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The Arab Strategy for Youth, Peace and Security 2023-2028

The Arab Strategy for Youth, Peace and Security 2023-2028
The Arab Strategy for Youth, Peace and Security 2023-2028

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Number of pages

51

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UNFPA

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The Arab Strategy for Youth, Peace and Security 2023-2028

Publication date

03 September 2024

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The Arab Strategy for Youth, Peace and Security aims to support the efforts of Arab countries, through a vision that enhances the role of Arab youth and their effective participation, their positive contribution to issues of development, peace, and security, as well as to direct young men and women in the Arab world to build safe Arab societies where peace, security, stability, and prosperity reign through their active participation in the social, political, and economic life, by enhancing their role in decision-making processes and increasing their political and civil participation, achieving economic security, ensuring the right to education and digital inclusion, promoting the principle of gender equality, ensuring freedom of movement, and addressing climate change issues, and by adopting the values and principles of effective youth leadership, including all young men and women.

The Arab Strategy for Youth, Peace and Security is composed of (5) five chapters, the first chapter, an introduction to the Youth, Peace and Security agenda, the vision, the mission, and the methodology adopted in developing the strategy, the second chapter, focuses on the context analysis that takes into account youth and highlights the issues that affect the peace and security of Arab youth, the third chapter focuses on the basic concepts and guidelines that must be taken into account in all stages of implementing the strategy, the fourth chapter, emphasizes the priorities and objectives of the strategy that are linked to the five pillars of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2250; participation, protection, prevention, partnerships, and disengagement and reintegration, the fifth and final chapter highlight the implementation approach that defines the next steps on both levels; national and regional, and shed the light on the achievements of the Arab region on the youth peace and security agenda.

The Regional Arab Strategy for Youth, Peace and Security was produced through cooperation by the League of Arab States in partnership with  United Nations Liaison Office to the League of Arab States (UNLOLAS), United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA), Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA), United Nations Development Programme Regional Bureau for the Arab States (UNDP RBAS), the United Nations Population Fund Arab States Regional Office (UNFPA ASRO), and youth representatives, who provided technical expertise and crucial insights through the technical support group.