2024 ECOSOC Youth Forum draws record participation

Photo credit: UN DESA / Helen Daun Rosengren. Participants of the ECOSOC Youth Forum gathers for a group photo at the closing of the Forum on 18 April 2024.

6 May 2024 - In mid-April, the UN halls were host to a space where there was a clear convergence of aspirations and concerns between young people and Member States, each contributing their own expertise to advancing the 2030 Agenda. 

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Women raising hand in crowd.

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Join us for this year’s UN ECOSOC Youth Forum!

Young people attending an event at UN Headquarters in New York

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The July 2019 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development: An Opportunity to Right-track Our Multilateral Engagement

Scene from 2019 Economic and Social Council Youth Forum. The theme of this year's Forum is “Youth: Empowered, included and equal”. April 2019, New York. 

More people are living better now than they were just 10 years ago. Four years after the adoption of the 2030 Agenda, we know that many Governments are putting the SDGs at the centre of their development plans and are aligning their policies and institutions behind the Goals.