(MENAFN- Gulf Times) The second day of the Doha Youth Forum on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice witnessed a series of workshops and plenary sessions to enable participants to create, build, and refine their solutions to global issues.
Jointly organised by Qatar Foundation, with the organising committee of the United Nations 13th Conference on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the forum will conclude today.
At the closing ceremony, 150 delegates will present their findings, which have been modelled around three UN designated themes: the rule of law, new and emerging crime, and public participation. The chosen recommendations will then be presented by students to the UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice next week.
The forum's second day of workshops provided a unique opportunity for the delegates to interact with each other, and participate in discussions designed to further their communication skills. It also enables participants to work
alongside the UN.
Amina al-Meer, a 16-year-old Qatari student, said: "This is a pretty amazing experience, especially for someone who wants to go into politics when they are older. I think a week from now, when the UN Congress is in session, it is going to be really inspiring watching these politicians work on something that could potentially change the world. It's even more exciting knowing that I will have some sort of input on what's going to happen in the next five years."
Prof David Mednicoff, director of Middle Eastern Studies and Accelerated Masters in Public Policy programmes at the University of Massachusetts € Amherst, has come from the United States to take part in the forum. Tasked with leading some of the Rule of Law and Social Development sessions, he said: "The main thing really is to be a facilitator to their ideas."
He added that this is the first time a national youth forum has been attached to a UN Crime Congress, and the solutions should be realistic and relevant. "The students already have some drafts which I have looked at, and they look really interesting. But the key is to work with them to refine some of these ideas, to make them a little bit more mutually compatible with one another, and also to make them more ready for
primetime," he added.
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