Today at 10 am ET, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution
2250 on Youth, Peace and Security. Following recent
attacks and acts of terror, the Resolution signals the world leaders’
acknowledgement of youth’s contribution to countering violent extremism,
recognizing their role as crucial partners in building a safer world.
Search for Common Ground (Search), in collaboration with UNOY, World Vision, UN
entities and other civil society organizations, has played a lead role in
initiating and advocating for Resolution 2250 since 2011. Search has co-chaired
the interagency working group responsible for supporting youth’s efforts
leading up to Resolution 2250, including the Guiding Principles for Young People’s
Participation in Peacebuilding, the Amman Declaration at the Global Forum of Youth,
Peace, and Security, and the Youth Action Agenda at the Global Youth Summit
Against Violent Extremism.
Statement by Shamil
Idriss, President of Search for Common Ground:
“Search for Common
Ground welcomes the historic passage of Resolution 2250 as a recognition of the
vital leadership role that young women and men will play in peacebuilding when
supported by adults, and as a commitment of the world’s leadership to provide
that support.
This resolution moves
us all firmly away from the platitude that ‘youth are the leaders of tomorrow’
and toward a recognition of the fact that, given half a chance, youth are and
will continue to provide critical leadership today.
At Search for Common
Ground we commit to doing our part to support Governments to implement
Resolution 2250 and to support our youth partners and volunteers around the
world to make the most of the peacebuilding opportunities that this Resolution
will make available to them.”
The Resolution outlines
the duty of governments to protect young people during conflict and in
post-conflict societies, promote their participation in peacebuilding and
peacekeeping, include youth participation at all levels of decision-making, and
invest in youth’s educational and professional capabilities to disengage and
reintegrate the minority of the world’s youth population involved in violence.
This document could
have a groundbreaking impact on the way we deal with the resolution of
conflicts, especially if followed by intensified youth-focused peacebuilding
programming, for which the Resolution lays out a framework.
Statement by Saji
Prelis, Co-Chair of the Inter-Agency Working Group on Youth and Peacebuilding
and the Children & Youth Director at Search for Common Ground:
“The Resolution
creates a paradigm shift — away from the idea of young people being seen as a
threat to security towards the very real notion that they have the power to
transform violent conflict.
Now we must breathe
life into this resolution so that youth can play a meaningful role in peace
processes locally. ”
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