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UN Chief Hears Concerns From World Youth

Tehran, Aug 6, IRNA – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Monday he is fully committed to working with youth and exploring how they can contribute more to creating a sustainable, equitable future of opportunity and dignity for all. He made the remarks while holding an interactive dialog with young people across the world and launched an online United Nations Platform for Youth. “Your generation is the largest the world has ever known,” Ban told young people, adding that the tools at their disposal for communicating and acting are unprecedented. But so are the challenges – from growing inequalities and shrinking opportunities, to the threats of climate change and environmental degradation. Ban’s Five-Year Action Plan has as one of its priorities working for and with young people. The plan, which is partly based on the My World survey carried out among thousands of youth from around the world earlier this year, focuses on five thematic areas: employment and entrepreneurship; political inclusion; civic engagement and protection of rights; education, including comprehensive sexual education; and health. Other initiatives include UN youth volunteer programs and forums where youth can engage with the UN at the national, regional and global levels, a press release issued by the UN Information Center (UNIC) said./end

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