Youth Presentation to the Inaugural plenary at the United Nations
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Transcript of Youth Presentation to the Inaugural plenary at the United Nations
Opening
CYFI 2014 Youth Meeting23 May 2014Youth Participants
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We speak on behalf of…
• 4,000 youth who have participated in the global youth survey
• 6,500 people involved in DreamsbankFacebook
• 3,000,000 conversations on Twitter
• 90 youth in this meeting
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Youth requests for inclusion in post 2015 agenda …
Economic Citizenship Education (ECE) should be offered in primary, secondary school and post-secondary school curricula
Every child and youth aged 12 to 18 should have a bank account
Governments should create policies and programs to prevent youth unemployment and facilitate entrepreneurship through special funds
All companies should dedicate a portion of the revenue profit to youth inclusion related activities
There should be special tax benefits for youth, especially entrepreneurs
Governments should ensure that all youth currently up to the age of 30 have a bank account
Every person in the world should be financially included especially youth from 18-24
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… an organization to make youth wellbeing a reality: UN Youth
A permanent UN Youth body that represents youth globally
#UNforYouth