UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Saturday that the youth play a leading role in the quest to attain a sustainable world and urged nations to take into consideration their basic role in decision-making processes.
The UN chief made the statement marking the occasion, celebrated under the motto, “Green Skills for Youth: Towards a Sustainable World.
Shifting to an environmentally sustainable world has become an issue of profound significance; not only for responding to the international climatic crisis but also for attaining goals of sustainable development, he said.
Such transfer warrants boosting “green skills” among citizens particularly the youth, Guterres said, alluding in particular to the need to enhance their knowledge, capacities, values and required stands to live in a sustainable and effective community.
Theme of the latest edition of the global youth day, he said, underscores necessity to enable the young people acquire skills and apply them in the growing green economy.
The humankind depends on the youth energy everywhere, in addition to their thoughts and unlimited contributions, he affirmed.
Source: Kuwait News Agency