UN chief in New Year’s message:
youth are the hope of the world
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| UN Secy-Gen. Antonio Guterres (C) with young people at UNESCO's General Conference |
As world ushers in 2020 with “uncertainty and insecurity all
around”, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly believes that young
people are world’s "greatest source” of hope.
By Robin Gomes
Against the backdrop of persistent inequality and rising
hatred, “a world at war and a warming planet”, with climate change as “a
long-term problem” and “a clear and present danger”, the United Nations
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that “we cannot afford to be the
generation that fiddled while the planet burned”.
But “there is also hope”, he said in his New Year’s message,
released on Sunday.
“From climate action to gender equality to social justice
and human rights, your generation is on the frontlines and in the headlines”,
he said, adding, “I am inspired by your passion and determination”.
Noting that young people are “rightly demanding a role in
shaping the future”, he assured them: “I am with you”. “The United
Nations stands with you – and belongs to you.”
Pointing out that 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the UN,
Guterres said, “we are launching a Decade of Action for the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs), our blueprint for a fair globalization,” for the
success of which young people’s help is needed.
“This year, my New Year’s message is to the greatest source
of that hope: the world’s young people,” he said. “From climate action to
gender equality to social justice and human rights,” he said, “your generation
is on the frontlines and in the headlines.”
“This year, the world needs young people” to keep speaking
out, thinking big, pushing boundaries and keeping up the pressure, concluded
the Secretary-General with wishes for “peace and happiness in 2020”.
(Source: UN News)
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