"What we have is a practical oriented agenda for youth empowerment," said Monica Aleman, of MADRE. "It reaffirms the fundamental principle of the 1993 Human Rights Conference in Vienna, which is human rights of young people are inalienable, integral, and indivisible." In seeking to protect and promote the rights of young people, the document explicitly names the Dalit, Roma, and Indigenous peoples as groups that face discrimination. The Irish Travelers are not named.

The document reads: "The term -- racial discrimination -- should include distinction, exclusion, restriction or non preference of Indigenous Peoples youth, young people of African descent, minorities, Roma people, Dalit, refugees, migrants, displaced people, people living under foreign occupation, caste system, and people with disabilities."

While saying that the youth "express (their) solidarity with the people of Palestine," the declaration does not make explicit reference to Israel. However, the document does call for reparations. It reads: "We therefore demand that perpetrator nations mainly in the north, involved in slavery, slave trade, foreign occupation and colonialism formerly apologies to victims and descendents with a just and fair compensation and reparations such as the immediate withdrawal from the occupied territories, the right of return to peoples own land, social development programs, cancellation of the foreign debt and any other form of reparations considered appropriate by victims."

The document contains eleven chapters: Education and Employment, Health, Environment, Justice, Poverty and Economy (Globalization), Media and New Information Technology, Minority Rights, Multiple Forms of Discrimination, Human Rights and Citizenship, Colonialism and Foreign Occupation and New Forms of Apartheid. Each chapter makes recommendations for both governments and civil society on actions that need to be taken to address each issue.

"For those youth who did not have the opportunity to be in Durban, regional consultations will be held around the world for the next six months," said Bomani Johnson, of the African American Community Empowerment Program of American Friends Service Committee. At these meetings, the youth will have the opportunity to further refine their document.

Benji Mokgothu, South African Youth Council explained that in order to ensure adequate follow-up of the Racism conference, an interim committee had been set up. "They will follow-up on what are going to be the outcomes of this process, we seek for this plan of action to be successfully implemented," he said.