H.E Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
President of the Republic of Turkey
“The Organization of Islamic Cooperation houses an international youth institution whose sole responsibility are youth policies and issues. The significance of effectively representing the youth and women is one of the key priorities of the 13th Islamic Summit. I would like to highlight the historical achievement of the first OIC Young Leaders Summit held successfully by Islamic Cooperation Youth Forum (ICYF) , during the 13th Session of the Islamic Summit Conference, on 11-13 April in Istanbul”
H.E. Ban Ki-moon
ex-United Nations Secretary General
United Nations Ex Secretary General H.E. Ban Ki-moon stressed the important role the Islamic Cooperation Youth Forum (ICYF) is playing in the development of the young people in the OIC Member States, and underlined the 1st OIC Young Leaders Summit organized as part of the recent Islamic Summit Conference held in Istanbul, in April 2016. The Secretary General Barn Ki-moon mentioned ICYF activities in his address to the General Coordination Meeting between the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the United Nations held in Geneva between the 11th and 13th of May.
H.E Nassir Abdulaziz Al Nasser
High Representative United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC)
“I am very pleased to be here today on the occasion of the Closing Ceremony of the OIC Youth Summit of the Islamic Summit of the Heads of State. I wish to congratulate Islamic Cooperation Youth Forum (ICYF) Secretariat for organizing this successful event and for making young people an integral part of the discussions of the summit. As a High Representative of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations it was refreshing to see that the objectives of this summit are very close to those we pursue in the organizations I lead, where we work with young women and men to promote unity despite differences through intercultural and interfaith dialogue, in order to ensure a more just and peaceful future from which no one is excluded. I would like to congratulate our young leaders present today; you can be proud of what has brought you here, your passion and commitment to create a better world, and of your leadership motivating others to do the same. We believe that the primary of agents of change, not just in the future but in the present, are our young people.”
