UN High-level Meeting on Youth, 25-26 July 2011

As part of the International Year of Youth, the General Assembly will hold a high-level meeting on youth with the theme “Youth: Dialogue and Mutual Understanding”. The meeting takes place on 25 and 26 July, 2011 in the General Assembly Hall of the United Nations headquarters in New York.

The opening plenary meeting will feature statements by the President of the General Assembly, the Secretary-General, an eminent person actively engaged in youth issues, and a youth representative of non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council.

The High-level Meeting will comprise two thematic panel discussionschaired by Member States at the invitation of the President of the General Assembly and will address the following themes:

1. Strengthening international cooperation regarding youth and enhancing dialogue, mutual understanding and active youth participation as indispensable elements towards achieving social integration, full employment and the eradication of poverty

2. Challenges to youth development and opportunities for poverty eradication, employment and sustainable development.

The thematic panel discussions will provide an opportunity to have in-depth discussions on the themes identified in resolution 65/267 and will also make reference to the content of the draft declaration to be adopted by the General Assembly on 26 July. To promote interactive, free-flowing discussions, participants will be invited to make very brief remarks, not to exceed three minutes, to raise questions and to respond to other speakers.

The plenary meetings and the two thematic panels will be transmitted via live webcast. Please visit the UN webcast the day of the event at:http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/webcast/index.html

A calendar of various side events related to the High-level Meeting from 21 to 27 July is now posted online at:

Arrangements for Participation of NGOs in Consultative Status with ECOSOC and New Accredited NGOs registered to attend the High Level Meeting on Youth.

For more information about this event, please visit:http://social.un.org/youthyear/high-level-meeting.html