Tag: The Kofi Annan Dialogues

I finally got around to watch last Monday’s discussion of the Kofi Annan Dialogues. This time the topic was Young People’s Priorities for the Post 2015 Global Development Agenda. Mr. Annan once again emphasized his belief in young people’s role in forming our future and working towards the fulfilment of all the important development goals. Visit http://dialogueslive.kofiannanfoundation.org/ to take part in the online poll about the topic.

The topic of yesterday’s broadcast of The Kofi Annan Dialogues was Democracy and Elections. While discussing these with special emphasis on young people’s participation, Mr. Annan also reflected on recent issues such as Egypt. The former UN Secretary General once again stressed the importance of citizens, especially young people who can be critics of their leaders, as he likes to put it, “where leaders fail to lead, the people can make them follow”. He said he considers young people’s participation so crucial that he wouldn’t oppose “situations where you have to vote on a compulsory basis”. I have to say…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgr-1SDn5uo On the second broadcast of The Kofi Annan Dialogues yesterday Mr. Annan talked with youth experts from around the world about youth unemployment. (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)

I forgot to post this yesterday… The first one in this great series was really inspiring and worth every minute to follow! Can’t wait for the next on June 20! The next topic will be Youth and Unemployment. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)