{"id":62968,"date":"2019-04-06T12:09:43","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T16:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/?p=62968"},"modified":"2019-04-11T19:44:22","modified_gmt":"2019-04-11T23:44:22","slug":"un-youth-forum-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/2019\/04\/un-youth-forum-2019","title":{"rendered":"UN Youth Forum: Largest gathering of young people at the United Nations"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>On 8 and 9 April, nearly 1,000 youth advocates from around the world are expected to meet with government ministers and officials at the United Nations this month to advance the role of young people in implementing of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).<\/p>\n

The Youth Forum<\/strong>, hosted by the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and co-organized by the UN Secretary-General\u2019s Envoy on Youth, is the largest gathering of young people at the organization. This year\u2019s Forum, the first since the launch of UN Youth Strategy by Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres in September 2018, aims to focus on ways to empower, include and ensure equal opportunities for young people. The Strategy seeks to strengthen the efforts of the UN System and stakeholders to place young people at the front and centre of the global development agenda.<\/p>\n

Main Speakers at the Forum include:<\/p>\n