Qatar affirms importance of empowering youth to achieve sustainable development
20 Apr 2021 - 9:01
The State of Qatar affirmed the importance of empowering youth towards sustainable development and prevention of crime and drug use in order to ensure the well-being and future of their countries and the world at large.
In a statement delivered before a virtual meeting held on the sidelines of the sixty-fourth session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs on empowering the next generation of youth towards sustainable development and prevention of crime and drug use, Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations and international organizations in Vienna H E Ambassador Sultan bin Salmeen Al Mansouri said young people make up 30 percent of the world’s population, one third of whom are currently unemployed, not receiving education or training, or have been displaced from their homes due to conflict, which calls for providing them with opportunities to contri
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