In response to an invitation from the President of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the School of Diplomacy sent a student delegation of undergraduate and graduate students to the ECOSOC Youth Forum on February 1 and 2. The theme of the youth forum was “Youth Taking Action to Implement the 2030 Agenda.”
The outcome of this event contributes to ECOSOC’s 2016 annual theme on “Implementing the Post-2015 Development Agenda: Moving from Commitments to Results” and will be conveyed to the ECOSOC High-level Segment in July.
Below are some of the tweets from our student delegation from the second and final day of the forum.
Sitting in on the Latin America Forum in the United Nations @SHU_UN_Studies @MartinSEdwards pic.twitter.com/QvujAlvo6c
— meg (@Lucky_OMalley) February 2, 2016
#Youth2030 conversation this morning really demonstrating how interlinked all SDGs are
— emily (@emilyefox) February 2, 2016
Just did an interview with UN Radio about youth and the SDGs in Sub Saharan African. #Youth2030
— Ajiya M. Doka (@cheer_passion96) February 2, 2016
"Youths are not the problem, they're the solution" is the motto of the whole conference #Youth2030
— meg (@Lucky_OMalley) February 2, 2016
Awareness ➡️ Engagement ➡️ Action This creates Life long leaders. @AIESEC
— Ajiya M. Doka (@cheer_passion96) February 2, 2016
#Youth2030 has drawn to a close; excited to see how the passion of the delegates is used to further the SDGs
— emily (@emilyefox) February 2, 2016