Hon Speaker, a South African delegation led by the Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Andries Nel, participated in the World Youth Conference in Mexico hosted by the Mexican government in collaboration with the UN Population Fund, UN Development Fund for Women, UN Development Programme, UN Educational, Scienctific and Cultural Organisation and the UN programme on youth.
The conference, which got under way on Monday, 23 August 2010, aims to put youth development on the world agenda and identify priority actions for 2015 on youth issues to be included in the international agenda for development beyond the Millennium Development Goals. Delegates were expected to consider issues such as poverty, education, health, employment, technology, culture, gender equalty and climate change, all of which are considered key to youth development. The ANC views these challenges facing the youth as common to most countries, continents and the world. Siyabulela. [Thank you.]