“For a development in any country, it needs a sustainable peace andan equality brotherhood which should come from the policy of the government or it needs good governance,” Dr. Kandiah Sarveswaran Minister of Education, Cultural Affairs, Sports and Youth Affairs – Northern Province said at the Inauguration session of the second National Youth Summit (NYS) 2018.
The second NYS 2018, convened by the Sri Lanka Development Journalist Forum (SDJF) concluded successfully in Colombo on Saturday (21). The Summit which emphasized the Summit theme ‘Sustainable Peace and Development’ for a better nation, has proposed the Ministry of National Co-existence, Dialogue and Official Languages to develop a cohesive and dedicatedminority inclusive youth and peace building policy in line with the National Youth Policy 2014. The proposal is an outcome of the active engagement of nearly500young leaders from across the country belonging to different backgrounds and ethnicities, who participated in the dialogue.