Jon André Hvoslef Eide, LNUs ungdomsdelegat til FNs generalforsamling i 2011, fikk møte Ban Ki-moon.
Da generalsekretær i FN, Ban Ki-moon, holdt sin tale til FNs generalforsamling i går 25. januar, trakk han fram en kraftig satsning på ungdom som et viktig punkt i sin femårsplan. Blant tiltakene i planen er utnevning av en ny spesialutsending for ungdom og et dypere ungdomsfokus i alle FN-programmer.
I talen sa Ban Ki-moon følgende om ungdomssatsningen:
«We need to pull the UN system together, like never before, to support a new social contract of job-rich economic growth.
Let us start with young people.
Today we have the largest generation of young people the world has ever known.
They are demanding their rights and a greater voice in economic and political life.
We will do all we can to meet their needs and create opportunities.
We will deepen our youth focus and develop an action plan across the full range of UN programmes, including employment, entrepreneurship, political participation, human rights, education and reproductive health.
And I will appoint a new Special Representative for youth to develop and implement our agenda and spearhead a UN youth volunteers programme.
Excellencies,
Ladies and gentlemen,
These are the elements of my 5-year Action Agenda.»
