COLOMBO, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka is seeking the support of China and the Group of 77 to adopt UN General Assembly resolution to host United Nations World Youth Conference in 2014, a government spokesman said on Thursday.
Media Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said the cabinet has given approval to obtain official UN endorsement to use other diplomatic missions abroad to implement the global process for the conference.
Rambukwella said that the decision was taken on a proposal made by the Ministry of Youth Affairs which aims the participation and involvement of youth in achieving the internationally agreed development goals including the UN's Millennium Development Goals.
The ministry with the support of UN Missions in New York at the 2011 UN Youth Resolution managed to successfully obtain a Preamble Paragraph but a separate resolution on youth is needed to obtain the necessary mandate from the UN to involve UN secretariat and its agencies and to have an official UN endorsement.
"The official support from the Group of 77 and China is needed to adopt the resolution in the UN General Assembly," he said.
