The Cabinet decides to form the Higher Council for Youth

Baghdad-INA 

The Council of Ministers decided, in its extraordinary session held today, Saturday, on the occasion of International Youth Day, to form the Supreme Council for Youth.

The media office of the Prime Minister stated, in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that "the Prime Minister, Muhammad Shia' al-Sudani, chaired an extraordinary session of the Council of Ministers on the occasion of International Youth Day corresponding to August 12, and he blessed, at the beginning of the session, all Iraqi youth on the occasion of the day." youth, and the government's keenness to make it an occasion to stand up for their issues and adopt their ideas and proposals through the special session held for this purpose.

The Prime Minister offered, "Congratulations and blessings to the students who excelled in the final exams of middle school," pointing to "the special cases of excellence and standing before them with a stand of respect, as the owners reaped excellence despite their economic health conditions, and described them as the strength that Iraq relies on in building its future.".

Al-Sudani stressed that "the state faces a great responsibility to care for the youth, who make up 60% of the population of Iraq, by setting plans and programs that advance their reality," referring to "the ministerial curriculum that entailed the state's commitment to youth care, and the government's direction towards activating the private sector, and the rest." Vital sectors that help provide thousands of job opportunities for young people and secure a decent life for them.

He continued: "The session witnessed the hosting of a group of young people, representatives of the participants in the National Conference for Youth Dialogue, which was held recently in Baghdad, and they presented their ideas during the session, and a detailed discussion took place of 64 proposals related to a number of youth issues, which are the outcome of what was agreed upon by the youth from various Governorates of Iraq in the conference, which would advance the youth reality and contribute to the optimal investment of youth, in addition to new proposals submitted by a number of ministers.

 Prime Minister directed, "To approve the proposals in the regular session of the Council of Ministers that will be held next Tuesday, after studying them in detail and taking into account the observations of the ministers that were recorded in today's session."

The Council of Ministers decided, according to the statement, to “form the Supreme Council for Youth, headed by the Prime Minister, the Minister of Youth and Sports as a deputy, and the membership of the Ministers of Planning, Finance, Labor, Social Affairs, Education, Higher Education, Scientific Research and Culture, the Advisor for Youth Affairs in the Council of Ministers, the Coordinator of Provincial Affairs, and a civil society organization specialized in affairs. youth, and the Prime Minister has the right to name the members of the council.