Worldwide Nepalese Students Organization has conducted
Kathmandu+20: Youth Conference on Sustainable Development on 7th June
2012. The program was blending expert paper presentations, discussion
forum on multidisciplinary approach to sustainable development which
made the participants know about the agendas to negotiated in the
upcoming United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD –
2012), known as Rio+20. The program prepared the youth to deal with the
large and multiple challenges to deal in sustainable way.
Youth speakers and professionals from different organizations carried
out their presentation on different topics related to Green Economy,
Green Jobs, youth employment, poverty eradication and they also
emphasized on reinforcing the role of local authorities to deal with the
outcome of such conferences. Coordinator of the program Mr. Rajesh
Pathak presented brief details about the Kathmandu+20 and how the ideas
stemmed behind to organize such program. He continued to urge the head
of the nation to carry out the youth voices of Nepal in Rio+20
participating it. Similarly, Mr. Dipesh Dulal from the Sustainable
Education Group emphasized on education for sustainable development. In
the series Kavita Gautam from Nepalese Youth Task Force on Rio 20
explained about the importance of such international conference on
sustainable development and also she offered some glimpse of the details
that is going to be held in Rio de Jenario. Mr. Subhash Duwadi
emphasized the issues of poverty eradication.
The wide range of participants from government organization, NGOs,
INGOs , youth and University students widely discussed on several
relevant topics related to Rio+20 and they together appealed to the head
of the nation to carry out their voice for sustainability as common
voice of Nepali youth. The output gained through the Kathamandu+20 has
been delivered in terms of report to the Head of the Nation by youth
delegates insisting to attend the Rio+20 conferences and suggest-
leading the youth voices towards sustainability through the negotiation.
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