\ Global Youth Development Index and Report 2016 Figure 4.2  The correlation between the YDI scores of countries and their levels of domestic peace as measured by the GPI More developed 1.0 0.9 DEU DNK 2016 Youth Development Index R=-0.62 AUS GBR 0.8 Lower development 98 CRI ALB 0.7 BTN LBY 0.6 GUY UGA IND EGY 0.5 SYR PAK MWI AFG 0.4 TCD 0.3 0.2 1.00 2.00 More peaceful 3.00 2016 Global Peace Index - internal score 4.00 5.00 Less peaceful Source: Commonwealth Secretariat 4.4  Youth and peace-building that integrates the political, security, human rights, humanitarian and development aspects of peacebuilding. However, the preponderance of large youth bulges in many conflict-ridden countries, or in areas still recovering from devastating bouts of violence, means that the responsibility to ‘sustain peace over the long term’ will increasingly be a burden that young people have to bear.61 Over the past few years, the role of young people in peace-building has evolved rapidly, culminating in December 2015 with the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 2250 on Youth, Peace and Security. The resolution states that young people can be strong and active players in creating peaceful societies, free from violence and conflict, and have the potential to be ‘valuable innovators of change‘.60 Young people are emerging as vocal and effective actors within the peace-building movement at the global level. The community-level peace-building in which many young people are engaged, often in the face of great danger to themselves and their families, and the rejection by a majority of young people of extremist ideologies and causes, are proof that they can be highly effective agents and champions of peace. Peace-building is ultimately about securing an environment where peace can flourish. Its champions recognise the complex conflicts that states now endure – encompassing civil war, armed militias, cyber-warfare, terrorism or violent groups – and therefore promote a cross-sector agenda Young people’s role in peace-building at the international level is championed and framed by the Guiding Principles on Young People’s Participation in Peacebuilding,62 developed in 2014 through a consultative process led by the UN Interagency Network on Youth Development and the of their poor governance and weak institutional structures, are less resilient to conflicts and natural disasters than other states. The fact that most fragile states have high youth bulges further weakens their ability to withstand conflicts or to recover from them.