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United Nations (U.N.) Culture of Peace Resolution 2017

YouthAlert! (YA!), in cooperation with several U.N. Member States, was also successful in getting child violence, bullying, and abuse, prevention education language included in this year’s “Follow-up to the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace” Resolution, Operative Paragraph (O.P.) 10, which was passed by the United Nations 72^nd General Assembly on December 11, 2017. Here is the link to the document A/72/L.30, where this year’s “Culture of Peace” Resolution was presented. This year’s main sponsor of this "Culture of Peace” Resolution was Bangladesh. Operative Paragraph (O.P.) 10 reads as follows:

“Urges the appropriate authorities to provide age-appropriate education in children’s schools that builds a culture of peace, including lessons in mutual understanding, tolerance, active and global citizenship and human rights;

YouthAlert! (YA!) - Win The War! Against Violence on July 27, 2017 was granted Special Consultative Status to the United Nations (U.N.) Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). Consultative Status provides NGOs with access

to not only ECOSOC, but also to its many subsidiary bodies, to the various human rights mechanisms

of the United Nations, ad-hoc processes on small arms, as well as special events organized by the

President of the General Assembly.The 19 countries in the U.N. ECOSOC Committee on NGO's that gave their

recommendation were: Azerbaijan, Burundi, China, Cuba, Greece, Guinea, India, Iran, Israel, Mauritania, Nicaragua,

Pakistan, Russian Federation, South Africa, Sudan, Turkey, United States of America, Uruguay and

Venezuela (Bolivarian Rep.). 54 U.N. Member States adopted the Committee's draft decision.

Information Page      Meeting Report       Final Report

YouthAlert! (YA!) VBPHP Correlates Directly with the 17 U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)

Target 5.2 Eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation

Target 5.3 Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation

Target 16.1 Significantly reduce all forms of violence and related death rates everywhere

Target 16.2 End abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence against and torture of children

On September 25th 2015, countries adopted a set of goals to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all as part of a new sustainable development agenda. Each goal has specific targets to be achieved over the next 15 years.  Link   Official Document PDF

YouthAlert! (YA!) programs and initiatives correlates directly with all four “Prevention” points in the U.N. Security Council Resolution No. 2250 on Youth Security

10. Urges Members States to facilitate an inclusive and enabling environment in which youth actors, including youth from different backgrounds, are recognised and provided with adequate support to implement violence prevention activities and support social cohesion;

11. Stresses the importance of creating policies for youth that would positively contribute to peacebuilding efforts, including social and economic development, supporting projects designed to grow local economies, and provide youth employment opportunities and vocational training, fostering their education, and promoting youth entrepreneurship and constructive political engagement;

12. Urges Member States to support, as appropriate, quality education for peace that equips youth with the ability to engage constructively in civic structures and inclusive political processes;

13. Calls on all relevant actors to consider instituting mechanisms to promote a culture of peace, tolerance, intercultural and interreligious dialogue that involve youth and discourage their participation in acts of violence, terrorism, xenophobia, and all forms of discrimination;

On December 9, 2015, the United Nations Security Council, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 2250, Urges Member States to Increase Representation of Youth in Decision-Making at All Levels  Link    Report PDF

“I take this opportunity to commend you for the work your organization is doing youth violence prevention.”

Njanja Fassu, Senior Political Affairs Officer, Peacebuilding Support Office, United Nations.