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Outcome Documents:
The outcomes from these two panel discussions directly contributed to the Youth Caucus statement to the WSSD and to the statement presented by Mr. Bremley Lyngdoh later at the Youth Employment Summit in Alexandria, Egypt. The Youth Caucus also had inputs to the political declaration of WSSD and to the Alexandria Declaration. Both documents attached below.
(1) YOUTH CAUCUS INPUT TO POLITICAL DECLARATION:
As recommended by the Delegates of Johannesburg
The Youth Caucus represents the future. We are leading the way now in making sustainable development a reality. We, the delegates of Johannesburg +10, have a concrete vision for the sustainability of the planet, and the future of humanity. We are exasperated at the inability of today’s governments to address the problems that face us. We call on the Heads of States to take inspiration from our vision and lead the world toward a sustainable future. To this end, we call for the inclusion of the following key priorities as vital components for the further implementation of sustainable development.
Poverty Eradication
· Extreme poverty, a product of historical injustice, is one of the biggest problems affecting sustainable development in the developing countries.
· The basic human right to an adequate standard of life, including provisions for food security, must be ensured.
· Employment and sustainable livelihoods, especially for youth, must be created, and over-consumption patterns must be reduced.
· The Millennium Declaration goals for poverty eradication must be achieved.
· The Youth Employment Summit goal to launch a decade campaign of action must be met, so that an additional 500 million young adults can have a productive and sustainable livelihood.
· The ecological debt of the developed countries must be redressed.
· With the aim of establishing global equality, the national debts of developing countries must be cancelled.
Education
· Action must be taken to ensure equal access to education for all.
· Sustainable development education, including health, environment, and consumption patterns, must be integrated into curricula at all levels, especially higher education.
· Education must be restructured as a fundamental agent for change and capacity building in society.
· Financing for education should be a policy tool for correcting the regional imbalances of the past.
· Local and cultural diversities, and indigenous peoples’ educational practices, must be taken into account when addressing sustainability issues.
Human Security
· People displaced by conflicts, such as refugees, must have the right to protection and life free from fear.
· Peace and sustainable development are inherently linked; one necessitates the other.
· Access to safe drinking water, clean air, and a healthy environment must be guaranteed.
· Consistency must be ensured when responding to issues of human security.
· The UN Security Council must be restructured to ensure democracy – weaker countries must not be excluded.
· Sustainable development must be adopted into the priorities of the UN Security Council.
· Access to basic healthcare for all must be achieved, with a specific focus on combating communicable diseases.
Environment
· Biological and cultural diversity must be preserved and protected.
· The ecological footprint of humanity must be reduced to the carrying capacity of the earth.
· Environmental justice must be assured to all people and at all levels.
Participation
· Equality of participation must be fundamental in all governance processes.
· Full recognition and a voice must be given to marginalised groups such as youth, women, Indigenous Peoples, the poor, unemployed, and disabled people.
· Access to justice, information, and tools of information dissemination held by public and private authorities must be provided to all people.
Governance
· Political systems must be rebuilt for the purposes of sustainable development.
· The UN body must become an exemplary model of sustainable development practices.
· All people, particularly women, young people, and indigenous peoples, must be ensured the
rights to self-determination, land territories, and resources.
· Multilateral Environmental Agreements must take precedence over the WTO, and the profit of big business.
· The international community, working with the WTO, must institutionalise economic recovery mechanisms to redress past imbalances, with specific reference to countries of the south.
Trade
· Equality – an even playing field between developing and developed countries – must be ensured in all trade endeavours.
· Financial systems must be restructured in order to prevent the damaging economic effect of
short term speculation.
· Global markets must be fundamentally changed in order to redress the imbalances between the North and the South.
Corporate Accountability
· There must be a UN binding convention agreement on corporate accountability.
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