Dr. Salem bin Muhammad Al-Malik, Director-General of the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), affirmed that young people are essential partners in development, calling for confidence in their capabilities and responding to their aspirations at all levels, and promoting education and training in skills necessary to contribute to a productive economy.
This came in the video speech he addressed to the first session of the World Youth Summit, which was held from 27 to 30 August 2022, in Kazan, the capital of the Russian Republic of Tatarstan, with the participation of Rustam Mnikhanov, President of the Republic of Tatarstan and head of the Strategic Vision Group for Russia and the Islamic World, and Taha Ayhan. President of the Islamic Cooperation Forum for Youth, in addition to 300 participants from 67 countries.