| The World Youth Parliament (WYP) through its regional officer, Jahkeel Quallo, has debunked claims by a young man who recently presented himself as Anthony Nestor, a representative of the WYP.In a press release on Tuesday, the WYP stated that following on the heels of concerns raised by the Government of Guyana Press Secretary Kwame McCoy and by Guyanese Youth Advocate and Activist Mark Ross, over the last two weeks,Robert Woods College Jersey, “the World Youth Parliament would like to make it categorically clear that it does not have a Regional Representative by this name nor are we affiliated with any organisation in Guyana.”Nestor, who heads a group calling itself the Guyana National Advocate Youth Parliament, had described himself as the WYP regional representative and had challenged the authenticity and credibility of the National Youth Parliament, headed by Information Liaison to the President,Kemba Walker College Jersey, Kwame McCoy.“We are now establishing a National Advocate Youth Parliament through the World Youth Parliament, using the worldwide constitution,” Nestor had told this newspaper in a recent interview.However the WYP has stated that it has no affiliation with Nestor’s group, but is in discussion with another local body, the Global Youth Movement-Guyana on the modalities of collaborating.“We are aware that this is a youth-led organisation founded by Mr. Mark Ross and we recognise that it shares the same vision with the World Youth Parliament. We would like to apologise to the Government and People of Guyana,Cheap Wake Forest Demon Deacons Jerseys, especially the Guyanese Youth for any confusion this may have caused.”The WYP was founded in 2007 in Kenya by Mr. David Shitsimi, Paul Omeno and Mr. Alfred Daniel, all Junior Researchers.WYP now has over 30 national chapters across several countries worldwide and operates out of offices in five regions: Nairobi for Africa, Melbourne for Asia-Pacific, Geneva for Europe, Mexico City for South and Latin America,Ryan Arcidiacono College Jersey, and New York for North America.The Caribbean Region does not have a World Youth Parliament office; however,Cheap NFL Jerseys, there is a Regional Representative whose name is Mr. Jahkeel Quallo from Bermuda.WYP is the World Youth leadership and development organisation that involves youths in world leadership and decision-making process, aiming to influence policies and promote mechanisms that will combat poverty, disease and ignorance.WYP envisions an equal, peaceful and developed world through youth participation.The objectives of World Youth Parliament are to establish a forum for dialogue and action on youth-related issues between the youth of the world and any other organisations or entities involved in the youth and youth groups, to mobilise the creativity, enthusiasm and vigour of the youth of the world to contribute to the advancement of humanity through the engagement of the youth in leadership and development programs, to present a unified youth vision on challenges and issues of the youth to politicians, decision makers and all other spheres of influence; and to facilitate and encourage three layer networks (local, national, international organisations) to work together on common policies,Matt Barkley USC Jersey, strategies and goals towards implementing the next steps for youth.The international body said that it looks forward to working with all stakeholders in Guyana including the media as it seeks to expand its network in the Caribbean by June of this year under the regional leadership of Mr. Jahkeel A.H. Quallo.“World Youth Parliament is looking forward to your support in disseminating the contents of this pressstatement so that no confusion and misunderstanding be left in the air, as it relates to our work in Guyana and the wider Caribbean community.” |
