{"id":449155,"date":"2011-06-28T08:42:33","date_gmt":"2011-06-28T08:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/28\/africa-united-nations-envoy-calls-for-mobilization-of-youth-for-development\/"},"modified":"2011-06-28T08:42:33","modified_gmt":"2011-06-28T08:42:33","slug":"africa-united-nations-envoy-calls-for-mobilization-of-youth-for-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/28\/africa-united-nations-envoy-calls-for-mobilization-of-youth-for-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa: United Nations Envoy Calls for Mobilization of Youth for Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"37.903108373\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/apps\/news\/region.asp?Region=AFRICA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/unnews180.jpg\" alt=\"UN News Service (New\u00a0York)\" title=\"Visit UN News Service (New\u00a0York)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>27 June 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>A top-ranking United Nations official in Africa has called for a mobilization of the continent&#8217;s youth for sustainable development, suggesting that the recent turmoil in North Africa may be linked to high rates of unemployment among youth, their desire for freedom, and their demands for change.<\/p>\n<p>Abdoulie Janneh, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), told the opening session of the Conference of Foreign Ministers of the African Union that: &#8220;As they have the greatest stake in the future sustainability of our planet, Africa&#8217;s youth should be mobilized to get out the message of sustainable development.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Citing high youth unemployment in Africa, he proposed a &#8220;strategy that combines public works programmes and enhanced investment in infrastructure and production to tap into the nexus between job creation, sustainable development and social stability.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia and changes elsewhere in North Africa [might be] evidence of the desire to upscale and improve governance,&#8221; he told the conference, held in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While youth unemployment was a factor, the desire for greater freedom, demands for greater accountability and distaste with the scale of corruption also played a significant role in the demand for change,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>His remarks echoed a statement he gave on Saturday to the African Union executive council, in which he said: &#8220;I see the revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia and changes elsewhere in North Africa as evidence of the desire to upscale and improve governance. While youth unemployment was a factor, the desire for greater freedom, demands for greater accountability and distaste with the scale of corruption also played a significant role in the demand for change.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read the article:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201106280219.html\" title=\"Africa: United Nations Envoy Calls for Mobilization of Youth for Development\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Africa: United Nations Envoy Calls for Mobilization of Youth for Development<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 27 June 2011 A top-ranking United Nations official in Africa has called for a mobilization of the continent&#8217;s youth for sustainable development, suggesting that the recent turmoil in North Africa may be linked to high rates of unemployment among youth, their desire for freedom, and their demands for change. Abdoulie Janneh, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), told the opening session of the Conference of Foreign Ministers of the African Union that: &#8220;As they have the greatest stake in the future sustainability of our planet, Africa&#8217;s youth should be mobilized to get out the message of sustainable development.&#8221; Citing high youth unemployment in Africa, he proposed a &#8220;strategy that combines public works programmes and enhanced investment in infrastructure and production to tap into the nexus between job creation, sustainable development and social stability.&#8221; &#8220;The revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia and changes elsewhere in North Africa [might be] evidence of the desire to upscale and improve governance,&#8221; he told the conference, held in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":449157,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-449155","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Africa: United Nations Envoy Calls for Mobilization of Youth for Development - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/28\/africa-united-nations-envoy-calls-for-mobilization-of-youth-for-development\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Africa: United Nations Envoy Calls for Mobilization of Youth for Development - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"27 June 2011 A top-ranking United Nations official in Africa has called for a mobilization of the continent&#039;s youth for sustainable development, suggesting that the recent turmoil in North Africa may be linked to high rates of unemployment among youth, their desire for freedom, and their demands for change. 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