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> Subject: UN Youth Flash, Vol. 4, No. 7, October 2007
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> From: UN-DSPD YOUTH
> Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:56:15 -0400
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> UN YOUTH FLASH
> Vol. 4, No. 7, October 2007
>
> WELCOME to the UN Youth Flash, a service of the
> United Nations Programme
> on Youth to keep you informed about the work of the
> UN on youth issues. We
> encourage you to forward the UN Youth Flash to
> people in your network.
>
> In this issue:
>
> - Feature: Youth issues at the 62nd session of the
> General Assembly
> - Highlights from UN Headquarters
> - Highlights from UN agencies around the world
> - Calendar of Youth Events
> - On the Internet
>
> UN Youth Flash can be read on-line at:
> http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unyin/flash.htm.
>
> FEATURE: Youth issues at the 62nd session of the
> General Assembly
>
> Youth and social development are discussed in the
> General Assemblyâs Third
> Committee, which addresses social, humanitarian and
> cultural issues. In
> his opening statement to the Third Committee, the
> Director of the Division
> for Social Policy and Development, which includes
> the UN Programme on
> Youth, stated that the young people of today have
> new opportunities that
> co-exist with a myriad of challenges; nevertheless,
> youth are increasingly
> proving to be essential to the development process.
> The full and effective
> participation of young people and youth-led
> organizations is important for
> the realization of the Millennium Development
> Goals, as well as the
> promotion and implementation of the World Programme
> of Action for Youth
> (WPAY). He called on Member States to encourage the
> participation of young
> as active agents in decision-making processes and
> for positive change and
> development in society.
>
> The Report of the Secretary-General on youth
> entitled âFollow-up to the
> World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year
> 2000 and Beyond,â was
> presented to the Third Committee along with other
> youth-related documents.
> The report contains a review of the progress made
> and the constraints that
> young people face in relation to their
> participation in the global
> economy. It highlights issues pertinent to
> globalization, employment,
> education, poverty and hunger â all critical
> determinants of whether youth
> succeed in the global economy or not. The report
> also proposes a set of
> indicators for measuring youth development and puts
> forward specific
> recommendations geared to integrating and
> protecting youth in the global
> economy, and includes a progress report on the
> Secretary-Generalâs Youth
> Employment Network. An addendum to the report
> elaborates on goals and
> targets for monitoring the progress of youth in the
> global economy.
>
> The Committee also has before it the supplement to
> the WPAY that
> elaborates on the five additional areas, namely
> globalization, information
> and communications technology, HIV/AIDS, armed
> conflict, and
> intergenerational issues and presents proposals for
> action by Governments.
>
> Twenty four youth delegates were included in the
> official delegations of
> 18 countries. Although, presentations at Third
> Committee meetings made by
> youth delegates primarily focused on youth-related
> topics, their direct
> and passionate statements also included a range of
> global concerns, such
> as climate change and the MDGs. Ben Groom, the
> youth delegate from
> Australia spoke about the preparations he made for
> his task at the UN. He
> told about his 33,000 mile journey of consultation
> with over 4,000 young
> people from around his country, bringing their
> concerns to the General
> Assembly. Marah Köberle, one of two youth
> delegates from Germany, stated
> that young people clearly had the capacity to
> address local and global
> issues and what was needed was the commitment of
> Governments to provide
> the necessary opportunities â equally and fairly.
> The youth delegate from
> the Netherlands spoke out for young people facing
> poverty, insecurity and
> inequality, giving them a voice at the United
> Nations. After making their
> speeches, some youth delegates received applause,
> an occurrence quite
> uncommon at General Assembly meetings.
>
> The Committee is currently deliberating on a draft
> resolution that
> highlights the role of youth participation in
> development and the
> addresses the mixed impact of globalization on the
> lives of young people
> around the world. The resolution aims to improve
> the ability of young
> people, especially those living in poverty, to
> participate more fully in
> the global economy through greater inclusion,
> education, training, and
> employment policies. It calls upon Governments to
> keep their commitments
> made in the MDGs and to act to achieve them through
> national development
> strategies with the increased involvement of young
> people. Youth delegates
> from several Member States made significant
> contributions to the text of
> resolution and actively participated in
> deliberations.
>
> To find out more about the youth delegates or to
> review youth-related
> documents, including the final General Assembly
> resolution on youth,
> please visit
> http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unyin/ga62.htm.
>
> HIGHLIGHTS FROM UN HEADQUARTERS
>
> >> Youth Week at United Nations Headquarters
> Youth issues were highlighted at UN Headquarters
> during what is now
> informally known as, Youth Week. The following were
> key side-events held
> at United Nations Headquarters during Youth Week:
>
> > Briefing for Youth Delegates
> The United Nations Programme on Youth organized
> this briefing for Youth
> Delegates prior to the opening of the Third
> Committee. The event provided
> an opportunity to highlight the work of the United
> Nations on Youth and
> discuss documents that were before the General
> Assembly. It allowed youth
> delegates to present themselves and network with
> youth delegates from
> other countries, as well as with representatives of
> the NGO Committee on
> Youth. For information on how youth can represent
> their countries at UN
> meetings, please see
> http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unyin/youthrep.htm.
>
> > Empowering Youth in the Global Economy
> This seminar was organized by the youth delegates
> to the 62nd session of
> the General Assembly at German House â the
> Permanent Mission of Germany to
> the UN. Keynote speakers included Audrey Cordera,
> the young founder of
> Youth Works Inc (http://www.youthmicrofinance.com),
> a youth-led, fully
> incorporated non-profit organization providing
> microfinance loans and a
> virtual marketplace to underprivileged and
> grassroots youth entrepreneurs.
> Yamina Djacta, of the United Nations Human
> Settlement Programme
> (UN-HABITAT) presented information on an innovative
> microcredit project
> for urban youth in the slums of Nairobi that
> provides loans to aspiring
> entrepreneurs
> (http://www.unhabitat.org/categories.asp?catid=531).
>
> > Youth participation for development: assessing
> experiences of youth
> participation in policymaking
> The Secretary-Generalâs Youth Employment Network
> (YEN) organized this
> event that included an official launch of the new
> publication, âJoining
> Forces with Young People: A Practical Guide to
> Collaboration for Youth
> Employmentâ. This publication was produced by the
> Youth Consultative Group
> (YCG) that comprises of youth representatives from
> major international and
> regional youth organizations. The event also
> included a moderated panel
> discussion that showcased of the work of the YEN
> core partners (ILO, World
> Bank, United Nations) in engaging with young people
> on employment issues.
> To download a copy of the publication, please visit
>
>
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/yen/download/yendraft.pdf
> .
>
> > Youth participation in fighting HIV/AIDS
> This event was organized by the Global Youth
> Coalition on HIV/AIDS (GYCA),
> the NGO Committee on Youth and the UN Programme on
> Youth. The event
> included the screening of YouthForce: Delivering a
> Message on HIV/AIDS, a
> video documentary of the 2006 XVI International
> AIDS Conference in
> Toronto, where over 1,000 youth delegates from
> around the world came
> together to make their voices heard. Following the
> screening, a panel
> discussed current YouthForce preparations for the
> 2008 Mexico
> International AIDS Conference and presented
> information on how to get
> involved in youth HIV/AIDS interventions worldwide.
> The panellists
> included Joya Banerjee and Aleza Summit from the
> Global Youth Coalition on
> HIV/AIDS, Harinder Janjua from the UNFPA HIV/AIDS
> Branch, and Sandra van
> Beest, youth delegate from the Netherlands.
>
> > Empowering vulnerable and marginalized youth in
> employment and education
> The Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United
> Nations organized this
> event to discuss issues surrounding disadvantaged
> youth and to highlight
> national policies to address the issue.
> Presentations included the UNâs
> âTackling Poverty Togetherâ project
> (http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unyin/TPT.htm) by
> Julie Larsen, âEmpowerment
> of Young Romaâ by Jonathan Mack, youth delegate
> of Germany, âEmpower Youth
> with non-formal education in Sweden and Africaâ
> by Gabriel Ehrling, the
> youth delegate from Sweden and âErase
> Discrimination and Empower Migrantsâ
> by Adina Rom, the youth delegate from Switzerland.
>
> >> STAND UP! SPEAK OUT! Poverty Eradication Day at
> the United Nations
> On 16-17 October, over 43 million people from
> around the world stood up
> and spoke out, breaking last yearâs record of
> 23.5 million, to demand a
> more urgent political response to the growing
> crisis of global poverty and
> inequality. They called on their world leaders to
> keep their commitments
> made in the Millennium Development Goals. United
> Nations Secretary General
> Ban Ki-moon led the stand-up event at UN
> Headquarters in New York. A
> pledge was read by the Secretary-General and Adina
> Rom, the Swiss youth
> delegate to the 62nd session of the General
> Assembly, along with the
> President of the General Assembly and a young
> person living in poverty and
> hundreds of people who had assembled on the North
> Lawn at UN Headquarters.
> For more information, please see
> http://www.standagainstpoverty.org/.
>
> >> Expert Group Meeting on Intergenerational
> Solidarity held at UN
> Headquarters
> The meeting entitled âStrengthening Economic and
> Social Tiesâ was held
> from 23-25 October at UN Headquarters.
> Intergenerational solidarity can be
> understood as a sense of mutual dependence between
> people, arising from
> shared or common interests that generate any number
> of positive social
> outcomes. Within the broad objective of developing
> specific strategies to
> promote social inclusion and enhance solidarity
> between generations, this
> meeting was geared at exploring essential elements
> of solidarity at all
> levels - in families, communities and countries.
> The experts discussed
> ways to promote mutual support among generations,
> especially between older
> persons and youth and what could be done to avoid
> conflicts among
> generations, as well as ways to address the
> specific needs of various
> socio-demographic groups in this context. For more
> information, please see
>
>
http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unyin/egm_unhq_oct07.htm.
>
> HIGHLIGHTS FROM UN AGENCIES AROUND THE WORLD
>
> >> ILO Key Indicators of the Labour Market (KILM),
> 5th edition
> This fifth edition of the KILM provides more
> insight and new measurements
> on what the International Labour Organization (ILO)
> calls âdecent work
> deficitsâ worldwide. Decent work is productive
> and delivers a fair income,
> security in the workplace and social protection for
> families, as well as
> allowing people to express their concerns, organize
> and participate in the
> decisions that affect their lives. The publication
> also presents an
> indicator on youth that consists of four distinct
> measurements, each
> representing a different aspect of the youth
> unemployment problem. The
> four measurements are: (a) youth unemployment rate
> (youth unemployment as
> a percentage of the youth labour force); (b) ratio
> of the youth
> unemployment rate to the adult unemployment rate;
> (c) youth unemployment
> as a proportion of total unemployment; and (d)
> youth unemployment as a
> proportion of the youth population. To download
> this edition of the KILM,
> go to http://www.ilo.org/kilm/.
>
> >> UN-GAID Global Forum on Youth and ICT for
> Development
> At the three-day Forum held in Geneva from 24-26
> September, young people
> from around the world proposed measures for
> addressing the impact of ICT
> on their lives by adopting a manifesto, âA
> Declaration to and for the
> Youth of the Worldâ, stating young peopleâs
> commitment to eradicate
> poverty through the use of innovative technology.
> More than 600
> participants from youth organizations, Government,
> the private sector,
> civil society and the technology community attended
> the Forumâs plenary
> sessions and workshops, panels and roundtables. A
> marketplace featured
> several events and exhibits that showcased young
> peopleâs innovations in
> the use of technology. For more information, please
> visit
> http://www.un-gaid.org/gfyouth.
>
> >> UNESCAP Training workshop in Viet Nam on drug
> abuse counselling
> The UN Economic Commission for Asia and the Pacific
> (UNESCAP), in
> collaboration with the Department for Social Evils
> Prevention, Viet Nam,
> conducted a training workshop on drug treatment and
> rehabilitation and
> relapse prevention for young drug users in Vinh,
> Viet Nam from 3-5
> October. Present at the workshop were community
> representatives and other
> stakeholders, including Government officials and
> people from the Youth
> Union, health centres and drug treatment and
> rehabilitation centres.
> Workshop sessions served to, enhance counselling
> skills, raise awareness
> of the risks associated with drug use, emphasize
> the need for greater
> community linkages and advocate policies that
> encourage engender greater
> community participation in treatment. For more
> information, please contact
> roncarati (at) un.org.
>
> >> UNESCO Youth Forum
> More than 300 young people from all over the world
> came together at UNESCO
> Headquarters in Paris for the fifth UNESCO Youth
> Forum. The 2007 Youth
> Forum examined the results and recommendations from
> a series of Regional
> UNESCO Youth Forums held in 2006 and 2007 on the
> theme of âYoung People
> and the Dialogue among Civilizations, Cultures and
> Peoplesâ. The young
> delegates worked together in plenary sessions and
> working groups to
> produce a final report that included their views,
> concerns and
> recommendations, which was presented at the opening
> plenary session of the
> General Conference, UNESCOâs highest
> decision-making body. For the first
> time, young people directly contributed to the work
> of two ministerial
> round tables on "Education and Economic
> development" and "Science and
> Technology for sustainable development - the role
> of UNESCO". To read the
> final report of the UNESCO General Conference Youth
> Forum, please see
> http://www.unesco.org/youth or email
> ucj (at) unesco.org.
>
> >> UNFPA launches publication on adolescent
> pregnancies
> On 19 October 2007, UNFPA launched its new youth
> publication, âGiving
> Girls Today and Tomorrow: Breaking the Cycle of
> Adolescent Pregnancyâ at
> the Women Deliver Conference, a global conference
> that took place from
> 18-20 October 2007 in London, UK to mark the 20th
> anniversary of the
> global Safe Motherhood Initiative and to create
> political will to save the
> lives and improve the health of women, mothers, and
> newborns worldwide.
> The publication highlights the issue of adolescent
> pregnancy among married
> and unmarried girls aged 10-19 years old, with
> special attention to those
> living in poverty. It further underscores how
> strategic investments help
> to prevent pregnancy and child marriage can yield
> huge returns, while
> building the socio-economic assets of girls. For
> more information, please
> visit the UNFPA website at http://www.unfpa.org.
>
> >> UNFPA supported documentary "Child Brides:
> Stolen Livesâ
> On October 12, the American public television news
> journalism series NOW
> on PBS premiered a special documentary, âChild
> Brides: Stolen Livesâ. The
> hour-long special travelled around the world for a
> revealing exploration
> of child marriage in developing countries, and how
> people can act locally
> and globally to address this harmful practice. An
> estimated 100 million
> girls will be married over the next 10 years and
> the documentary puts a
> human face on the issue, taking viewers on a
> journey of sorrow, healing
> and hope. Countries visited include Niger, India
> and Guatemala. For more
> information, please visit:
> http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/341/index.html.
>
> >> UNFPA Global Youth Advisory Panel
> The annual UNFPA Global Youth Advisory Panel
> meeting will be held from 19
> to 21 November. It will bring together 20 to 25
> young representatives aged
> 15 to 24, who represent a wide variety of national,
> regional and
> international youth networks to give advice on
> promoting the rights and
> needs of youth within UNFPA. Panel members make
> comprehensive
> recommendations on planning, policymaking and
> programming and also share
> ideas with UNFPA throughout the year via an
> e-forum. For the 2007 meeting
> the Global Youth Advisory Panel will focus on
> developing a guide for UNFPA
> Country Offices on youth participation and
> youth-adult partnerships,
> including recommendations on the establishment of
> country-level Youth
> Advisory Panels. For more information, please see
> http://www.unfpa.org/adolescents/initiatives.htm.
>
> >> UNICEF Participate! Comment! Share your
> experiences on what works!
> Article 12 of the Convention on the Rights of the
> Child stresses the
> importance of childrenâs right to express their
> views in all matters
> affecting them. UNICEF is providing young people
> with an opportunity to
> tell the world how to better implement this
> important Article. The
> opportunity also includes an invitation to send in
> ideas, case studies and
> experiences that could be included in the
> forthcoming âHandbook for
> Governments on Implementing the General Commentâ.
> The Handbook will
> provide a space for drawing on the many examples of
> good child
> participation practice from around the world to
> show what works and why.
> The deadline for submission is October 31, 2007.
> For more information,
> please see
>
http://www.unicef.org/voy/takeaction/takeaction_3923.html.
>
> >> UNICEF Graca Machel 10 Year Review - Voices of
> Youth Survey
> âWill you listen? â Young voices from conflict
> zonesâ, the youth report of
> the Machel Study 10-year strategic review was
> launched by young people on
> 17 October at the UN. This report brought together
> the voices of children
> and young people from Afghanistan, Angola, Burundi,
> Haiti, Iraq, Liberia,
> Nepal, the Occupied Palestinian Territories,
> Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan and
> many other areas affected by war. It includes
> first-hand accounts of how
> these youth experience violence, displacement,
> sexual violence,
> interruption of education, malnutrition and lack of
> health care, and
> trauma. UNICEF and UNFPA facilitated the
> participation of 1700 youth from
> 92 countries in this process through focus group
> discussions and an online
> survey. Now through an online petition, they are
> asking other youth to
> join with them and endorse the demands made in the
> report. To sign the
> petition, please go to
> http://petitions.takingitglobal.org/machel.
>
> >> UNICEF Speak out on disability rights
> UNICEF is calling all on young people to contribute
> their ideas to the
> child-friendly text of the UN Convention on the
> Rights of Persons with
> Disabilities. This online discussion will provide
> young people with the
> opportunity to comment on the child-friendly text
> that will help put the
> Convention into the hands of children and young
> people. This way they will
> know what Governments have promised to do to make
> sure that every child
> with disability has what it needs to grow, play,
> participate and go to
> school, and to reach its full potential as others.
> To contribute your
> ideas, please visit
>
>
http://www.unicef.org/voy/takeaction/takeaction_cfc_questionnaire.php.
>
> >> WHO Developing an integrated approach to
> adolescent health
> The World Health Organization (WHO) is a
> treasure-trove of useful guidance
> on individual and public health, but is it
> organized in a fashion to
> address adolescent health issues in countries? This
> was the challenge that
> WHO's Department of Child and Adolescent Health and
> Development (CAH) rose
> to meet over the summer. While many departments
> within the organization
> work with "children" (defined as under 18), they do
> not necessarily
> specify actions for adolescents. The aim of the
> initiative was to provide
> better, more comprehensive support to countries by
> developing a portal to
> the breadth of resources that WHO has to offer on
> adolescents' health. CAH
> will use this as a basis to explore how WHO country
> offices can use such
> technical resources to address the health of
> adolescents in a more
> integrated manner.
>
> >> WHO Review of Global Fund Proposals
> The Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
> (GFATM) provides an
> unprecedented opportunity to coordinate and
> increase funds for HIV
> programmes in countries. But have the available
> resources been used for
> activities to prevent HIV among young people, who
> are estimated to account
> for more than 40% of all new infections? The
> Department of Child and
> Adolescent Health and Development (CAH) of the
> World Health Organization
> reviewed 163 funded and not-yet-funded proposals
> for youth activity from
> the GFATM website. The results were disturbing: 45
> of the proposals didn't
> seem to have any activities focused on young
> people; about 50% had some
> activity, although these varied widely; and only
> about 4% of the proposals
> were focused specifically on young people as a
> major target. Further
> review of the type of the proposals indicated that
> providing information
> and building life skills were the most predominant
> types of activity.
> Little attention was directed to improving health
> services for young
> people - a CAH priority - or targeting particularly
> vulnerable young
> people. Following this review, an article is being
> drafted which is
> envisaged as the basis for advocacy and for the
> development of tools to
> assist countries in increasing the attention being
> paid to young people.
> For more details, please contact
> lawedavieso (at) who.int or visit
> http://www.who.int/child-adolescent-health.
>
> CALENDAR OF YOUTH EVENTS
>
> >> 2 - 4 November Asian Youth Forum 2007
> The Asian Youth Council in collaboration with the
> All China Youth
> Federation will organize the Asian Youth Forum
> (AYF) 2007 in Beijing,
> China. The chosen theme for 2007 is Dynamic Asia:
> Entrepreneurial Youth.
> For more information, please see
> http://www.asiayouth.org.
>
> >> 5 - 8 November: Peace in the Oceans Conference
> A global interactive conference on ocean
> sustainability, climate change,
> women and youth will be hosted by the International
> Ocean Institute (IOI),
> IOC-UNESCO, and the Government of Malta. For more
> information, please see
> http://www.thewavesofchange.org.
>
> >> 10 - 17 November: ASEM Youth Dialogue
> The dialogue provides a valuable challenge through
> which youth can
> exchange perspectives on priority themes in the
> Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM)
> agenda. The Conference in Mindoro, Philippines,
> will examine "Conscious
> Choices for Equitable Development. For more
> information, please see
> http://www.asef.org
>
> >> 14 - 19 November: Third World Congress on
> Children and Adolescentâs
> Rights
> The Third World Congress will be held in Barcelona,
> Spain. Children and
> adolescents will present their concerns and offer
> solutions to issues that
> affect them. The aim of this Congress is to set
> guidelines towards
> attaining âa world fit for childrenâ. For more
> information, please see
> http://www.iiicongresomundialdeinfancia.org.
>
> >> 19 - 22 November: Commonwealth Youth Forum
> The Youth Forum will be held prior to the opening
> of the Commonwealth
> Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Entebbe,
> Uganda. The theme of the
> Forum is âBreaking barriers; unleashing young
> peopleâs potentials for
> developmentâ and will aim at identifying
> successful strategies and models
> in fostering youth sustainable development,
> conflict resolution and
> combating HIV/AIDS. For more information, please
> see
> http://www.chogm2007.ug/
>
> >> 4 - 7 December: Africa-Europe Youth Summit
> The North-South Centre of the Council of Europe is
> facilitating a
> youth-led process to hold an Africa-Europe Youth
> Summit in Lisbon. The aim
> of the Summit is to reinforce youth work and
> increase youth participation
> in Africa and Europe influencing the youth policy
> in Euro-African
> Cooperation. For more information, please see
>
>
http://europafrica.org/2007/05/23/africa-europe-youth-summit.
>
> >> 14 November - United Nations observes World
> Diabetes Day
> In 2006, the General Assembly of the United Nations
> passed a resolution
> recognizing diabetes as a chronic, debilitating and
> costly disease and
> designated 14 November as World Diabetes Day to be
> observed every year
> starting in 2007. The theme of this year's Day is
> Diabetes in Children and
> Adolescents. For more information, please see
> http://www.worlddiabetesday.org/
>
> >> 1 December - World AIDS Day
> This yearâs theme is âleadershipâ, which
> provides an opportunity to
> highlight youth leadership through a wide range of
> community activities.
> The Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS (GYCA) is
> partnering with World
> AIDS Campaign to coordinate youth-led events
> worldwide. For more
> information, please see
> http://www.worldaidscampaign.info.
>
> >> 5 December: International Volunteer Day
> The Day offers an opportunity for volunteer
> organizations and individuals
> to highlight their contributions to achieve the
> MDGs at local, national
> and international levels. For more information,
> please see
>
>
http://www.worldvolunteerweb.org/int-l-volunteer-day.html.
>
> >> 9 - 12 December: UN Special Session/World Fit
> for Children + 5
> The year 2007 marks the mid decade point for the
> Plan of Action of the âA
> World Fit for Children". The main events include
> the Children's Forum on 9
> -10 December, the commemorative high level plenary
> meeting of the General
> Assembly and Roundtable discussions on 11 and 12
> December 2007 in New
> York. For more information, please see
> http://www.unicef.org/worldfitforchildren. In the
> meantime it is your
> opportunity to take action and get involved. Visit
> UNICEFâs Voices of
> Youth website to find out how:
>
>
http://www.unicef.org/voy/takeaction/takeaction_3978.html
>
> >> 11 - 14 December: Asia-Pacific Humanitarian
> Affairs Conference 2007
> An NGO driven initiative, the Asia-Pacific
> Humanitarian Affairs Conference
> aims to educate and create greater awareness and
> understanding among young
> people on a range of socio-economic issues in the
> Asia-Pacific region. For
> more information, please visit
> http://www.humanitarianaffairs.org/conference.html.
>
> >> 14 - 30 June 2008: International Summer Work
> Camp in Palestine
> âHope for Tomorrow" at Zajel Youth Exchange
> Program, An-Najah National
> University, Nablus-Palestine. The camp invites
> young people from around
> the world interested in helping create a better
> world, specifically youth
> working with youth-led organizations addressing
> humanitarian issues and
> social justice. For more information, please see
>
>
http://youth.zajel.org/summer_camps/summer_camp_2008/announcing.htm.
>
> >> 10 - 21 August 2008: 4th World Youth Congress on
> Youth and Development
> Regeneration 2008 - Quebec City, the 4th World
> Youth Congress, designed to
> promote and celebrate youth-led development, will
> bring together 600 young
> people from over 100 countries to Québec City in
> August 2008. Find out
> more and be part of this worldwide Youth Action
> Event! If you are an
> active young person (15 â 30), also passionate
> about making poverty
> history in a sustainable way, register to
> participate at
> http://www.wyc2008.qc.ca by 31 October.
>
> ON THE INTERNET
>
> >> CRC (at) 18
> This fall, the Convention of the Rights of the
> Child (CRC) is celebrating
> its 18th Anniversary, and as part of the activities
> to commemorate this
> historic event Voices of Youth will create an
> online art exhibit with
> contributions from young people. The deadline for
> submissions is November
> 20. For more details, please see
>
>
http://www.unicef.org/voy/takeaction/takeaction_3866.html
> or contact
> voy (at) unicef.org.
>
> >> Secretariat of the Convention on Biological
> Diversity
> This fall, the Convention on Biological Diversity
> (CBD) will publish the
> second edition of its youth newsletter,
> âGincaniñoâ, featuring the theme
> of biodiversity and climate change. Visit the
> Children and Youth section
> of the CBD website to download the newsletter and
> find out how your
> biodiversity initiatives can be shared with youth
> around the world.
> Please see http://www.cbd.int/youth/.
>
> >> The Laws of Life Essay Contest
> The Laws of Life Essay Contest challenges young
> people of all ages to
> discover for themselves the values that will guide
> them throughout life.
> The contest enables community members to partner
> with their schools and
> make a difference in the lives of young people. For
> more information,
> please see http://www.lawsoflife.org/contest.
>
> >>Virtual fair for rural youth from Latin America
> This fair in cyberspace will take place from
> October to December 2007. The
> fair is organized by RELAJUR and
> TakingITGlobal.org, along with support
> from IADB Youth, and presents novel ways to include
> the participation of
> rural youth in the region. Visit the fair at
> http://jovenesrurales.tigblog.org.
>
> >> New magazine launched by IYF
> YOUth, the new flagship magazine from the
> International Youth Foundationâs
> (IYF), offers interviews, personal stories, and
> essays focused on youth
> development around the world. Published by IYF
> twice a year, the magazine
> seeks to celebrate the power and promise of young
> people to change the
> world, while incorporating the varied voices and
> perspectives from those
> in the public, private, and non-profit sectors. To
> read the first issue,
> visit http://www.iyfnet.org/section.cfm/31/286.
>
> CONTACT INFORMATION
>
> UN Youth Flash is a service of the UN Programme on
> Youth, of the Division
> for Social Policy and Development, within the
> Department of Economic and
> Social Affairs (DESA) at the United Nations
> Secretariat in New York. The
> UN Youth Flash can be read on-line at:
> http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unyin/flash.htm.
>
> To subscribe and unsubscribe to the UN Youth Flash,
> please send an Email
> to:
> youth (at) un.org, with âsubscribeâ or
> âunsubscribeâ in the subject line.
>
> For more information about Youth at the United
> Nations, please visit:
> http://www.un.org/youth.
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