Youth Coalition Presents Alternative Message at UN

(July 26, 2011) The International Youth Coalition of pro-life organizations presented an alternative message at a U.N. meeting on youth that recognizes the rights of parents and calls for policies that benefit young people. The International Youth Coalition is a group of young people from around the world that celebrates the fact that humans are made in the image of God, intrinsically relational, and are called to live a life with purpose and meaning.
Tyler Ament, director of the coalition, however, said in a press release that he doesn't agree "with much of the document produced by governments for the High Level Meeting on youth," or with the "messages being put out by UN agencies like sex rights for young people and other objectionable ideas."
To that end, Ament and his colleagues presented a Youth Statement to the UN and the World that has been signed by 120,000 people including 57,000 under the age of 30. "The Youth Statement recognizes the rights of parents and calls for policy makers to return to basics and get away from dangerous ideas that are harmful to young people," he explained.