Yunus urges youths to build world with own dreams

Yunus urges youths to build world with own dreams

Nobel Laureate Prof Yunus urged the young generation not to accept the world that is handed to them, but build the one according to their own dreams. Yunus said this in a speech he delivered at the inaugural session of the One Young World Summit in Ottawa on September 28, said a press release on Saturday, reports UNB.

The three-day summit brought together 1,300 young leaders from more than 196 countries.  Yunus' keynote speech at the inaugural session followed that of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan.

He said he dreams of a world where there is zero poverty, zero unemployment and zero net carbon emissions.

The Nobel Laureate said three forces – the power of youth, the power of technology and the power of social business – have to be in motion to achieve these three things.

"The young people should get to work now to create the world that they would like to live in and create a new civilization as this current greed based civilization would not last much longer," he added.

Earlier in the day, under the auspices of the One Young World, a special forum on Social Business took place where Prof Yunus delivered a master class on social business.

During the six-hour event, there were presentations and panels on social business from Bangladesh and from Canadian practitioners and universities that are getting involved in social business.

The forum that forms part of the One Young World Summit was attended by 300 participants.

Meanwhile, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had a separate discussion with Prof Yunus on youth issues and later tweeted about his meeting with Prof Yunus stating, "Muhammad Yunus has dedicated his life to fighting poverty. @OneYoungWorld delegates are lucky to learn from him this week in Ottawa." –RH

Source Link: http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/2016/10/01/47790/Yunus-urges-youths-to-build-world-with-own-dreams

Source: Financial Express Bangladesh

Updated Date: 16th January, 2017