Youth in almost all countries were in the majority yet it was a disturbing trend that youth apathy and low turn out for elections was now a worrying trend. He stated that it was important to ask ourselves how best we could draw young people into institutions of democracy and develop and retain them within the system. In the South African parliament, across political parties, 6,5% of members were youth. Mr Nhanha submitted that youth parliaments should be compulsory for member states and that in forthcoming IPU meetings one member of each delegation should be a member from the youth in much the same way that the IPU expects women representation in all delegations to its meetings. He concluded by indicating that if we invest in our youth we would instill in them a sense of patriotism, we would be encouraging them to take charge of their own destiny and allow young people to build their countries, provide solutions, give leadership and be better citizens.