Saturday, 18 May 2013
An Online Survey is Seeking Youth Inputs for the UN Secretary General's Youth Initiative.
The United Nations is developing a System-Wide Action Plan on Youth. This Action Plan will affect the way the whole UN system will work with and for youth in the coming years.
The Action Plan will focus on the five priority areas identified by the Secretary General:
Before developing this Action Plan, the United Nations is reaching out to youth, youth-led organizations and others for their inputs.
Tell the UN what you think. The questionnaire is available in all UN six official languages:
Source: DESA - News
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