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第25回優秀賞of each of the 15 Goals, and to build the social capacity to ensure that gains can bemaintained in the future by today’s youth (Youth and the MDGs 2004). The UnitedNations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) (2004) has alsoemphasized the importance of developing national youth policies that incorporateconsideration of youth at all national policy levels.The UN and African youthThe African Youth Charter, which is an initiative of the African Union and wasadopted at a meeting in The Gambia in 2006, offers a valuable model for harnessingthe commitment and abilities of African youth. The Charter affirms the MDGs andtheir relevance for youth, and takes its focus areas from the ten priorities previouslyestablished by the“United Nations World Programme of Action for Youth to theYear 2000 and beyond”. These areas cover education, employment, hunger andpoverty, health, environment, drug abuse, juvenile delinquency, leisure-time activities,girls and young women and youth participating in decision-making (African YouthCharter 2005). Following this African Union example, UN programs should continueto recognize the necessity of the self determination of African young people as activemembers of their societies and to see foreign assistance as a way to support andenrich ideas for solutions that come from within the continent.By looking at youth potential through a human development lens, UN agency activitiescan be relevant to issues facing Africa, ranging from food security, population issues,environmental protection and resource management. A human development approachrecognizes that fighting poverty is not only about immediate physical security andfundamental human rights, but also about protecting political, social, economic and705