The World Youth Forum announced Monday the launch of the Forum in its fourth edition in Sharm El-Sheikh in South Sinai, from 10 to 13 January 2022, under the patronage of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi.
In a press conference held at the National Training Academy(NTA) on Monday, the Forum administration also announced the beginning of the registration for young people wishing to attend the forum’s activities from Egypt and all countries of the world.
The registration will remain open for a full month starting from November 15, 2021.
The World Youth Forum is being held in its fourth edition, after postponing the version of the forum that was scheduled to be held in 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to NTA Chairwomen Racha Ragheb.
The upcoming edition aims to open horizons for dialogue between the youth of Egypt and the world, with the presence of young people from different countries, to compete around the world after the corona pandemic and its effects As the main feature of this version.
"The main themes of the forum are peace, development, and creativity. The fourth version of the forum comes with full commitment to all precautionary measures and social distancing," said Ragheb.
The World Youth Forum (WYF) is an annual global event held in Sharm El-Sheikh in South Sinai, under the auspices of President Sisi. The WYF was launched in three editions in the past years 2017, 2018, and 2019.
The WYF aims to bring together the world's youth in order to promote dialogue and discuss development issues and send a message of peace and prosperity from Egypt to the world.
The United Nations Commission for Social Development has adopted the three previous editions of the World Youth Forum in Egypt as an international platform for discussing youth issues.
in February, the United Nations adopted the World Youth Forum (WYF) as an international platform, in recognition of the contributions of the three editions of the forum in discussing contemporary issues of young people and their role in achieving the 2030 sustainable development agenda.
The Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations at Geneva managed to pass a resolution in the International Human Rights Council at its fortieth session entitled “Youth and Human Rights”.
The Egyptian delegation presented in front of the Human Rights Council how the World Youth Forum was established in 2017 as a platform to support youth ideas providing ample and adequate space to express and exchange their opinions without barriers and to come up with recommendations for decision-makers.
On February 16, the UNCSocD approved the resolution, which was sponsored by Egypt and submitted by Senegal, Cape Verde, Portugal and Kazakhstan, including a special reference to the three editions of the WYF that was launched in Sharm el-Sheikh in 2017 as an international platform to discuss youth issues.
Egypt’s Permanent Representative to the UN Mohamed Idris stated that youths’ issues were currently a top priority on the UN agenda.
“It also comes as a recognition to the contributions of the three editions of the forum which tackled contemporary issues related to youth and their role in achieving the 2030 sustainable development agenda,” Idris added.
It should be noted that the Egyptian mission was able to include in the resolution the special reference to the WYF, which came with the support of many delegations of African countries, in a way that contributes to promoting the results of the forum and consolidating its position on the international map, at a time witnessing the preparation for holding the annual youth forum by the UNCSocD.
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