The Deputy Minister for Youth and Sports, Perry Okudzeto is leading Ghana’s delegation to the 2019 United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
The Forum will serve as a unique space for young people to share their vision and elaborate their substantive contributions to United Nations upcoming meetings, including the 2019 ECOSOC Substantive Session, the 2019 high-level political forum on sustainable development (HLPF) and the high-level events taking place on the margins of the opening of the General Assembly, including the Climate Summit, the High-level Meeting on Financing for Development and the SDG Summit.
The theme for the 2019 ECOSOC Youth Forum is ”Empowered, Included and Equal”.
The Forum which commenced yesterday Monday April 8 2019 is expected to close today, Tuesday April 9 2019.
The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations, responsible for coordinating the economic and social fields of the organisation, specifically in regards to the 15 specialised agencies, the eight functional commissions and the five regional commissions under its jurisdiction.
The Council serves as the central forum for discussing international economic and social issues and formulating policy recommendations addressed to member states and the United Nations system. A number of non-governmental organisations have been granted consultative status to the Council to participate in the work of the United Nations.
It holds one four-week session each year in July, and since 1998, it has also held an annual meeting in April with finance ministers heading key committees of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Source: BestNewsGH.com
