World Youth Conference in Mexico

Mexico and the United Nations invite all nations to celebrate with them in the World Youth Conference (WYC) in León, Mexico from 23-27 August 2010. This event brings together youngsters, non-governmental organisms, governments and parliamentarians to discuss youth issues, and to review the youth's role in attaining the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), ten years after the United Nations' Millennium Declaration.

The WYC 2010 will have three spaces for participation: the Social Forum, the Governments Forum and the Legislators Forum. Young people, NGOs, governments and legislators will interact in these spaces, finding agreements through dialogue.

Four major objectives have been set for the WYC:

1.       To elaborate a Governments' Declaration that identifies action priorities on youth issues and development policies;

2.       To promote a specific mechanism for the follow-up of the UN youth agenda;

3.       To promote dialogue between civil society organizations and governments on cross-cutting youth and development policies, to address the needs and priorities of youth around the world;

4.       To share knowledge and experiences on youth and development assessments, policies, strategies and programs.

The conference will address the following issues: Poverty and Exclusion; Employment; Education; Technology and Innovation; Health; Gender Equality; Security and Social Justice; Sustainable Development; International Migration; Participation; Global Partnership and Cooperation.

The Government Forum will result in a declaration on youth and development for 2015, deadline for the MDG, and beyond. This document will include recommendations for governments, and it will be submitted during the 65th period of sessions of the United Nations General Assembly.

Official website of the event: http://www.youth2010.org/site/index.php