Young people across the Caribbean will have a rare opportunity to directly state their concerns to United Nations secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon, when the University of the West Indies (UWI) hosts a UN youth symposium at Cave Hill campus on Friday.
The UN chief will be in Barbados for the 36th CARICOM heads of governments meeting and will engage university students and representatives of youth organizations across the region under the theme “Caribbean Youth Speak: The World We Want Post -2015.”
Crime and violence, youth unemployment, climate change and gender-based violence are among issues likely to be discussed during the live interaction.
Principal of Cave Hill campus, Professor Eudine Barriteau, said it was a special honour to be asked by the UN to facilitate the upcoming dialogue, which she saw as an ideal opportunity for young people across the region to express their concerns with a view to having them placed on the global agenda.
