institutions whose purpose would be to train young people in a greater understanding of their common ideals, upon the achievement of which the future of mankind depends.

1280th plenary meeting,
13 December 1963.

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[1] Ibid., agenda item 47, document A/5669, para. 5. [2] Ibid., paras. 6 and 7