Tag: young people
united-nations: Monday is International Day of Democracy! This year’s theme – Engaging Young People on Democracy – highlights the challenges and opportunities of young people engaging in democratic processes. For more information, visit: http://www.un.org/en/events/democracyday/ This year’s theme is yet again one I can wholeheartedly support. I’ve posted about democracy education two years ago here.
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.
On 17 December 1999, in its resolution 54/120, the United Nations General Assembly endorsed the recommendation made by the World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth (Lisbon, 8-12 August 1998) that 12 August be declared International Youth Day. The theme of International Youth Day 2013 is “Youth Migration: Moving Development Forward .” Click to find out more!
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…
Kofi Annan launches global initiative to inspire young people to lead I’ve been meaning to ask already: who else is excited about this? The first live discussion with Mr. Annan will be held tomorrow (May 15) at 11.00 CET. It can be followed here: http://dialogueslive.kofiannanfoundation.org/ The theme of tomorrow’s discussion is “Young People and Leadership”.
