IIMA and VIDES International give voice to young people at the United Nations in Geneva.

During the week of 17-22 September, at the XXI Session of the Human Rights Council,  the International Institute of the Daughters of Maria Ausiliatrice (Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco) and VIDES International presented four oral statements during the discussion of item 6 related to the adoption of the Universal Periodic Revsion (UPR) reports on Ecuador, Brazil, Poland and South Africa. 

In a general vision of youth envolvement and effective participation in the activities carried out by IIMA and VIDES International, four young people from Mexico, Republic of Korea and Italy, took the floor before  the Council as spokesmen of the two organizations, driving the attention of the audience to some issues not yet sorted out in the countries under examination, recommending those Governments about implementantion of human rights and protection of the most vulnerable groups, among which are migrants, women and children. 

 By oral statements, IIMA and VIDES have also raised the issue of the right to education, of whom many  children are deprived, especially those belonging to the most disadvantaged and vulnerable groups.

 Finally, the young spokesperson of IIMA and VIDES, urged the Governments of those countries to guarantee the access to education for all the segments of the population and implement their national legislations in order to ensure free education to the poorest and most marginalized.

 The full version of the oral statements by the young spokesmen of IIMA and VIDES International, is available by clicking on the links listed below.

Intervento di Juan Manuel Aguirre sull'Ecuador  http://webtv.un.org/search/iima-item:6-ecuador-upr-report-consideration-19th-meeting-human-rights-council/1849581030001?term=IIMA

Intervento di Maria D'Onofrio sul Brasile   http://webtv.un.org/search/vides-joint-statement-item:6-brazil-upr-report-consideration-22nd-meeting-human-rights-council/1851728552001?term=vides

Intervento di Sung Eun Kim sulla Poloniahttp://webtv.un.org/search/iima-item:6-poland-upr-report-consideration-24th-meeting-human-rights-council/1852739107001?term=IIMA

Intervento di Anna Antico sul Sud Africa http://webtv.un.org/search/iima-item:6-south-africa-upr-report-consideration-25th-meeting-human-rights/1853718259001?term=IIMA