Extra-curricular activities of interest to young persons should be developed by school systems in cooperation with community groups. School policies and rules should be fair, and students should be represented in school policy, including policy on discipline and decision-making. Community Community-based services which respond to the interests of young persons, including community development centres and recreational facilities, should be developed and strengthened. Adequate shelter should be provided for young persons who are no longer able to live at home or have no homes. Services should be provided to deal with the difficult transition of young persons to adulthood, including special programmes for young drug abusers that emphasize care, counselling, assistance and therapy.
Voluntary organizations serving young people are to receive financial and other support.
Local youth organizations should be created and strengthened and given participatory status in management of community affairs. They should encourage youth to organize collective and voluntary projects, particularly to benefit young persons in need of assistance. Government agencies are to provide necessary services for homeless or street children. A wide range of recreational facilities and services of interest to young persons should be established and made easily accessible. The mass media should ensure that young persons have access to information from a diversity of notional and international sources.