Like the European Commission, the EU Council intends to make young people from third country partners allies in the implementation of the United Nations Development Programme and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.
In conclusions adopted on Monday 28 November, without debate, the EU Council supports the first ever action plan for youth in the EU’s external relations, presented on 4 October (see EUROPE B13035A19).
It stresses that “young people around the world are...