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Youth 2030:

UN chief launches bold new strategy for young people ‘to lead’

24 September 2018 – The United Nations Secretary-General launched a new partnership strategy with the world’s 1.8 billion young people on 24 September, to help put “their ideas into action”.

Noting that it was “a rare treat” to see so many young faces at the UN, to launch the new “Youth2030” strategy, UN chief 础苍迟ó苍颈辞 Guterres highlighted a list of challenges “the largest young generation in history” faces today.

He noted that “globalization, new technologies, displacement, shrinking civic space, changing labour markets and climate impacts,” were putting huge pressure on youth everywhere, adding that more than one-fifth of young people are not in employment, education or training; a quarter are affected by violence or armed conflict; and young people remain excluded from development programmes, ignored in peace negotiations and denied a voice in most international decision-making. 

At the same time, he pointed out that young people were “a vast source of innovation, ideas and solutions,” who push for the needed changes in technology, climate action, inclusivity and societal justice. 

“Empowering young people, supporting them, and making sure they can fulfill their potential are important ends in themselves,” he stressed. “We want this for all people, everywhere.” 

Moreover, to fulfill the  for Sustainable Development for a more peaceful, sustainable and prosperous world, “we need young people to lead,” he added. 

In presenting , he called it “the UN’s strategy to engage with, but especially to empower young people.”

Saying that the Organization has for decades worked for youth, he expressed hope that the new strategy would make the UN “a leader” in working with them, “in understanding their needs, in helping to put their ideas into action, in ensuring their views inform our processes.” 

“And as we change, we will work with our partners to do likewise” and spur new partnerships, the UN chief said, identifying five key areas:
1. Opening new routes to involve young people and amplify their voices. 
2. Strengthening the UN’s focus on their accessing education and health services.
3. Placing their economic empowerment at the fore of development strategies, with a focus on training and jobs.
4. Working to ensure their rights, and civic and political engagement.
5. Prioritizing support for young people in conflict and in humanitarian crises, including their participation in peace processes. 

 

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Source: United Nations ()