1998: An Important Year for Youth

United Nations ESCAP
HRD Section

Two regional meetings for youth concluded

Inputs for global events finalized

1998 is an important year for youth at the United Nations. Both at the regional and global levels, major gatherings of both governments and NGOs are being held. Two regional events organized by ESCAP will serve as inputs for the World Conference of Ministers of Youth and the World Youth Forum to be held later this summer.

The first event in the series was the Asia-Pacific Meeting of Youth Organizations in Preparation for the Third Session of the World Youth Forum. It was being jointly organized by ESCAP and UNESCO in cooperation with the Regional Collective Consultation of Youth Organizations for Asia and the Pacific (RCCAP). It was held in Bangkok from 27 to 29 May 1998. The meeting formulated an regional input for the third session of the World Youth Forum to be held in Lisbon in August. You can download the report, which includes recommendations and a list of proposals for action, as well as the list of participants of the meeting here.

ESCAP also convened the Second Asia-Pacific Intergovernmental Meeting on HRD for Youth in Bangkok from 1 to 5 June 1998. This meeting was the only regional intergovernmental meeting to prepare for the World Conference of Ministers of Youth, to be held in Lisbon in August 1998. The main achievement of that meeting was the formulation of the Asia-Pacific Position to the Lisbon World Conference of Ministers of Youth. The report of that Meeting, and proposals for action adopted by the Meeting are also available, as well as a list of participants.

The special theme chosen for the meeting was sexual abuse and commercial sexual exploitaton of children and youth. HE Mr Anand Panyarachun, former Prime Minister to Thailand, and UNICEF Ambassador to Thailand delivered a keynote address on this important problem. Also at the opening day, a panel discussion was held on the prevention of commercial sexual exploitation.

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Asia-Pacific Meeting of Youth Organizations in Preparation for the Third Session of the World Youth Forum, 27-29 May 1998
Report of the Meeting (TEXT-ONLY VERSION)
List of Participants (TEXT-ONLY VERSION)

Second Asia-Pacific Intergovernmental Meeting on HRD
for Youth, 1-5 June 1998
Keynote Speech | Panel Discussion
Report of the Meeting (TEXT-ONLY VERSION)
List of Participants (TEXT-ONLY VERSION)
Asia-Pacific Position (TEXT-ONLY VERSION)
Proposals for Action (TEXT-ONLY VERSION)
Proposal No 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8