Never should young people have to be protected from government

In 1998 and 1999, the United Nations in Mongolia began the six One World Youth Conferences – on children, human rights, population and development, social development, women and development plus a national summit. One World brought together youth from across Mongolia to debate and challenge the country’s decision-makers on how they were meeting Mongolia’s international obligations.

It drew praise from then-UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan: “This One World Conference Series is a shining example of Mongolia’s determination to build a more democratic and prosperous future for all its citizens based on human rights, good governance, and a free and fair market economy. … Never should young people have to be protected from government.”

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan | Secretary-General Stresses Obligation of Government to Protect Young People (11 June 1999): http://www.un.org/press/en/1999/19990611.SGSM7027.html

Secretary-General stresses obligation of government to protect young people : ‘never should young people have to be protected from government’, Kofi Annan adds in message to final UN OneWorld Youth Conference, in Mongolia : [statement, 11 June 1999] / [by the Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information]

United Nations Archives: https://search.archives.un.org/countries-mongolia-2004

Mongolia’s One World UN conferences series’ empowers youth, United Nations Chronicle; New York Vol. 37, Iss. 1, (2000): 63.

Read media coverage of the One World Youth Conferences here: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vxk6-u-dVAgC&pg=PA188&dq=in+their+own+words+one+world&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjr-5GO5ePWAhUEBMAKHaLOCCYQ6AEIJjAA#v=onepage&q=in%20their%20own%20wo