Young should spur solidarity: UN

Young should spur solidarity: UN

INDONESIA: United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called
on youths worldwide to promote solidarity with others,
particularly with older generations, to help each other survive
in this challenging world.

Annan made the statement in conjunction with International
Youth Day, which falls on Thursday. This year's theme is "Youth
in an Intergenerational Society."

"On this fifth International Youth Day, let us celebrate
generational interdependence, and recognize that all members of
society have contributions to make, and needs to fulfill.
Intergenerational solidarity means they can do it together. I
encourage everyone celebrating International Youth Day, including
the many young people gathered in Barcelona for the Third World
Youth Festival, to do their part," he said in a press release,
which was made available to The Jakarta Post by the United
Nations Information Center in Jakarta on Monday.

The General Assembly will address the issue of the aging world
next year, as part of its ten-year review of the World Program of
Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and Beyond, which was adopted
in 1995. -- JP