YA+10@UN
The UNWIRED GENERATION: Youth Leveraging Technology to Meet the MDGs
WILL BRING TOGETHER
300+ YOUNG PROFESSIONALS
FROM AROUND THE WORLD (18-28 years old) AND INVOLVE THEM IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE 8 U.N. MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS (MDGs).
Conference Focus Spotlights:
YA Delegates will have the privilege of being at the launch for...
THE UNITED NATIONS GLOBAL CAMPAIGN
"UNWired 4 MDG Solutions"
As a YA+10 attendee, you will:
- Obtain special access to the United Nations Global Campaign website to give input directly to leaders at www.UNWired4mdg.org;
- Actively participate in YA+10 sessions lead by Advisory Board members from the United Nations UNWired 4 MDG Solutions Global Campaign;
- Have the opportunity to hear directly from celebrities and young professionals working on MDG projects IN THE FIELD.
Additionally, as a youth delegate to YA+10, you will be included in sessions devoted entirely to the UN Summit for Sustainable Development (UNSSD/Rio+20):
YOUTH AND THE "ROAD TO RIO+20"
* Featuring Plenaries and Workshops by Peace Child International
* Information about the upcoming World Youth Congress in Brazil
as part of the RIO+20 events, June 2012
* Create the UN's "World We Want" through Youth-Led Development!
Select YA Delegates have also been invited to attend the inaugural TEDxUNPlaza, co-sponsored by FAF, which will be hosted at the United Nations the same week as the Youth Assembly at the United Nations:
TEDx UNPlaza
(18 January - Very limited free, pre-arranged seating, only.
For YA+10@UN delegates who would like more information
on TEDx registration, contact in...@tedxunplaza.org)
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 Friendship Ambassadors Foundation
www.faf.org
Now in its 10th Year, the YA is a relatively new and very successful project for Friendship Ambassadors Foundation, marking its decades long commitment to service in the name of the United Nations.
FAF is perhaps better known for its 40+ year history of cultural exchange, volunteer service, and homestay/networking opportunities throughout the world. That legacy is why FAF offers YA accommodations and extensions: reflecting FAF's long-revered approach to nurturing informal networking, an element that is central to all FAF events. We hope you attend the YA and accept FAF's hospitality - because youth-to-youth networking promotes youth led development and long-lasting, professional relationships!
Individuals, register for the YA HERE ~ Groups, register HERE
Learn more about the YA Accommodations Opportunities HERE
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Photo of YA participants, January, 2011 · courtesy of Layla Love
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"I urge you to see your time (at the YA) as a call to action. The world needs each and every one of you to do your part in transforming our world and building a more sustainable and equitable future for all."
- Ban Ki-Moon, United Nations Secretary General
"It is a great pleasure to send greetings to Friendship Ambassadors Foundation's Youth Delegates. I can't thank you enough for demonstrating your commitment to making a difference; I encourage each of you to continue to give back to others."
- Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor, New York City
"If you saw the impact you had on the youth (and young at heart) attending (FAF's Youth) Assembly, you would have to shade your eyes from the brightness of hope."
- Paulette Schatz, Project Manager, U.N. Development Programme (UNDP)
Photo of YA Participants January, 2011 courtesy of Layla Love
"Most inspiring to me was the excitement, enthusiasm and genuine appreciation that the participants shared following the event. It is a powerful experience to meet so many others who recognize importance in the same issues you do."
- Katy Mixter, Program Associate, Corporate Sustainability, Citigroup
"The opportunity to share PepsiCo's social and environmental initiatives with the YA attendees was a pleasure and inspiration. With future leaders of the caliber of those I had the good fortune to meet, I am more heartened than ever that our planet, and the communities which share its resources, are in very capable hands."
- Daniel Bena, Director of Sustainable Development, PepsiCo and Author, Sustain-Ability: How a Corporate Conscience Helps a Business Sustain the Ability to Win
~ Be The Change ~
Register for the 10th YA@ the UN this week!
Join us in the Global MDG Youth Conversation.
"For the foundation, the YA is core to our mission," said FAF's Executive Director and YA cofounder Patrick Sciarratta. "Here we have created a new opportunity to provide meaningful, cultural exchange by bringing together UN staff, youth leaders from over 40 countries, recognized celebrities, and select NGOs dedicated to the success of the Millennium Development Goals. We view this as a 'united cultures' project at the United Nations because we invite the world into a great networking opportunity for human security and global development."
"We want to empower youth leaders to create careers and other opportunities in fulfillment of the MDGs." Mr. Sciarratta concluded, "If peace through cultural exchange is indeed FAF's mission, then the YA at the UN is the place and programme that will ensure its success."
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