وإذْ يضع في اعتباره قرار لجنة المستوطنات البشرية 18/7 المؤرخ 16 شباط/فبراير 2001 بشأن البلدان التي تمر اقتصاداتها بمرحلة انتقال،
Acknowledging that in paragraph 170 of its Plan of Implementation the World Summit on Sustainable Development resolved to “promote and support youth participation and activities relating to sustainable development through, for example, supporting local youth councils or their equivalent, and by encouraging their establishment where they do not exist”,