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Statement by Jennifer Vinas-Forcade, Alianza Latinoamericana y Caribeña de Juventudes (LAC Youth Alliance), Post 2015 Intergovernmental Negotiations, April 23rd
Good morning. On behalf of the Latin American and Caribbean Youth Alliance as part of the Youth Leadership Working Group, I am grateful for this opportunity.
It was not easy to prepare a statement for this week’s negotiations. After all, what are we really talking about when we speak of “implementation”? And when we use terms like “partnerships”, “empowerment”, “participation”, “investment”, a “transformative” and “universal” agenda? The overuse of these UN jargon “keywords” has turned them into “buzzwords”, emptying them of meaning...
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