On August 23^rd to 27^th, CYN core member Jiang Ying attended the 2010 Mexico World Youth Conference. More than 200 NGO youth delegates from about 160 countries attended this conference. There are also government officials from about 100 countries and UN agencies who participated in the conference. 12 topics such as health, education, youth participation, technology and innovation, sustainable development, gender equality and so on were discussed and experience and opinions were exchanged. 4 kinds of forums, which were NGO Forum, Government Forum, Social Forum and Interactive Forum, were held together in this great occasion.

On the first two days, NGO youth delegates, according to their interests, were divided into small groups based on the 12 topics. They participated actively and discussed and exchanged their opinions and ideals. As a result of their hard work, the Gunajuato Declaration draft has came out. On the following days, after rounds of discussion by the government officials and youth delegates, the final version of the Declaration was finished.

On the NGO forum, core member Jiang Ying, representing CYN, has involved in four of these topics—Health, Education, Youth Participation and International Cooperation. She exchanged her ideas with other youth delegates and promoted CYN’s activities, youth participation concept and Chinese peer education. On the Interactive Forum, she, with other youth delegates, negotiated with government officials on the Declaration and the youth rights.

Guanajuato Declaration was published during the Year of Youth. It meets the youth’s needs and protects the youth’s rights. In the conference, the youth have made their voices heard. This Declaration would help to supervise and urge the national governments and UN agencies to pay more attention on youth and give more support to them.