Youth

Met ondersteuning van de ‘UN Foundation’ wordt dit jaar een serie brainstorm activiteiten georganiseerd getiteld ‘The Big Brainstorm’. Tijdens deze sessies (16-28 februari) kunnen jonge denkers en activisten meedenken over het actiejaar voor de SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals).

In this spoken-word article Noemi talks about her experience of the world, its challenges, and what she believes to be a fitting approach to this complexity. She encourages us to feel, listen and connect. From this perspective, she argues for directly democratic practices, as ways to genuinely understand and create sustainability, justice or peace.

The UN support for youth in disarmament affairs has grown over time. Although Kofi Annan and Ban Ki-Moon increased the relevance of disarmament within the UN agenda, the UNSG Antonio Guterres finally achieved consolidating the importance of youth in disarmament affairs and promoted programs to support and widen the youth involvement in the discussion of disarmament. With that, the main aim of the UN has been to promote the education of younger generations in matters related to peace and security, such as disarmament, and with that contribute to the fourth Sustainable Development Goal, which is quality education.