Youth diplomacy for peace ... Nasser movement as a model
International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace
“I do not know about an era in which the peoples of the world agreed on one goal, as they are right now agreeing upon, with their concerted efforts to achieve an effective international system . Did we turn our aspirations into realistic certainty?”
- President Gamal Abdel Nasser at the Bandung Conference, April 1955
In December 2018, the General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring the “International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace” (A/73/L.48) by a recorded vote with a majority of 144 voices, and the General Assembly called on all Member States, observers and United Nations organizations to celebrate the International Day, in April 24 annually to raise awareness of the benefits of pluralism and diplomacy for peace.
As well as highlighting the importance of preserving the values of pluralism and international cooperation, upon which the United Nations Charter and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development are based, as a basis for supporting and fostering the three pillars of the United Nations - development, human rights and peace and security, as it is pivotal in order to increase the ceiling of commitment to international standards and systems as well as the rules that have guided states' relations for the past seven decades in the face of isolationism and the growing challenges arising from it. Also, global issues, such as climate change, geopolitical tensions and humanitarian crises in their various sectors, push towards finding understandings that respect the values and interests of nations, and require attention and collective action through pluralism and diplomacy
Nasser Youth Movement is a promising international model for youth diplomacy and building international and regional partnerships, both with national institutions and venerable civil society organizations, in order to enable cooperation for the countries of the South, in more than 42 countries so far on three continents (Africa, Asia, Latin America). Movement coordinators and members work to support their communities, launch community initiatives and developmental projects to improve the level and scope of their influence, and their countries on a national basis.
In parallel with these efforts, the movement’s youth launched many international youth programs, among them, but not limited to, Nasser movement’s youth in Tanzania, launched the United Nations simulation model under the auspices of the Prime Minister of the Tanzanian government, in which about 150 young men and women from 16 African countries participated, and that is at the African level, in addition to the excellence of the movement’s youth in Asian countries among them, and the most active of them are the countries of Azerbaijan, Iraq, and Palestine. As Nasser movement’s youth in Palestine were able to sign a cooperation and partnership protocol with the Red Crescent Society, and within the framework of that partnership they launched a number of introductory sessions about Nasser International Leadership Fellowship , in preparation for the third edition, and thus the movement is one of the mechanisms for promoting peace and security in the world by youth hands, and a form of preventive diplomacy.