By Lesnat Kenan

Lilongwe, August 6, Mana:  Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nancy Tembo has highlighted the importance of youths’ participation in the upcoming summit of the future saying this has potential in boosting sustainable development.

She made the remarks on Tuesday in Lilongwe during the summit of the future high-level national consultative workshop jointly held by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nancy Tembo, Minister of Education, Madalitso Wilima, Minister of Information and Digitalization, Moses Kumkuyu and Minister of Sports, Youth and Culture, Uchizi Mkandawire.

"The summit of the future is a good platform which will help Malawi to strengthen its cooperation globally and provide opportunities for youths in terms of shaping Malawi's future,” she added.

According to Tembo, Malawi is still off-truck in meeting the 2030 agenda for sustainable development globally, therefore the summit of the future will speed up the implementation of 2030 agendas on sustainable development and strengthen the partnership of Malawi and other countries.

She also expressed her gratitude to the Republic of Germany and United Nations for collaborating with Malawi in various developmental activities.

In her remarks, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Malawi one of the facilitators of the summit, Ute Konig expressed her gratitude for Malawi's engagement in the summit as this gives Malawi a better way for strengthening its relationship with other countries.

"The summit is important as it will help Malawi and other countries to make better future for the upcoming generation and for the state as the summit will tackle different issues in as far as development is concerned,” she said.

One of the organizers of the summit, Resident Coordinator of the United Nations System in Malawi, Rebecca Addah - Dontoh, appealed to every Malawian especially youths and society to have a voice in contributing to the future of the country.

The 79th session of the summit of the future will be held on September 22-23, 2024 in United Nations, New York.