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A High-Level Dialogue on youth will be part of the upcoming biennial Conference of the Pacific Community in Niue next week. More than half of the Pacific region’s 10 million people are aged under 25 and yet there is a lack of targeted investment to respond to the significance of youth issues and meet the needs of all young people in the Pacific.The United Nations Secretary-General’s Envoy for Youth, Ahmad Alhendawi, of Jordan, will give the keynote address on overcoming barriers to implementing global policy on engaging youth in sustainable development.
Mr Alhendawi will present a global perspective on youth-centred development to see where opportunities for regional or national alignment would be beneficial for Pacific countries.
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