Documentation

This section offers extensive documentation on Youth Peace Security, including official documents and multimedia resources published by international and regional organizations, national institutions and civil society.

In particular, the collected material includes:

• International, Regional and National Policies: the Global Agenda, the commitment of Regional Organizations, National Action Plans ...
• Official data and research: UN reports and data from international organizations and agencies, ...
• The contribution of civil society: CSO support for national and international policies on YPS (advocacy papers, recommendations, monitoring) ...

International, Regional and National Policies

United Nations Framework

• UN Security Council, Resolution 2807 (2025) on youth participation and leadership in peace processes, conflict prevention, peacebuilding, recovery and reconstruction, S/Res/2807, 12 December 2025
• UN Security Council, Resolution 2535 (2020), Youth, Peace and Security, S/Res/2535, 14 July 2020 
• UN Security Council, Resolution 2419 (2018), Youth, Peace and Security, S/Res/2419, 6 June 2018
• UN General Assembly, Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2017 (2018), A/RES/72/146, 17 January 2018
• UN Interagency Network on Youth Development, Guiding Principles on Young Peoples Participation in Peacebuilding, 21 November 2016 
• UN Security Council, Resolution 2250 (2015), Youth, Peace and Security, S/Res/2250, 9 December 2015
• UN Development Programme, Guiding Principles on Young People’s Participation in Peacebuilding (2014) 

Regional Framework

• OSCE, wide YPS Roadmap (2025), 3 December 2025
• EU Youth, Peace and Security Coalition, Joint Declaration on Youth, Peace and Security. Outcome document of the Second European Union Conference on Youth, Peace and Security (2025), 20 November 2025
• ASEAN Institute for Peace and Reconciliation, Regional Study on Youth, Peace and Security (2025), 12 August 2025
• League of Arab States, The Arab Strategy for Youth, Peace and Security 2023-2028 (2024), 3 September 2024
• European Commission, Joint Communication to the European Parliament and the Council, Youth Action Plan (YAP) in EU external action 2022-2027. Promoting meaningful youth participation and empowerment in EU external action for sustainable development, equality and peace (2022), 4 October 2022
• African Union Commission, Continental Framework for Youth, Peace and Security (2020), 21 August 2020

National Action Plans

• Republic of Finland, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland, Youth, Peace and Security. Finland’s National Action Plan 2025-2028 (2025), 1 December 2025
• République du Cameroun, Plan D’Action National Jeunesse, Paix et Sécurité 2025-2030 (2025), September 2025
• Republic of Liberia, National Action Plan on Youth, Peace and Security 2025-2030 (2025), 29 August 2025
• Kyrgyz Republic, Cabinet of the Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic, Action Plan for implementation of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2250 “Youth, Peace and Security” for the years 2025-2027 (2025), 12 March 2025
• Republic of the Gambia, National Action Plan on Youth, Peace and Security 2025-2030 (2025), 11 February 2025
• Republic of Malawi, Malawi Government, Malawi National Action Plans on Youth, Peace and Security 2024-2029 (2024), November 2024
• Republic of South Sudan, National Strategy on Youth, Peace and Security (2024), October 2024 
• Republic of Burundi, Ministère des Affaires de la Communauté Est Africaine, de la Jeunesse, des Sports et de la Culture, Stratégie Nationale de la Jeunesse sur la Paix, et la Sécurité au Burundi et son Plan d’Action (2024-2028) (2023), 30 November 2023
• Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ministère de la Jeunesse, Initiation à la Nouvelle Citoyenneté et Cohésion Nationale, Plan d’Action National de la Résolution 2250 du Conseil de Sécurité des Nations Unies, sur Jeunesse, Paix et Sécurité (2022), August 2022
• Republic of the Philippines, Office of the Presidential Advisor on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity, Philippine National Action Plan on Youth, Peace and Security 2023-2033 (2022), August 2022
• Federal Republic of Nigeria, Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, Nigerian National Action Plan on Youth, Peace and Security (2021), 30 September 2021
• Republic of Finland, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland, Youth, Peace and Security. Finland’s National Action Plan 2021-2024 (2021), 20 August 2021

Official reports and research

• United Nations University Centre for Policy Research (2025), 2025 Peacebuilding Fund Thematic Review on Youth, Peace and Security, 13 May 2025
• United Nations Security Council (2024), Youth and peace and security - Report of the Secretary-General, S/2024/207, 1 March 2024
• UN Peacebuilding (2023), Written Assessment of the Implementation of PBC Strategic Action Plan on Youth and Peacebuilding in 2022 - From 1 January to 31 December 2022, 06 June 2023
• UN Security Council (2022), Youth and peace and security - Report of the Secretary-General, S/2022/220, 16 March 2022
• UN Peacebuilding, Written Assessment of the Implementation of PBC Strategic Action Plan on Youth and Peacebuilding - From 1 February 2021 to 31 January 2022, 11 March 2022
• UN Security Council (2020), Youth and peace and security - Report of the Secretary-General, S/2020/167, 2 march 2020
• United Nations General Assembly - Security Council (2018), Identical letters dated 2 March 2018 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the General Assembly and the President of the Security Council, A/72/761–S/2018/86, 2 March 2018

The contribution of Civil Society

International level

• Search for Common Ground (2025), Grassroot Recommendations - Youth, Peace & Security 2025
• Agency for Peacebuilding (2025), Annual Report 2024, June 2025
• UNDP, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Folke Bernadotte Academy (2024), Beyond vulnerability - A guidance note on youth, climate, peace and security, 22 October 2024
• Search for Common Ground (2023), Youth inclusive guide to peace mediation
• The Body Shop (2022), Be Seen, Be Heard - Understanding young people’s political participation
• United Network of Young Peacebuilders (2021), If I Disappear Global Report on Protecting Young People in Civic Space 
• Search for Common Ground (2020), More Than A Milestone: The Road To Un Security Council Resolution 2250 On Youth, Peace And Security
• United Network of Young Peacebuilders (2019), We Are Here: An Integrated Approach to Youth-Inclusive Peace Processes
• UNOY Peacebuilders, Security Council Resolution 2250 Annotated and Explained (2015), 9 December 2015
• Global Forum on Youth, Peace and Security, Amman Youth Declaration on Youth, Peace and Security (2015), 22 August 2015

In Italy

• Coalizione Giovani, Pace e Sicurezza (2024), Giovani, Pace e Sicurezza - Manifesto Italiano
• ONU Consiglio di Sicurezza, Risoluzione n.2250 (2015), Giovani, Pace e Sicurezza, S/Res/2250, 9 dicembre 2015, traduzione a cura di Alma Rondanini – Gruppo Giovani CSDC

Useful Links

United Nations

• Youth, Peace and Security | PEACEBUILDING
• Youth, peace and security: a guide | United Nations

European Union

• Youth, Peace and Security Agenda | EEAS 

Civil Society

• UNOY Peacebuilders
• Agency for Peacebuilding
• Interpeace
• Centro Studi Difesa Civile
• Coalizione Giovani, Pace e Sicurezza

Other Links

• YPS National Action Plans Community of Practice — ConnexUs
• Youth, Peace, and Security Database