Inspire and empower youth to realise Commonwealth's 2030 agenda: Commonwealth sec-gen

PUTRAJAYA: The young generation within the Commonwealth nations must be inspired and empowered to ensure the 2030 agenda, which is the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), can be realised.
The 2030 agenda, comprising 17 goals that was approved by the United Nations General Assembly a year ago, defines the global development priorities for the next 15 years.
Commonwealth secretary-general Patricia Scotland revealed that 60% of the Commonwealth's population would be below the age of 30 by 2030.
"It is incredibly important that we are able to inspire our young children and give them opportunities to make sure they create a world that is better than our own.
"I encourage the young leaders of today to understand that they are already leaders and they will be our leaders of tomorrow," she told Bernama on the sidelines of the 6th Biennial Commonwealth Public Service Ministers Forum.
She also hoped for the Commonwealth nations to give women better opportunities to lead and make contribution to the Commonwealth economy.
"We got to put the common, back into the wealth. We need this world to be shared by all of us and not just some of us. That takes good governance and rooting out corruption because we know that this is a global problem," she said. — Bernama