President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi reiterated on Saturday that the World Youth Forum (WYF), in its third edition, sends a peace message based on constructive dialogue and demanding a better future that relies mainly on love and stability.
"The Forum was launched as a platform through which we send the whole world a message of love and peace, a message of pride based on constructive dialogue in which we affirm our will and our determination to move towards a better future, a world of fundamental love and stability," Sisi said.
Sisi welcomed all the participants in the forum, expressing his happiness at this gathering that focuses on humanity without any discrimination on the basis of religion, race or color.
He added that the forum is being held to fulfill the dream of the Egyptian youth, which started two years ago to achieve global integration.
This came during the third edition of the Forum which launched in Sharm El-Sheikh, in the presence of First Lady Intisar El-Sisi.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Parliament Speaker Ali Abdel Aal, his Libyan counterpart Aquila Saleh and Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli were among the attendees along with other ministers and state officials.
The four-day forum annually attracts more than 7,000 participants from countries around the world for its comprehensive agenda, which includes food security, climate, artificial intelligence and UfM as well as youth and women empowerment, and arts.
Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Li Yong thanked the Egyptian government for its efforts to support this important initiative and the global event.
Yong stressed that fostering youth participation is essential because more than 50 percent of the world's population is under the age of 30.
He stressed that the UN Vision 2030 calls for youth participation to achieve its goals through full reliance on the inclusion of youth, noting that UNIDO provides services that enable youth to obtain the necessary tools to create profitable sustainable development projects.
He pointed out that UNIDO and the Egyptian government are cooperating closely to serve development projects with a special focus on youth, in addition to integrating the fourth revolution in the Egyptian industry to provide more job opportunities for young people.
He stressed that the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development cannot be achieved without young people around the world to create sustainable development solutions and services.
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