SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES DYNAMISM, COMMITMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE,

MEETING AT YOUTH EMPLOYMENT SUMMIT IN EGYPT, 7-11 SEPTEMBER

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General welcomes the dynamism and commitment of the young people from around the world who are meeting from 7 to 11 September in Alexandria, Egypt, at the Youth Employment Summit -– a global civil society initiative.  He urges the international community to fulfil the commitment it made in the Millennium Declaration to “develop and implement strategies that give young people everywhere a real chance to find decent and productive work”.

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