Steering Committee on Holding Youth Peace Forum holds coord meeting

 

The coordination meeting of the Steering Committee on Holding Youth Peace Forum was held in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday.

It was attended by Union Minister Lt-Gen Yar Pyae, who is also Chairman of the committee, Union Minister for Information U Maung Maung Ohn, who is the Committee Vice-Chair, National Solidarity and Peacemaking Negotiation Committee (NSPNC) Secretary Lt-Gen Min Naing, committee members, deputy ministers, and permanent secretaries, while social affairs ministers from regions and states joined via videoconferencing.

Speaking at the event, Union Minister Lt-Gen Yar Pyae said the event will be held in a format where young people who are interested in peace can gather and participate in discussions. Arrangements are being made to collect diverse voices of youths, and working committees have also been formed to carry out the necessary tasks for the forum. He then urged the respective committee members to discuss in detail their respective responsibilities.

Secretary Lt-Gen Min Naing briefed on the proper arrangements for the forum, selection of youth representatives by the regions’ and states’ social affairs ministers, preparations and ongoing work plans.

Deputy ministers, Nay Pyi Taw Council members, permanent secretaries, directors-general, and regional and state social affairs ministers discussed sectoral tasks, after which Committee Vice-Chair U Maung Maung Ohn discussed the role of youths and peace, efforts of governments for peace, current progress in the country and the role of the youth sector.

The chairman of the steering committee delivered a concluding speech and adjourned the meeting.

The Youth Peace Forum is to be held to highlight the importance of youths’ efforts to peace and community stability, find solutions for issues relevant to all citizens and attitude, and create opportunities for youths in a positive environment, support cooperation and communication among peaceful communities, identify practical role of youth in the post-election period, strengthen youths’ capacities in dialogue, mediation and responsible connection, generate recommendations of youths that can support for formulation of long-term peace, reconciliation and future social development plans, and draft a youth policy paper for future nation-building by compiling recommendations that emerge from the Youth Peace Forum.

For the forum, arrangements are being made to invite representatives from selected ministries, young experts from various fields, youth representatives from regions and states, youths with disabilities, volunteer youths from community-based organizations, youths from social welfare organizations and NGO youth networks, ethnic youths from border areas, and youths from IDP camps. Youth representatives from various groups aged between 18 and 35 years are being invited to participate.

MNA/KTZH

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