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Melkert

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2006-07-24

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2011-07-19

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1. “In Sierra Leone, UNDP has supported a national initiative - the National Youth Councils - to give young persons the skills to re-engage in the process of governance by electing their councils, which have official decision- making powers at both the district and the national levels. In the Niger delta region of Nigeria, UNDP and other partners are supporting efforts, in collaboration with Shell Oil, to provide youth with viable alternatives to armed violence. Instead of short-term vocational training, this assistance involves district- level youth centres, which provide youth with an integrated package of skills, from business formation to conflict management, as well as the long-term accompaniment that they need to become self-reliant entrepreneurs.”

   2006-07-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5494 (2006) · source

2. “Children and youth are not just victims with special needs, but are also powerful agents for reconciliation and positive change. Many of our programmes and policies that engage with the rights, protection and well-being of war-affected children are increasingly premised on this core belief. Let me mention a few examples. In south Sudan, UNDP and development partners have not only supported disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) programmes for under-age persons, but also recently helped organize, in collaboration with civic actors, a youth peace conference. In Uganda, DDR programmes have made special provisions for the return of young girls who were abducted by rebels and who upon return to their communities face the stigma attached to bearing children out of rape or wedlock.”

   2006-07-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5494 (2006) · source

3. “Mr. Melkert: It gives me great pleasure to speak today before the Security Council. I would like to congratulate the membership and the presidency of the Security Council for keeping our collective attention focused on the important issue of children and armed conflict. In the United Nations system, we are particularly grateful for the leadership of Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict. For the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and for the broader development community, children and youth are significant partners in building sustainable peace, preventing violent conflict and contributing to development and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.”

   2006-07-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5494 (2006) · source