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Youth, U.N. officials call for meaningful power, digital inclusion and AI ethics at ECOSOC Youth Forum
Summary
At the opening of the 2025 ECOSOC Youth Forum, youth delegates and senior U.N. officials urged concrete steps to make young people decision-makers now, close the digital divide and embed ethics into artificial intelligence and science policy.
The 2025 Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum opened at United Nations headquarters with calls from youth delegates and senior U.N. officials for faster, more substantive youth participation, wider access to digital tools and ethical governance of technology.
The president of the Economic and Social Council called on attendees to stop treating young people as “tomorrow’s leaders.” “You are not only the leaders of tomorrow...you are today's leaders,” the president said in opening remarks, urging participants to move from talk to action and to hold institutions accountable.
The forum’s early speakers emphasized three linked priorities: ensure equitable access to the internet and digital skills, give young people genuine decision‑making power in multilateral forums, and protect basic rights as new technologies such as…
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