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[Committee name] 14 September 2023

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Agenda item 1
Model United Nations1

The General Assembly,

Reaffirming the principles and purposes of the Charter of the United Nations,
Reaffirming also the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the 2030
Agenda for Sustainable Development, and reiterating the commitment to provide
youth with a nurturing environment for the full realization of their human rights and
capabilities and helping our countries to reap the demographic dividend,
Reaffirming further the World Programme of Action for Youth, adopted by
the General Assembly in its resolutions 50/81 of 14 December 1995 and 62/126 of 18
December 2007,
Recalling the declaration on the commemoration of the seventy-fifth
anniversary of the United Nations, adopted on 21 September 2020, recognizing that
our challenges are interconnected and can only be addressed through stronger
international cooperation and reinvigorated multilateralism, and reiterating the
commitments of Heads of State and Government representing the peoples of the
world in the declaration, in particular those related to listening to and working with
youth,
Recalling also its resolution 76/6 of 15 November 2021 on the follow-up to
the report of the Secretary-General entitled “Our Common Agenda”, presented as a
basis for further consideration by Member States, which contained several proposals
to promote effective and meaningful engagement with youth and to ensure that their
voices are more systematically integrated across the United Nations system, through
their empowerment and capacity-building,
Welcoming the establishment of the United Nations Youth Office, and
recalling its function, inter alia, to promote meaningful, inclusive and effective

1 Editor’s note: This is Resolution A/RES/77/336 adopted without a vote by the General
Assembly on 1 September 2023. This resolution has been reproduced by NKO MUN for
demonstration purposes only. Footnotes contained in the original resolution have been removed.
Delegates when drafting their resolutions should begin by making a copy of this sample resolution.
Chairs and delegates when formatting the draft resolution should ensure uniformity and exactitude
throughout.

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engagement of youth and youth-led and youth-focused organizations in the work of

the United Nations, working in close collaboration across the United Nations system,
Welcoming also the work of the Envoys of the Secretary-General on Youth in
addressing the needs of and placing young persons as a cross-cutting priority of the
United Nations, ensuring that their perspectives are reflected across the United
Nations work, as well as, inter alia, as a harmonizer with different United Nations
entities, Governments and their youth delegates, civil society, youth organizations,
academia and media towards enhancing, empowering and strengthening young
persons within and outside the United Nations system,
Taking note of the important contributions made by the Economic and Social
Council youth forum to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development and its decade of action, and that it serves as an important platform for
youth from across all regions to continue to share their ideas, concerns and priorities,
and engage in dialogue with Member States and other relevant stakeholders,
Recalling the Lisbon Declaration on Youth Policies and Programmes, adopted
at the World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth, in 1998, and in this
context welcoming the World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth 2019
and Youth Forum Lisboa+21, held on 22 and 23 June 2019, and noting the
Declaration on Youth Policies and Programmes,
Noting the progress made on the implementation of Youth 2030: The United
Nations Youth Strategy, launched by the Secretary-General, in September 2018, to
address the needs of youth and to fulfil their potential as agents of change, as well as
the Generation Unlimited global partnership, which is aimed at ensuring that, by
2030, every young person has the opportunity for education, learning, training or
employment,
Noting also the inputs from relevant conferences, forums and global initiatives
relating to youth at the international, regional and subregional levels, inter alia, the
four editions of the World Youth Forum, held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, in
November 2017, November 2018, December 2019 and January 2022,
Underlining the important role of youth in the promotion of peace and
security, sustainable development and human rights and the importance of the full,
effective, constructive and inclusive participation of youth in decision-making,
Recognizing that the Committee on Information is the main subsidiary body of
the General Assembly mandated to make recommendations to the Assembly relating
to the work of the Department of Global Communications of the Secretariat,
Emphasizing the importance of multilingualism in the activities of the United
Nations,
Emphasizing also that education, both formal and informal, and training
promote equality and social inclusion, and recalling in that sense the need to

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substantially increase the number of youth who have skills for employment, decent
jobs and entrepreneurship,
1. Recognizes the important contribution of Model United Nations to
diplomacy and international cooperation, and in building the capacities of young
people in the field of international affairs, providing them with the knowledge and
opportunities that they need;
2. Encourages Member States to support the organization of Model
United Nations, with a view to raising awareness of the importance of the full, equal
and meaningful engagement of youth in multilateralism and global issues, and to
increase the capacity and opportunities for youth to meaningfully engage with the
United Nations;
3. Encourages the United Nations system to support Model United
Nations programmes, as appropriate, through the sharing of information and capacity-
building, including in developing countries;
4. Encourages civil society and other relevant stakeholders to organize
and participate in Model United Nations, as a means of engaging youth with
multilateralism and international cooperation, in line with the United Nations core
principles and values;
5. Encourages Member States and all relevant stakeholders, including the
United Nations system, to promote equal opportunities for all to access Model United
Nations programmes, while promoting tolerance, non-discrimination and gender
equality and fostering social inclusion and integration;
6. Supports the work of the Department of Global Communications, and
encourages increased efforts to use different languages in use by the United Nations
information centres in addition to the official languages, when appropriate, and within
existing resources, according to the target audience, with a view to reaching the
widest possible spectrum of audiences, including by using accessible
communications, including easy-to-understand communication, and extending the
work of the United Nations and the Secretary-General’s messages and
communications to all corners of the world in order to strengthen international
support for the activities, initiatives and goals of the Organization;
7. Welcomes the engagement by the Department of Global
Communications with Model United Nations clubs and conferences throughout the
world, and requests the Department to continue its efforts to educate Model United
Nations organizers and participants about the practices, procedures and norms of the
Organization, thereby ensuring the accuracy of simulations and promoting adherence
to United Nations values;
8. Takes note of the United Nations Guide to Model UN, recently
published by the Department of Global Communications, welcomes this effort by the
Department to ensure that Model United Nations events are more authentic

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simulations of the United Nations, requests the Department to ensure that the guide is
available in all six official languages of the United Nations, within existing resources,
further encourages Member States to support the production of additional language
versions of the United Nations Guide to Model UN and to update the guide as needed,
and encourages the continued engagement of the Department with Model United
Nations programmes, which are an important tool for young people to learn about
multilateralism and how the United Nations works;
9. Recognizes the role of the network of United Nations information
centres in promoting information and guidance from the United Nations system, to
disseminate messages and information about relevant activities of the United Nations,
including its funds and programmes and specialized agencies, especially in
developing countries, bearing in mind that information in local languages has the
strongest impact on the local population, and in mobilizing support for the work of
the United Nations at the local level;
10. Notes that, pursuant to resolution 58/126 of 19 December 2003 on the
revitalization of the work of the General Assembly, the President-elect of the General
Assembly, after taking into account the views provided by Member States and
following consultations with the incumbent President and the Secretary-General,
suggests an issue, or issues, of global concern upon which Member States will be
invited to comment during the general debate at the forthcoming session of the
Assembly, and encourages organizations to consider these themes when organizing
Model United Nations;
11. Notes that United Nations Day (24 October) is devoted to raising
awareness of the goals and achievements of the Organization and gaining support for
its work, and can also be effectively utilized to raise awareness about the role of
Model United Nations in engaging youth with multilateralism and international
cooperation;
12. Encourages the United Nations Youth Office to follow up on areas of
potential support from the United Nations system to Model United Nations.
99th plenary meeting
1 September 2023

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