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Deputy Minister of Internatio­nal Relations and Co-operation officially closes the 4th Brics Youth Summit

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July 18 officially closed the 4th Brics tariat and youth work streams in the Brics business council.

The resolution­s taken at the Brics Youth Summit will form part of deliberati­ons at the Brics youth ministers meeting later this week.

In her concluding remarks,

courage to follow in the great steps

was very enthusiast­ic and an

“As I stated earlier, the 10th Brics summit will reflect on the outcomes of this gathering, particular­ly your proposed mechanism of a framework to facilitate the Brics youth secretaria­t.”

The deputy minister also

where she donated sanitary towels at Raeleng High School.

Among many important issues raised was gender-based violence and identifyin­g solutions to protect women and children, access to education, curriculum reforms and jobs of the future.

Developmen­t Lindiwe Zulu said: “In

and Albertina Sisulu, we have a responsibi­lity to ensure that our practical actions give concrete expression to the clarion call by our former president. Indeed, young people have been at the centre of every watershed moment in the struggle against oppression and exploitati­on.”

As part of the centennial cel- the individual but also the group of young women and men with whom he sought to make history, in the course of which they charted for us,

Delivering the Brics Youth Summit report, executive chairperso­n of recognise that our partnershi­p is shaped by the interplay between diplomatic, political, security, environmen­tal, economic and regional co-operative dynamics that define early 21st Century internatio­nal relations.

global shifts in hard, soft and smart or mental power in the world; the stratifica­tion of regional groupings in the world and the agenda of Brics

focus on developing common solutions to global challenges remains pivotal.”

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