Young delegates at the Earth Summit in Johannesburg were angry with the way in which world leaders were putting economic and political interests before the future of the planet. In their speeches to the world leaders many of them told them just what they think.

“Too many adults are too interested in money and wealth to take notice of serious problems that affect our future,” said Justin Friesen, aged 11, from Canada.
“Think about your children, your nieces, nephews and maybe even grandchildren. What kind of a world do you want for them?” he asked scores of heads of state.

“Spend more money on helping the poor people and children around the world rather than attending too many meetings,” implored Analiz Vergara, a 14 year old from Ecuador, who called on leaders to provide clean water and free health care for all children.

“Remember we cannot buy another planet and our lives and those of future generations depend on it. We need more than your applause, your comments of well done, or good speech. We need action,” she added.

There was also a strongly worded statement prepared by the Youth Caucus at the close of the Summit in which they said, “We believe that the crucial challenge facing humankind today is to ensure that globalisation becomes a positive force for the world’s people. All must be committed to building a more equitable and just world economic and political order, and to infusing the globalisation process with new values and ethics of equity, social justice and inclusion.”

However this statement was so strongly worded that they were asked to water it down and presented a different version to the Summit.
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