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The United Nations has long recognised that young people in all countries are a vital human resource for development and a key agent for social change, economic growth and technological innovation, and it is ten years since the UN General Assembly adopted the World Programme of Action for Youth (WPAY) in 1995. This publication identifies 15 priority areas of the WPAY (clustered under three main themes of youth in the global economy; youth and their well-being; and youth in civil society) and makes recommendations for national policies and programmes (taking local circumstances into account) designed to improve the lives of young people worldwide.
