
Gov’t To Adopt Appropriate Youth Policy
Monday, 16 August 2010 08:00
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The Vision for Alternative Development (VALD), has called on the Government to adopt appropriate policy to prevent the youth from engaging in conflict, as the world celebrates the International Youth Day.
This year's Day, celebrated on the theme: "Dialogue and Mutual Understanding, aims at sensitising policy makers and the public on factors that accounts for youth participation in conflicts, resulting to under-development in communities.
A release signed by Mr. Issah Ali, Executive Director of VALD, said that most conflicts could have been prevented if dialogue had played a key role in dispute resolution.
It has, therefore, urged the government to establish a Youth Desk at the Secretariat of the National Peace Council or Peace Desk at the office of the National Youth Council to ensure peace towards sustaining Ghana's democracy.
The statement said, such desk should be empowered to educate the youth on the significance of peace and build their capacity to help them to use dialogue in conflict prevention and settlement.
It said; "VALD commends the work of the United Nations of Alliance of Civilisation in the promotion of dialogue, tolerance, co-existence and respect for cultural diversity and human rights."
The statement expressed the hope that establishment of the Global Youth Movement for Alliance of Civilisation by the UN will contribute in building of mutual understanding, respect and serve as a forum for dialogue among youth of different cultural background.
Source: GNA

