1. Adoption of the report of the Credentials Committee (WCMRY/1998/27) [7]

2. Adoption of the report of the Conference (WCRMY/1998/L.7) [12]

3. General exchange of views on the implementation of the World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and Beyond [9]

Introduction and action on document WCMRY/1998/L.6

Introduction and action on document WCMRY/1998/L.8

Introduction and action on document WCMRY/1998/L.12

4. Adoption of the Lisbon Declaration on Youth Policies and Programmes (WCMRY/1998/L.3, WCMRY/1998/L.4 and Add.1, WCMRY/1998/L.5, WCMRY/1998/L.10, WCMRY/1998/L.11) [11]

5. Introduction and action on draft resolution WCMRY/1998/L.9

6. Closure of the Conference

MAIN COMMITTEE

9.30 a.m.   3rd meeting    Main Committee Room

1. Report of the Main Committee (WCMRY/1998/L.4 and Add.1) [10]

2. Draft Lisbon Declaration on Youth Policies and Programmes (WCMRY/1998/L.10) [11]

3. Summaries of the chairpersons of the working groups (WCMRY/1998/L.3, L.5 and L.11) [9]

4. Conclusion of the work of the Main Committee.

SUMMARY OF MEETINGS

Tuesday, 11 August 1998

PLENARY

Sixth meeting

General exchange of views on the implementation of the World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and Beyond [9]

The Conference continued its consideration of agenda item 9.

Statements were made by H.E. Mr. Bhaskar Barua, Secretary of the Government, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Republic of India; H.E. Mr. Olli Saarela, Ministry of Education, Head of Youth Division, Republic of Finland; H.E. Mr. O. Nemcok, State Secretary of the Ministry of Education, Slovak Republic; H.E. the Honourable Mr. S.M.K. Soonarane, Minister of Youth and Sports, Republic of Mauritius: H.E. Dr. Jacques Bihozagara, Minister of Youth, Sports, Culture and Education, he Rwandese Republic; H.E. the Honourable Zhivargo Laing, M.P., Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Commonwealth of the Bahamas; H.E. Mr. Hasan Jashari, Deputy Minister of Education and Sports, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; H.E. Dr. Essop Pahad, Deputy Minister for the Office of the Deputy-President, Republic of South Africa; Ms. Lilian Halls French, Technical Advisor, Ministry of Youth and Sports, French Republic; H.E. Mr. A.S.M. Shahjahan, Secretary, Ministry of Youth and Sports, People's Republic of Bangladesh; H.E.

Mr. Lee Dong-ik, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of the Republic of Korea to the Portuguese Republic; H.E. Mr. S.V. Grushchak, Vice-Minister of Labour, Russian Federation; H.E. Ms. María Dobles, Vice-Minister for Culture, Youth and Sports, Republic of Costa Rica; H.E. Dr. Bounpone Bouttanavong, Secretary-General of the Central Committee, Lao People's Revolutionary Youth Union, Lao People's Democratic Republic; H.E. Mr. Jorge Asis, Ambassador, Argentine Republic; H.E. Dr. Abdul-Jabbar Towfik Mohammed, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Republic of Iraq, H.E. Mr. Colin Walters, First Assistant Secretary, International Section, Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs, Australia; H.E. Mr. Luis I. Sanchez Gomez, Director-General of the Ministry of Public Education, United Mexican States; and H.E. Mr. Jakob Wendell, Head of Division, Ministry of Education, Kingdom of Denmark.

Seventh meeting

General exchange of views on the implementation of the World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and Beyond [9]

The Conference continued its consideration of agenda item 9.

Statements were made by H.E. Mr. Akhtar Ali G. Qazi, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to the Portuguese Republic; Ms. Jane Ferguson, Chief, Adolescent Health and Development, Family and Reproductive Health, World Health Organization; H.E. Ambassador A. Haggag, Assistant Secretary-General, Organizlation of African Unity (intergovernmental organization); H.E. Mrs. Lillian Patel, Minister for Women, Youth and Community Services, Republic of Malawi; H.E. Mr. Miguel Fontes, Secretary of State for Youth, Portuguese Republic; H.E. Mr. Philippe Allard, Cabinet of the Ministry of Culture and Youth, Kingdom of Belgium; H.E. Mr. Odd Anders With, State Secretary, Ministry of Children and Family Affairs, Kingdom of Norway; H.E. Ms. Vilija Blinkeviciute, Vice-Minister of Social Security and Labour, Republic of Lithuania; H.E. Mr. Yitzhak Levy, Minister of Education, State of Israel; H.E. Mr. Andreas S. Taliadoros, Chairman of the Cyprus Youth Board, Republic of Cyprus: H.E. Mr. Homammad J. Samhan, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, United Arab Emirates; H.E. Mr. Shinichi Kuyama, Associate Director-General, Youth Affairs Administration, Management and Coordination Agency, Japan; H.E. Mohammed K. Ndanusa, Chargé d'Affaires, Nigerian Embassy in Portugal, Federal Republic of Nigeria; H.E. Ms. Susana Seto Miyamoto, Vice-Minister for Education, Republic of Peru; H.E. Ms. Isabel Caro Wilson, Ambassador to the Kingdom of Spain of the Republic of the Philippines; H.E. Mr. Peter Wootsch, Secretary of State, Office of the Prime Minister, Republic of Hungary; H.E. Mr. Prasit Damrongchai, Permanent Secretary to the Prime Minister, Kingdom of Thailand; H.E. Mr. Diego Arzú García-Granados, President of the National Council of Youth, Republic of Guatemala; H.E. Mr. Everton Hannam, First Secretary, Embassy of Jamaica to the Republic of Cuba; H.E. D. Maria Do Rosario Barros, Director-General of the Cabinet for the Promotion of Women, Family and Youth, Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe; H.E. Mr. Necati Utkan, Deputy Under-Secretary and Spokesman for the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Turkey; Mr. William Andrianasolo, United Nations Volunteers, United Nations Development Programme; H.E. Mr. Barchovski, President of the Committee for Youth, Physical Education and Sport, Republic of Bulgaria; Mr. Gek-Boo Ng, Chief, Employment and Labour Market Policies Branch, Employment and Training Department, International Labour Office; Mr. Selman Erguden, Youth Focal Point, United Nations Centre for Human Settlements; H.E. Mr. Tesfay Sodano, Vice-Minister, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs Responsible for Youth, Ethiopia; The Honourable Mrs. Thenjiwe Lesabe, Minister of National Affairs Employment Creation and Cooperatives, Republic of Zimbabwe; H.E. Mr. H.T. Hishongwa, Deputy Minister for Youth and Sport, Republic of Namibia; The Honourable Monty Roberts, Minister of Housing, Youth, Sports and Community Services, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; H.E. Mr. Sam Kip Cheah, Ambassador to Spain, Malaysia; H.E. Mrs. Maneo Rosemary Ntsonyana, Director of Youth, Lesotho; H.E. Mr. J.K. Marirmoi, Assistant Minister, Ministry of Home Affairs, National Heritage, Culture and Social Services, Republic of Kenya; Ms. Elena M. Suarez, Inter American Development Bank; Mr. Peter Lauritzen, Executive Director, Council of Europe (intergovernmental organization); Ms. Kristine Sorensen, World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (non-governmental organization); Ms. Anna Bartome, Informal NGO Caucus on Youth and Health (non-governmental organization); Mr. Freddy Knutsen, World Council of Churches (non-governmental organization), and Ms. Charmaine Graves, NGO Coalition for Youth and Family (non-governmental organization).

MAIN COMMITTEE

Second meeting

Designation of a Rapporteur

Mr. Percival Mofokeng (South Africa) was designated Rapporteur of the Committee.

Consideration of the draft declaration [11]

The Chairperson made a statement.

The Secretary of the Committee read out revisions to the draft declaration which had been agreed to during informal consultations.

Statements were made by the representatives of France, Greece, the United States of America, Australia, Belgium, Turkey, Uganda, Germany, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Morocco.

The ex-officio Vice-President of the Conference and the Director of the Division for Social Policy and Development responded to points raised.

The Committee then approved the revisions to its draft declaration.

General discussion

Statements were made by the following observers for non-governmental organizations: World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts and World Council of Churches.

WORKING GROUP III

Fifth meeting

General exchange of views on the implementation of the World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and beyond: Social development and major priority issues for action: education, employment, health, drug abuse and others [9(c)]

H.E. Mr. Juli Minoves-Triquell (Andorra), Chairperson of Working Group III, opened the meeting.

The representatives of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the International Labour Organization and the United Nations Children´s Fund made introductory statements.

Statements were made by the representatives of Brazil, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Syrian Arab Republic, Trinidad and Tobago, Jordan, Latvia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Canada, India, Egypt, Namibia, the Philippines, the Holy See, Ghana, the Bahamas and Fiji.

Statements were also made by the observers for the Center for International Studies, the World Organisation of Former Pupils of Catholic Education,the International Movement of Catholic Students, Brahma Kumaris, the International Catholic Organization, the Catholic International Education Office, the Portuguese Scout Association and the American Mothers of America, non-governmental organizations accredited to the Conference.

The Associate Social Affairs Officer from the Youth Unit, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, made a statement.

The Chairperson made a statement.

Sixth meeting

General exchange of views on the implementation of the World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and Beyond: Social development and major priority issues for action: education, employment, health, drug abuse and others [9 (c)]

The Working Group continued its consideration of the item.

H.E. Mr. Juli Minoves-Triquell (Andorra), Chairperson of Working Group III, opened the meeting.

Statements were made by the representatives of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Canada, Namibia, the United Kingdom, Cameroon, Switzerland, Andorra, the United States, Brazil, France, Barbados, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Malawi, the Bahamas, Egypt and the Gambia.

Statements were also made by the representatives of the International Labour Organization and the World Health Organization.

A statement was made by the representative of the United Nations Population Fund.

The representative of the Economic Commission for Africa made a statement.

Statements were also made by the observers for Assembly of First Nations/Canada, World Organisation of Former Pupils of Catholic Education, Kim Il Sung Socialist Youth League, International Medical Students´ Association, World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, Coalition for the Youth and Family, World Organisation Ovulation Method Billings, United Families International, World Governments´Christian Association, NGO Family Voice/World Movement of Mothers and National Youth Development Council/Youth Friendly Services.

The Associate Social Affairs Officer from the Youth Unit, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, made a statement.

The Chairman made concluding remarks.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Press conferences

The following press conference will be held today, Wednsday, 12 August:

12.00 p.m.

"Non-governmental organizations in consultative status: a stepping stone to partnership with the United Nations", given by Ms. Hanifa Mezoui, Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat

1.00 p.m. (approximately)

Closing press conference with the President of the Conference, Mr. José Sócrates, to be held immediately following the closure of the Conference.