Youth Leadership Working Group (YLWG) writes to Post-2015 facilitators and others about human rights and needs of children and young people
Friday, March 6, 2015 at 10:44AM The Youth Leadership Working Group has written to Ban Ki-Moon, the UN Secretary-General; to Sam Kutesa, the President of the General Assembly; and to David Donoghue and Macharia Kamau, the Co-Facilitators; copied to Ahmad Alhedawi, UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth and Amina Mohammed, Special Adviser on Post-2015 Development Planning.
In their letter they express deep concern at the alarming lack of reference to fulfilling the human rights and to addressing the specific needs of children, adolescents and young people in the report of the Open Working Group and in the Declaration Discussion and Elements Paper. While appreciating their ongoing efforts related to the Post-2015 intergovernmental negotiations, they “stand ready and look forward to working together to jointly seize this auspicious and historic moment to make a difference in the lives of billions of young people around the world.”
The full letter is available here.