Yesterday, on the 7th of February, the Youth Delegates of Romania had a speech which was delivered by my colleague Alexandra Martin in the plenary session of the Commission for Social Development.
This speech represents the common effort of many supporters and partners of the project, from which I would like to mention the Romanian Council for Youth and Oricum Association. Thank you all and I hope you like our intervention at the UN. Here it is:
“Madam Chair and honorable Delegates,
200 million youth live with less than 1$/ day, of the 130 million illiterate people in the world nearly 60 per cent are young women; youth also make up 44 per cent of the total unemployed population, although they represent 25 per cent of the working age population and I cannot be but grateful to have the opportunity to be here and to present an overview of our ideals, honest thoughts and proposals for joining our efforts in building up a better world.
The progress achieved so far has a main role in our development process, yet the fight is far to be concluded. Taking into account the present global perspectives young people face new challenges and it is our moral obligation to cooperate, especially now when youth are voicing their concerns whilst they keep facing new risks. Continue reading ‘Our Speech at the CSocD!’