What young people want

Introduction

"We are children whose voices are not being heard. It is time we are taken into account." Statement from the Children's Forum, May 2002

Rwandan refugees at a medical clinic near the town of Bukuvu, Zaire.

More adults are beginning to listen to young people rather than just deciding what's good for them. UNICEF takes this trend very seriously. It's one of the main aims of this website, for one thing. You can let us and others know what you think in the Speak out section.

These pages are about the first serious attempts to let young people have their say at the highest global level – and about what you do say when you get the chance. In particular, they deal with the ground-breaking participation of young people before and during the United Nations General Assembly’s Special Session on Children in May 2002.

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