Engage youth to address global challenges: UAE

NEW YORK / WAM

The United Arab Emirates has highlighted the importance of involving the youth in international efforts to address various global challenges, as well as enabling and involving them in the decision-making process.
This came in a statement made on behalf of the UAE by its delegation at a general discussion on social development issues, organised by the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly in New York.
The statement welcomed the current advancement in many areas related to developing the youth of the world, as well as the policies and initiatives that have been adopted to empower them. It pointed out that UAE’s youth believe in the possibility of addressing global challenges by directly involving themselves in the decision-making process.
The statement also expressed the UAE’s desire to involve the youth in the UN General Assembly under the framework of the “UAE-UN Youth Delegate Programme,” as a step towards consolidating their involvement
in the process of international
decision-making.

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