A request of the UNPFII and the UN Youth Unit in DESA to continue facilitating the involvement of the Youth Caucus in its sessions.
DESA reports: 51. Following a recommendation of the Permanent Forum at its seventh session, the Secretariat of the Permanent Forum has been working closely with the Youth Section in the Division for Social Policy and Development of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in order to facilitate the participation of the Indigenous Youth Caucus at the eighth session. The Secretariat is also supporting the United Nations Programme on Youth in the preparation of the World Youth Report 2008, which includes a chapter on indigenous youth and climate change.