Secretary-General's message (SG/SM/10584)

Policies and programmes involving youth (A/RES/60/2)

World Youth Report 2005 : report of the Secretary-General (A/60/61)

Global analysis and evaluation of national action plans on youth employment (A/60/133 and Corr.1)

Making commitments matter : young people's input to the 10-year review of the World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and Beyond (A/60/156)

Youth and the Millennium Development Goals : Challenges and Opportunities for Implementation. Ad Hoc Working Group on Youth and the MDGs, Apr. 2005.

Documents - Youth. UN. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Programme on Youth.

Unesco publications on youth issues

On 17 December 1999, in its resolution 54/120 I, the General Assembly endorsed the recommendation made by the World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth (Lisbon, 8-12 August 1998) that 12 August be declared International Youth Day.

The theme of the International Day for 2006 is "Tackling Poverty Together: Young People and the Eradication of Poverty". The 1995 World Programme of Action for Youth has approached young people as equal partners in the global effort to eradicate poverty and achieve the Millennium Development Goals.