BRATISLAVA, May 6 (Xinhua) -- Today's young people are the first generation that can put an end to extreme poverty and the last that can resolve climate change, UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova said in a lecture at Comenius University here on Friday.
She described the young generation as the most traveled, educated and open-minded as well as one that carries the heaviest burden of transformation.
Bokova stressed that around 1.5 billion people currently live in conflict-stricken areas, of which 40 percent are young people. There are also as many as 73 million youngsters that are unemployed.
The UNESCO chief stated: "We're witnessing the destruction of cultural heritage as well as a new global fight for the hearts and minds of mostly young people."
"When our planet and resources are being depleted, we can tap into the renewable energy of the human mind," said Bokova.
Bokova became UNESCO's tenth director-general on Nov. 15, 2009, making her the first woman and the first Eastern European to head the agency. In February, Bokova was named as Bulgaria's official candidate for the post of UN secretary general.
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LONDON, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Two-time Olympic champion Barbora Spotakova of Czech Republic lifted her second world javelin throw title here on Tuesday while South African Wayde Van Niekerk was in a class of his own to claim the 400m title.
World and Olympic champion Van Niekerk finished well clear in 43.98 seconds. Steven Gardiner of Bahamas clocks 44.41 for the silver and was followed at heel by Abdalelah Haroun of Qatar in 44.48.
Isaac Makwala of Botswana who pulled out of the 200m heats Monday due to what he said was food poisoning did not start for tonight's 400m final.
The women's javelin throw saw a strong surge from seasoned veteran Spotakova jordan 12 dark grey pre order , 36, while China reaped two medals through Li Lingwei and Lyu Huihui.
Spotakova, last winning the world title in 2007 in Osaka, set the winning mark of 66.76 meters in her second attempt.
China's Li Lingwei, a two-time Asian champion jordan 12 retro dark grey , produced her career best of 66.25 to take the silver while her teammate Lyu Huihui, who set a new Asian record in the qualification of 67.49 on Sunday, could not repeat her strong performance in the final, and settled for the bronze in 65.26.
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"I did well today. This year I have been bothered by injury and loose training, so I was not at the height of my fitness tonight," said Li, 28. "I had not expected to win the medal at all."
Among the 12 finalists, three are from China which Li considered a good sign for javelin throw to develop in China.
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Bronze medalist Lyu's qualification mark would have won her the gold medal if she had produced the result tonight. She admitted that she tried a bit too hard in the qualification
"I competed so hard in the qualification and got brilliant result, which left me a little fatigued both physically and mentally," said the Beijing world championships silver medalist.
Xue Changrui had looked he could make an amazing breakthrough by winning China's first ever men's pole vault medal at the world championships as he led after four jumps. However, he failed to clear 5.89m and American Sam Kendricks Mens Air Jordan 12 Retro Dark Grey 130690-005 For Sale , Rio Olympic bronze medalist claimed the title with 5.95 and Polish Piotr Lisek bagged a silver in 5.89. Rio Games runner-up Renaud Lavillenie of France finished third.
Olympic gold medalist Conseslus Kipruto finally came to a golden finish in the men's 3000m steeplechase at the world championships after two runner-up finishes at previous worlds as the Kenyan clocked 8:14.12 to continue his in-form performance in the event after the Rio Olympic Games last year.
Soufiane Elbakkali of Morocco finished runner-up at 8:14.49. The bronze medal went to Evan Jager of the United States, who completed the race at 8:15.53.
Pierre-Ambroise Bosse of France lifted his first world title in men's 800m as the he clocked a season best of 1:44.67.
The silver and bronze medal belonged to Adam Kszczot of Poland and Kipyegon Bett of Kenya respectively.
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