Therefore, we recommend the following:
Institutionalisation of YPS | Recommendation
Participation | Recommendation Improve youth participation in formal and informal peace and democratic processes by (a) reorognising the political agency of young people in their diversity and the urgency of their leadership, (b) committing to countering intersectional forms of young people’s political and social exclusion, (c) ensuring that young people are meaningfully included in all stages of peace-building processes, including in delegations to formal negotiations and humanitarian responses, and (d) urging national, regional and international stakeholders to better engage youth organisations through partnerships for collaborative decision-making. Youth facing Violence | Recommendation To guarantee protection and (re-)integration, (a) ensure access to basic needs and healthcare of conflict-affected youth, especially reproductive health and other services in response to gender-based violence, (b) provide free trauma-informed and accessible mental health services, and (c) challenge perceptions of youth as threats via policing, justice, refugee and immigration policies. Such policies should be democratised and focus on human security, promote the rights of refugee and asylum- seeking youth, and invest in their meaningful integration.
Under co-leadership of youth organisations, develop national strategies and mechanisms on YPS with (a) clear indicators, (b) a dedicated budget, including sustainable financing, (c) participation and follow-up mechanisms, and (d) high-level YPS focal point(s) with cross- governmental mandates. Action against global conflict and war | Recommendation In every conflict, support should be provided to young people. In recognition of the war in Ukraine, contextually-relevant actions should include (a) protecting young people, especially soldiers, activists, and those engaged in information gathering, humanitarian and medical aid, (b) ensuring mental health support, (c) financing young humanitarian volunteers, human rights activists and youth organisations through (1) capacity-building, (2) partnerships with international, humanitarian and peace- building organisations, and (3) sustainable funding streams including the expansion of existing exchange mechanisms, and (e) specifically in the Ukrainian war, support (1) the National Youth Council of Ukraine and its member organisations (2) carry out the repatriation process of forcefully deported children and youth. Give the importance of youth in every country, each conflict should receive equal amounts of attention and foresee a contextually relevant response.
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