Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 19th Dec. UN disarmament affairs office on Monday in après release issued in New York stated that over 100 young people selected to serve on the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs’ Youth Leader Fund for a World without Nuclear Weapons, is under way.
UN disarmament affairs office said that the youth representing over 60 countries and selected from over 2,000 applicants around the world, “they will spend the next year learning about nuclear disarmament and developing their skills to become change makers for a world without nuclear weapons – the most destructive weapons on earth”.
UNODA training programme is made possible by the generous support of Japan and implemented by UNODA with support from the UN Institute for Training and Research they will take part in interactive online learning, engagement with experts from the field and an immersive study tour to Japan, including participation in a youth-led conference.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, and UN Secretary-General António Guterres addressed the youth forum.
Kishida, a native of Hiroshima, has been a strong advocate for keeping alive the lessons of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki which wrought tremendous death, suffering and devastation.
“No matter how difficult the path to a world without nuclear weapons may be, we should not stop our steps. Now is the time when we need the power of young people like you, the bearers of our future”, he told the group.
Mr. Guterres encouraged the participants to tap into their energy, innovative ideas, and creativity to help usher in a new era of a world free of nuclear weapons.
“In the name of our common future in the name of humanity let us spare no effort to rid the world of nuclear weapons, once and for all”, he said.
Guterres has made a major push to empower youth, recognized their role as the ultimate force for change and noting they have become a strong and powerful force in support of disarmament.
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