Fórum mládeže 31. Generální konference UNESCO,
Paříž 12.-14.10.2001
(cestovní zpráva)
Již podruhé se v souvislosti s Generální konferencí UNESCO uskutečnilo také Fórum mládeže, jehož úkolem bylo přinést jiný, “mladý” pohled na projednávaná témata konference. Zatímco v roce 1999 na něm Česká republika neměla žádné zastoupení, letos se ho zúčastnily 3 osoby: dvě mladé zaměstnankyně MZV (Martina Václavíková a Pavla Procházková) a zástupce České rady dětí a mládeže Pavel Trantina, jehož vyslalo MŠMT.
131 účastníků z 83 členských zemí UNESCO se v průběhu 4 pracovních dnů zabývalo dvěma velkými tématy - odstraňováním chudoby a informačními technologiemi. Mezi těmito dvěma zdánlivě extrémně rozdílnými tématy nalezli účastníci během 4 diskusních půldnů mnoho společného.
Jednání mj. pozdravili Koichiro Matsuura, generální ředitel UNESCO, Jean-Michel Jarre, známý hudebník a “ambasador dobré vůle” UNESCO a Mendieta de Badaroux, předsedkyně výkonného výboru UNESCO.
Velké části jednání byla přítomna odstupující předsedkyně minulé generální konference UNESCO a předsedkyně jeho České komise, senátorka Jaroslava Moserová.
Výstupy z jednání průběžně zpracovávala zvolená úzká redakční skupina pod vedením zkušeného nizozemského delegáta Jetze Van der Hama, v níž kromě zástupců Austrálie, Beninu, Řecka, Islandu, Kirgizstánu, Ugandy, Velké Británie, Senegalu, Švédska a Mezinárodního svazu socialistické mládeže zasedal za Českou republiku Pavel Trantina.
Patnáctistránkovou zprávu z fóra pak představila předsedkyně fóra, Fama Amadou Diao (Senegal), 15.10. odpoledne plénu 31. Generální konference UNESCO.
Dle mnoha pozorovatelů mělo setkání výrazně lepší průběh a výstupy, než předchozí. Fórum mládeže přesto navrhlo mnohá zlepšení pro příští zasedání v roce 2003. Členové redakční skupiny závěrečné zprávy spolu zůstávají v kontaktu prostřednictvím speciálního maillistu, zpracovávají "Youth friendly" verzi zprávy a informují se navzájem o tom, jak přenést závěry fóra do projednávání v jejich zemích. Bude samozřejmě přeložena i do češtiny a zpřístupněna prostřednictvím ČRDM českému čtenáři.
Zpracoval:	Pavel Trantina, ČRDM, 3.11.2001
Přílohy:
1)	Závěrečná zpráva – anglicky
2)	Projev předsedkyně Fóra mládeže na plénu 31.Generální konference UNESCO – francouzsky

Final Report of the proceedings of
The UNESCO Youth Forum of the 31st General Conference
held in Paris, France on 12-14 October 2001
PREAMBLE
The UNESCO Youth Forum, organised by UNESCO from 12 to 14 October embraced 131 participants from 83 UNESCO Member States and International Youth Organisations. This Forum held two plenary sessions and four discussion group sessions. The Director General of UNESCO, Mr. Koïchiro Matsuura, opened the Youth Forum with an encouraging speech, in which he expressed his high expectations on the outcomes of the Youth Forum and UNESCO’s commitment to take the proposals from the Youth Forum into account towards the deliberations of the General Conference and its work with youth in general. Consequent to the speech of the Director General, musician Mr. Jean Michel Jarre shared his motivations of being a Goodwill Ambassador to UNESCO with the participants. Then, the Youth Forum proceeded to the election of Chairperson and Rapporteur. Mrs. Fama Amadou Diao (Senegal) and Mr. Jetze van der Ham (Netherlands) were respectively elected President and Rapporteur of the Youth Forum. The President of the General Conference, Mrs. Moserova, acted as co-chair.
The first discussion group session converged around the crosscutting theme Poverty Eradication, and had as sub-theme “The need for a broad poverty paradigm”. One delegate from Nigeria and another from Senegal, as well as two representatives from the Social and Human Sciences Sector of UNESCO, made brief introductions to the theme and prompted many reactions. Following these presentations, we split up in three brainstorming groups identified by the red, blue and yellow colours in order to allow the honourable delegates to experience a better environment for generating ideas. At its turn, each group identified two persons responsible for taking notes as well as integrating the Drafting Committee. The designated Drafting Committee was composed of delegates from Australia, Benin, the Czech Republic, Greece, Iceland, Kyrgyzstan, the Netherlands, Uganda, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Senegal, Sweden, and the International Union of Socialist Youth.
The second session dealt with the theme “Globalisation: challenges, opportunities and negative effects”. Two delegates of Nigeria and Latvia and two representatives of UNESCO from the Sectors of Education and Natural Sciences made also motivating presentations of the theme, before the departure of all delegates into the brainstorming groups.
The item of Information and Communication Technologies, which constituted the third session, followed in the afternoon. “Youth and e-governance”, the first sub-theme under examination was developed by delegates from Japan and Norway. The representative from the Communication and Information Sector presented his views on the theme that were further examined in the brainstorming groups.
The fourth session developed the ICT theme further, with a discussion on the promotion of the wider diffusion of information and knowledge about the realities of different cultures. The session was co-chaired by the president of the Executive Board, Mrs Mendieta de Badaroux, who also contributed to the session by giving a speech on the use of the Internet. After a presentation of the Culture Sector, about the different programmes UNESCO is pursuing in this field, the delegates of Iceland and Nigeria gave inspirational speeches on their views of the topic at hand.
At the closing plenary session of the Youth Forum, the draft Final Report was debated and adopted. Finally, it was resolved to include a declaration on “Terrorism and War” as an addendum within the Final Report. The plenary session was closed with feelings of achievement and optimism about the possibilities created by the recommendations.
The Youth Forum of the 31st session of the General Conference of UNESCO congratulates the Organisation, in particular the Youth Coordination Unit, for having testified, once more, its interest for young people in convening this second encounter and for its good development. We appreciate the opportunity that was offered for us to be together. We are conscious of the stakes of the Forum, in what relates to its potential contribution to the 31st session of the General Conference, evoked by the Director General of UNESCO in his opening speech. We underlie the need to improve it further, particularly by adapting the resources available for the Youth Forum to the expected outcome by starting the preparation of delegates sufficiently ahead of time and by allocating sufficient time and sufficient resources.

Eradication of Poverty
Definition
The UNESCO Youth Forum of the 31st General Conference;
Recognises that poverty is a global problem, we agree to pay special attention to extreme poverty, which primarily exists in LDC’s;
Youth of the world propose a new vision of globalisation, putting people before material values;
Aims at the eradication of poverty while recognising that the alleviation of poverty is more achievable in the short and medium term;
Stresses that since we as young people are the future, urgent and sustained action to eradicate or alleviate poverty among young people will further the development of the whole of human kind.
Causes of Poverty
The UNESCO Youth Forum of the 31st General Conference;
Agreeing that poverty is a denial of basic Human Rights, including basic necessities for survival such as food and shelter;
Recognising that poverty among young people has multiple causes, of which the Youth Forum would like to highlight:
-	structural inequalities in the present world system of trade and distribution of financial resources;
-	insufficient levels democracy or proper access to decision making structures that young people, because of age discrimination, are disadvantaged by;
-	lack of health or access to adequate health care and health education, that due to for instance the prevalence of HIV/AIDS is particularly serious for young people, and a good public health care system being fundamental for the possibilities of a country to combat poverty;
-	lack of access to resources such as credits, land or titles to land;
-	corruption originating in the developed as well as in the developing world, as it diverts funds meant for poverty eradication;
-	discrimination of young women and girls;
-	foreign debts, that are incurred by older generations and burden young generations;
-	lack of peace and political stability, including foreign occupation;
Stressing that young people of today show an unprecedented interest in the global issues that need to be addressed in order to eradicate poverty, actively participating in the new social movements and contributing to the formation of a global civil society;
Encourages UNESCO to facilitate the discussion and the search for alternative models for development and poverty eradication, which young people are engaged in.
The minds of human beings
The UNESCO Youth Forum of the 31st General Conference;
Acknowledging that the empowerment of people, especially young people, living in developing countries is fundamental to the eradication of poverty;
Noting the indifference of a lot of people in developed countries towards poverty, which results from a lack of knowledge, as a problem in the eradication of poverty;
Noting that feelings of shame connected to poverty, as well as stigmatisation of poor people are obstacles in the struggle to eradicate poverty;
Acknowledging the importance of combating the discrimination of marginalised groups, including indigenous people, immigrants and ethnic minorities;
Encourages politicians, who play a crucial role in the fight against poverty and who have the financial power to improve the knowledge and the perception of poverty of the public;
Calls for actions to stimulate community ethics that encourages people to work for the common good.
Awareness
The UNESCO Youth Forum of the 31st General Conference;
Recognising the need for awareness raising particularly among young people in both developing and developed countries on the causes, implications, and consequences of poverty;
Further recognising the need to spread information, in order to raise awareness, about poverty and especially about the exclusion that results from poverty;
Acknowledging that global poverty concern of all, not only because of its moral implications, but also because international crime, terrorism and human trafficking are direct results of poverty and exclusion;
Calls for the implementation of awareness raising programmes on poverty in education, particularly in Higher Education curricula.
Information
The UNESCO Youth Forum of the 31st General Conference;
Recognising insufficient access to knowledge for young people about our political and economical context as one of the main reasons for poverty;
Identifying the information gap between producers and consumer markets as a cause of poverty;
Acknowledging exchanging knowledge between young people from developed and developing countries as one of the most effective ways to create understanding and insight into the world’s economical situation, young people should be enabled to critically judge the information they receive;
Urges the agencies of the United Nations System to improve their information to young people, in order to enable us to participate efficiently in the design, implementation and evaluation of UN policies and programmes;
Stresses the need for enhanced co-ordination of the youth related programmes of governments, aid agencies and NGOs;
Calls for data collection, particularly on the situation of young people living in poverty in developing countries, as this is crucial to the design of efficient poverty eradication programmes for youth.
Education
The UNESCO Youth Forum of the 31st General Conference;
Recognising the need for Education For All, especially for victims of discrimination, such as young women and youth with disabilities;
Acknowledging co-operation between both secondary schools and universities, from different regions of the world as highly effective in the spreading of information, knowledge and ideas, as well as stimulating efforts to eradicate poverty. The problem of ‘brain drain’ should be addressed by increasing the quality of education and the possibilities for advancement in developing countries;
Acknowledging the importance of peer education: young people training young people are an underestimated resource;
Identifying radio and recorded information as a successful bridge across illiteracy barriers and provide education for all;
Encourages students to participate in community projects;
Calls for education to aim at helping young people to create employment and generate income; particularly by adopting education to local employment opportunities and resources;
Calls for support for the young people who have missed the opportunity to be educated such as street children;
Calls for an improvement of access to education in order in order for young people to gain the knowledge and skills necessary to fully participate in society;
Particularly stresses the need to focus on reducing the gender inequalities in education, including access to technological development;
Calls for efficient policies to end the depravation of education and exploitation of children through child labour, notably by offering their families other sources of income;
Calls for an increase in the value placed on teachers, by providing them with comprehensive training, as they are assisting young people in shaping their futures;
Calls for a particular focus to be placed on projects where young people train other young people to train, whether in formal or non-formal types of education;
Calls for a better recognition of non-formal education, through closer co-operation between formal institutions for education and regional or national branches of youth NGO’s;
Further calls for UNESCO National Commissions to make it a priority to educate key decision makers and institutions about the aims and necessity of the Education for All programme;
Stresses that the economic resources necessary to ensure Education for All are already available, the political will to turn this essential objective into reality;
Demands for free Education For All; basic education is a basic Human Right.
Strategies for Development
The UNESCO Youth Forum of the 31st General Conference;
Recognising the need to spend a greater portion of the development aid on education;
Recognising that for any programme for the eradication of poverty to be effective, it needs to be compatible with sustainable development;
Supporting the idea that to a certain extent the solution for eradicating poverty lies within the poor countries. People confronted with poverty need to be stimulated to utilise their country’s resources;
Acknowledging the need to reform the way international trade is organised as a fundamental part of the efforts to eradicate poverty, because only a less unequal terms of trade would give developing countries an opportunity to expel poverty from our society;
Recognising the need to establish land tenure systems that favour the just utilisation of land;
Further recognising the need to monitor the process of poverty eradication, making sure that member states give young people the possibility participate in the monitoring of the use of funds and financial support;
Stresses that Long Term Development has to be the main priority, leading to developing countries become independent from foreign aid;
Celebrates local youth initiatives that have direct or indirect consequences in alleviating poverty;
Points out that is vital that any technology projects for developing countries are based on the needs of the local community, who must be involved in selecting the appropriate technology and allocation of resources;
Calls for the implementation of the UN objective of 0.7% GDP of developed countries to be spend on development aid;
Calls for alleviation of the burden brought on by debts and measures from international financing organisations aiming rural areas, in order to increase opportunities for rural youth, to re-negotiate foreign debt;
Calls for an appropriate infrastructure of education in the developing world;
Calls for a reduction of military expenses in all countries, making these funds available for world-wide education;
Calls for protection and the right of education to HIV positive youth and people who have disabilities or who are differently-abled;
Recognising the importance of access to health and health care for all.
Concrete projects
In order to achieve the goals that are mentioned above and to enable young people to participate fully in society and contribute to poverty eradication, the UNESCO Youth Forum proposes UNESCO to support for the following concrete projects:
-	Micro-finance projects that enable young people to start up their own businesses;
-	South-South co-operation: exchange of successful projects among the developing countries;
-	The provision of a channel for information about UNESCO specialised programmes for youth;
-	UNESCO should host a database of young trainers and experts who can work as volunteers for UNESCO,
-	UNESCO should share information about successful projects through an interactive web-site;
-	UNESCO should encourage United Nations and other international organisations to protect national and local cultures in their projects;
-	UNESCO should assist with the creation and the socio-cultural role of universities in developing countries;
-	development of a standard process for systematic contribution of ideas from youth delegates to country representatives to UNESCO;
-	Youth programme on the protection of the environment and the natural resources, especially water resources to involve and facilitate young people in preserving and improving the environment at local, national, regional and global levels;
-	UNESCO should cooperate with the IMF and the WB to support youth action by granting financial assistance.

Information and Communication Technologies
1.	Types of Technologies
The UNESCO Youth Forum of the 31st General Conference;
Recognising that there are different types of information and communication technologies. Using the appropriate technology is vital and ICT projects must not be limited to the Internet;
Stresses that traditional media, such as radio and television remain important instruments to spread information, and should not be underestimated. For example by using them to build literacy, especially amongst women and girls, we can use these to distribute information about important issues such as AIDS;
Calls for printed literature and the telephone to be complimented with ICT solutions. For example we could develop small printing presses to develop local newspapers, or providing telephone lines to villages so they can have equal services.
2.	Creating the Basic conditions
The UNESCO Youth Forum of the 31st General Conference;
Recognising that basic education remains the most important prerequisite for development;
Stresses that for the majority of the young people of today, computers are not as needed as books and teachers;
Recognising that access to electricity and hardware is essential for the development of ICTs;
Calls for UNESCO to encourage the development of alternative energy sources, as a key prerequisite for the development of ICTs;
Calls for UNESCO to ensure that in all of its projects, the development of ICTs does not exceed the ability of the local population to use or sustain it;
Calls for UNESCO to explore multi-sector projects which utilise ICTs as a component of a broader strategy.
Access to ICTs
The UNESCO Youth Forum of the 31st General Conference;
Identifies that access to information is important to be a full citizen.
Stresses that having access to the Internet must be made affordable so it is of use.
Calls for public spending on information infrastrucuture to provide free access, or at least low cost access.
Recognises that ICTs provide a resource for human development.
Recognises that this resource for human development is largely unexploited.
Recognises that ICTs can also be a resource for semi-literate people, for example interactive media.
Calls for fund raising to provide the funds for new technology in less developed countries, for example the development of Telecentres.
Calls for UNESCO to raise awareness of the potential to recycle computers.
Stresses the participation of young people in the development of new technologies. By involving them in the design of projects, young people will develop transferable and economically useful transferable skills to help on other projects. It will add youth expertise to the project which will ensure it is user friendly, as most users will be young people.
Stresses that the use of ICTs in schools is crucial for the e-literacy among young people.
Recognises the need for each school to implement the use of ICTs.
Recognises that that there has been progress, but that youth NGOs need to be supported more in their efforts to increase the use of relevant ICTs in the developing world.
Calls for partnerships to be set up between UNESCO and youth NGOs that are promoting the use of ICTs.
3.	Use of ICTs
The UNESCO Youth Forum of the 31st General Conference;
Stresses that computers cannot yet replace the learning provided by human teachers.
Acknowledges that a shortage of teachers may be addressed by ICTs, as long as they do not replace teachers in the long-term.
Calls for operating regular training courses of human rights for the teachers who teach new technologies, in formal and non-formal settings.
Calls for UNESCO to ensure ICTs are central to the Associated Schools Project.
Calls for new technologies to be used to strengthen the networks between schools in the north and south.
Calls for the development of programs encouraging young women’s participation in the ICT sector.
Identifies that using the Internet offers an even bigger range of opportunities for young people who are differently abled.
Recognises that developing skills in ICTs is crucial to future economic development and can be used to combat brain drain by opening up new opportunities, such as distance learning.
Calls for UNESCO to promote linkage between various existing media.
Calls for UNESCO to host a conference of student radio stations to build a global youth radio network.
Further calls for UNESCO to develop such a network through distribution of technology and education, such as in a kit format “radio in a box”.
Calls for UNESCO to affirm it’s commitment to popular cultures, through the exchange of different world music online, or in other formats.
Calls for UNESCO to create music and other media and technology festivals as a means of distributing culture and promoting cross-cultural communication, considering development of a “World Youth Communication Week”.
4.	Free information and communication
The UNESCO Youth Forum of the 31st General Conference;
Supports the promotion of the interactive aspects of Internet and the combating of censorship.
Calls for UNESCO to use all the tools at its disposal to encourage free movement of information and access to an Internet without censorship.
Acknowledges that it is not possible to have binding universal codes of conduct-ethics as far as ICTs are concerned, but that a dialogue about local and regional codes should be developed.
Stresses that education must include the development of media literacy and critical thinking and UNESCO should create a resource to develop these skills in young people.
5.	Increasing Youth Participation
The UNESCO Youth Forum of the 31st General Conference;
Identifing that ICTs can be used to generate new policy ideas, by facilitating discussion and communication between the government and youth.
Noting that governments aren’t listening enough to young people and that there is a lack of political will to involve them in decision making processes.
Calls for the new opportunities presented by ICTs to be fully exploited, so that there is an increase in young people’s awareness and involvement in decision making.
Calls for ICTs to be used to enhance transparency, including in government resource management.
Supporting the idea that Youth Reps from UNESCO must be able to use ICTs so that they can communicate with their constituencies and each other.
Calls for access to the Internet to be introduced at all the national UNESCO commission headquarters.
Calls for UNESCO National Commissions to open their doors and create resource centres that young people can have access to.
6.	Multiculturalism on the Internet
The UNESCO Youth Forum of the 31st General Conference;
Recognises that there is a major language barrier with the Internet as much of it is in English.
Recognises that the Internet could be a tool for better presentation of and communication within cultural and language groups.
Calls for more information to be provided in local languages on the Internet.
Calls for improved access to education of a variety of languages.
Calls for support for further development of interpretation software in order to enhance the ability to translate into a variety of languages.
7.	Internationalism
The UNESCO Youth Forum of the 31st General Conference;
Recognises that the Internet can be used as a direct tool to educate people in the aims of Internationalism.
Recognises that ICTs can bring together communities in friendship and global community. This can lead to a desire amongst youth to contribute and take action on important global issues.
Recognises that the Internet can serve as an open platform to share information about cultures across previously daunting geographic barriers.
Calls for UNESCO to set up a project to increase awareness of UNESCO and the ideals of a culture of peace and Education and Information for All.
8.	UNESCO as a Resource Centre
The UNESCO Youth Forum of the 31st General Conference;
Congratulates UNESCO on the videoconference that it organised during the World Youth Forum of the United Nations system in Dakar. It was a good example of how to use ICTs to enhance participation.
Calls for UNESCO to use ICTs, such as video-conferencing, in future events if they increase participation.
Identifies that ICTs offer new opportunities for UNESCO to support education.
Recognises that for UNESCO to promote Internationalism it should provide resources for teachers.
Calls for UNESCO to provide high quality interactive courses for teachers, for professional development and for their pupils, via the Internet, for example in Human Rights.
Identifies that because there are no transport or publication costs, UNESCO can begin to provide resources for individual students instead of just high level resources. that a central online resource to provide all available useful publications would be an excellent commitment to the freedom of ideas.
Recognises that a free online library would be an excellent present from UNESCO to the world at the start of the 21st century.
Calls on UNESCO to develop, in partnership with Universities in the Developed World, a central online resource to act as a free online library for all students in the developing world.
Identifies that ICTs offer UNESCO new opportunities to provide services to individuals as well as governments and institutions.
Identifies that because there are no transport or production costs, if the developmental costs are met centrally, even complex software programmes could be provided free to everyone in the world.
Recognises that software such as translation software, voice recognition software, learn a language software would all be ways in which UNESCO could offer useful free services to the world. These would increase international communication, and provide positive press and perception of UNESCO at a far cheaper rate than commercial advertising. This press would generate future funds for other UNESCO programmes.
Calls for UNESCO to establish a major project to develop free, complex software which is unlikely to be provided elsewhere on the Internet, particularly in regard to language programmes.
Identifies that there is a lot of junk information on the Internet that can make it difficult to contact other organisations and get the maximum benefit from the technological opportunities to increase international communication.
Identifies that the impact of Globalisation has moved more quickly in commerce than other areas. This difference is true for communications between non-business organisations worldwide.

Recognises that an updated central list of youth and educational bodies worldwide would be very useful. UNESCO, with its national commissions is well placed to do this.
Recognises that if a lot of people used UNESCO’s website services, there would be a better perception of the value of UNESCO and more traffic to the other areas of the UNESCO website.
Calls for UNESCO to provide useful services such as an international list of youth organisations active in the competence of UNESCO and educational bodies worldwide.
Identifies that a central resource of bulletin boards for specific areas of academic development would be a great resource. There would be thousands of professors worldwide who could take responsibility for writing the introductions and contributing to the discussions on a specific subject.
Acknowledges that lots of these lists already exist, but that they are increasingly unclear and therefore not easily accessible to students.
Calls for UNESCO to take advantage of it’s ideal position to provide the software and co-ordinate, via the national commissions, the subject volunteers. This would be a great resource for students, especially if they could post questions to the list.
Calls for UNESCO to empower and facilitate youth cultural exchange and dialogue among civilisations through the means of ICT

UNESCO Youth Forum
The UNESCO Youth Forum of the 31st General Conference;
Reminding that one of UNESCO's most important tasks is to function as a meeting place;
Acknowledging the importance of having a UNESCO Youth Forum, since the creation of ideas and concrete proposals by young people is strengthened by such platforms;
Recognising that face-to-face dialogue and discussion amongst young people is as important as technology and can not be replaced, it is critical that UNESCO continue and fully support with the necessary resources the UNESCO Youth Forum, as part of the General Conference.
Recognising it is critical that we, the young delegates, utilise ICT’s to facilitate follow-up to the Youth Forum.
Calls upon UNESCO to work with and help co-ordinate already existing youth-led structures and networks, particularly on the regional level, in order to improve young peoples possibility to influence international policy making;
Calls upon UNESCO National Commissions to improve and increase their co-operation with youth NGOs and organisations in our respective countries, particularly by promoting and facilitating the unification and co-ordination of youth efforts, for instance in youth-led national youth councils,
Calls upon UNESCO National Commissions to work particularly with youth NGOs and organisations that are active within the areas of competence of UNESCO and assist us in building networks for the sharing of information, experiences and best practices with similar youth NGOs in other countries,
Calls for a permanent youth controlled body composed of young people, set up by a Youth Forum and based at the UNESCO Headquarters, to follow-up this Youth Forum, and prepare and organise the next UNESCO Youth Forum, in co-operation with the Youth Co-ordination Unit of UNESCO.
Calls for member states to endeavour to bring youth representatives within their delegations to the General Conference. These youth representatives should participate in the Youth Forum, report to the UNESCO National Commissions and serve as contact person for the follow-up of the Youth Forum;
Calls for UNESCO National Commissions and Member States to assist in the fund-raising for youth delegates;
Calls on the United Nations to ensure greater coordination and support for all youth-led forums within the UN system and calls for UNESCO to take part in assisting the UN Youth Unit to this aim;
Calls on UNESCO to include the Youth Forum in its regular budget;
Calls on UNESCO to reestablish and reinforce coordination and cooperation between the UNESCO Youth Forum and the WYF in order to enable the participants to be informed about adopted policies.

Addendum
Youth Declaration on Terrorism and War at UNESCO’s 31st General Conference, Youth Forum
We, the youth delegates from (country list) various countries, representing different regions, cultures, social and economic backgrounds gathered at the first International Youth Forum since the negative events of September 2001, have decided to express our voice, visions, hopes and dreams to encourage world leaders to:
Follow our example and discuss common problems, challenges and disagreements through peaceful mechanisms such as the United Nations system, where each nation is assured their voice will be heard,
Consider that we understand that there is no justification to killing innocent people, and that North-South dialogue, mutual understanding of religions and cultures, respect of other and eradication of illiteracy are ways to prevent terrorism and war,
Demand that the current world order be revised by searching for practical ways to integrate the millions of people who lack access to resources, are not politically represented and are willing to participate in the social and economic development process,
We therefore, as young leaders, representing over 90 countries, wish to build a future based on education for all, a culture of peace, scientific cooperation, respect of cultural diversity and call for a permanent dialogue among cultures and civilisations.

Projev předsedkyně Fóra mládeže Famy Amadou Diao
na plénu 31.Generální konference UNESCO 15.10. 2001
Chers amis jeunes, messieurs, mesdames les Délégués gouvernementaux,
le Forum des Jeunes de la 31éme Conférence générale organisée par l’UNESCO est un succès. C’est dans une ambiance détendu que nous avons découvert différentes cultures, différents modes de penser, que nous avons travaillé et discuté des différents problèmes qui secouent le monde. Chaque délégués a partagé son expérience avec tout un chacun.
L'amitié, l'esprit d'équipe, la capacité de parler en public et de défendre ses idées ont été très présents pendant toute la durée du Forum. Celui-ci est capital pour nous dans la mesure où il nous a permis de montrer aux adultes que nous ne pensions pas toujours à faire la fête, mais que nous sommes responsables et que nous agissons, à notre façon, pour rendre le monde plus gai et plus approprié à nos ambitions qui sont très nombreuses. Nous sommes jeunes, certes, mais c'est nous qui avons les idées qui changeront le monde et c'est vous qui avez les capacités requises pour leurs réalisations.
L'unité de coordination jeunesse a fait on ne peut plus mieux afin que cette deuxième rencontre soit parfaite. Tout en rappelant que l'une des tâches fondamentales de l'UNESCO est de fonctionner comme un lieu de rencontre et de discussion, nous reconnaissons l'importance d'avoir un Forum de la jeunesse de l'UNESCO puisque la création d'idées et de propositions concrètes est renforcée par une telle plate-forme. Les deux thèmes transversaux devant être débattus pendant cette Conférence générale ont été traité avec tout le sérieux que cela nécessitait.
Le forum des jeunes vise l'élimination de la pauvreté tout en prenant en compte qu'une réduction de celle-ci est plus réaliste à court et à moyen terme. La pauvreté est une violation des droits humains comprenant les besoins de base nécessaires à la survie tels la nourriture, le droit à la santé et le logement. Nous avons aussi constaté que les dettes contractées par les anciens pèsent sur les jeunes générations et constituent un frein à l'atténuation de la pauvreté.
Le forum des jeunes de la 31éme Conférence Générale demande la mise en œuvre de programmes de sensibilisation au sujet de la pauvreté dans le système éducatif, en particulier dans les études supérieures.
Nous demandons instamment aux agences du système des Nations Unies d'améliorer l'information des jeunes pour nous permettre de participer de manière efficiente à la conception, la mise en œuvre et l'évaluation des politiques et des programmes des Nations Unies. Nous constatons l'importance de l'éducation par les pairs, la formation des jeunes par les jeunes étant une ressource sous-estimée. L'éducation doit aider les jeunes à créer des emploies et générer des revenues, mais, il faut qu'il y ait une meilleure formation des professeurs. Nous louons les initiatives locales de jeunes qui ont un impact direct sur l'atténuation de la pauvreté, tout en demandant l'allégement du lourd fardeau qu'est la dette. Nous exigeons la réduction des dépenses militaires dans tous les pays du monde afin que ces fonds soit mis à la disposition de l'éducation partout sur la planète.
Le Forum des jeunes, afin de jouer pleinement son rôle dans le processus d'élimination de la pauvreté, demande à l'UNESCO de soutenir les projets concrets suivants:
-	Projets de micro-finance qui permettent aux jeunes de débuter leurs propres activités,
-	Coopération Sud-Sud: échange de projets réussis entre les pays en développement,
-	La mise en place d'un bureau de jeunes formateurs et d'experts qui travailleraient bénévolement pour l'UNESCO.
Nous reconnaissons qu'il existe différents types de technologie de l'information et de la communication. Il est vital d'utiliser la technologie appropriée et les projets NTIC ne doivent pas se limiter à Internet. Les médias traditionnels comme la radio et la télévision restent des outils importants pour diffuser l'information.
L'UNESCO doit s'assurer que le développement des NTIC n'ira pas au-delà de la capacité des populations locaux à s'en servir ou à les maintenir. Nos félicitations vont à l'UNESCO pour l'organisation de vidéoconférences durant le Forum mondial de la jeunesse de Dakar. Le Forum des Jeunes demande un partenariat avec les universités du monde pour développer un centre de ressources qui seraient une librairie gratuite.
Nos attentes concernant la mise en œuvre des résolutions de ce Forum et le soutien que vous pourrez y apporter sont très importantes : nous espérons que vous le comprenez. Les miracles des technologies de l’information et de la communication nous permettront de rester en contact et de progresser ensemble. Afin d’atteindre nos objectifs, nous comptons sur le soutien de l’Organisation, celui de nos commissions nationales et sur celui de nos gouvernements. Un organe permanent, dirigé par les jeunes, composé de jeunes, basé au Siège de l’UNESCO, pourrait accompagner et coordonner le travail que nous accomplirons dans nos pays respectifs.
Lors du prochain Forum des jeunes de l’UNESCO, nous espérons pouvoir dire que nos efforts d’aujourd’hui auront été une contribution fructueuse et tangible à l’œuvre de l’UNESCO pour un monde meilleur.