Youth Affairs and Skills Development Minister Dullas Alahapperuma  on Friday (02), speaking at a press conference held at the Media Centre of the Government Information Centre said considering the historical value of the event which would be held in an Asian country for the first time, the decision to launch a first day cover was arrived at.

World Conference on Youth 2014 will take place from 6th to 10th May, 2014 at the BMICH in Colombo, Sri Lanka.WCY 2014’s Cross-cutting theme is 'mainstreaming Youth in the Post-2015 Development Agenda'.