The importance of youth training cannot be stressed sufficiently. The Future of Nations and the World will depend on the sort of youth training which the boys and girls receive and the various countries encourage.

All Nations need to ensure that the future governors of their countries are adequately trained in those other important and oft overlooked leadership skills which make good stable and moral citizens, by encouraging youth training organizations to flourish. To this end, the International Sea Cadet Association has a very special role to play. Through its endeavours, maritime youth training organizations are encouraged throughout the World , whether or not the countries concerned are bordered by the sea