Advancing the Youth, peace and security agenda must remain a priority for the UN, more so than ever as we face this global crisis. 

Five years after the adoption of the ground-breaking UN Security Council resolution 2250 on Youth, Peace and Security (UNSCR 2250), UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres launched the first report last week on Monday 27 April. 

The outcomes and findings of the report are paramount. While it shows the growing recognition of young people’s essential role in peace and security, it also finds that structural barriers and limitations are preventing them from accessing their rights and holding young people back from reaching their full potential. 

The European Youth Forum strongly supports the publication of the report on the advancement of the implementation of the resolution UNSCR 2250. We and other youth organisations were able to contribute to the consultations aiming to feed into the report and we are happy to have some of our inputs integrated in the report. 

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