Fwd: [EPG EnvTalk] Essay Writing Contest for University Students - United Nations Academic Impact and partners

[Ranjeev shrestha]

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From: Tek Jung Mahat <tekjun...@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, May 8, 2012 at 10:06 PM
Subject: [EPG EnvTalk] Essay Writing Contest for University Students -
United Nations Academic Impact and partners
To: Environment Professionals <Environment-...@googlegroups.com>


Please kindly share this with some potential people in your network. Best, Tek

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From: Jean Paul Brice Affana <jeanpau...@yahoo.fr>
Date: 8 May 2012 21:59
Subject: (AYICC) Tr : Essay Writing Contest for University Students
To: "jean...@glocha.info" <jean...@glocha.info>

Dear all,

The United Nations Academic Impact (http://outreach.un.org/unai) and
the Brookings Institution in Washington DC are launching a global
contest for university students, inviting them to imagine a speech
that would be made by the Secretary-General at the opening of the next
session of the General Assembly. There is today a growing consensus
concerning our global interdependence. Article 28 of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights enshrines everyone’s right to an
international order where the inherent dignity and rights of all are
fully realized .What is less clear is what sort of a global civics is
necessary and feasible for us to navigate this growing
interdependence.

University students from around the world  are invited to ponder these
vital questions in  submissions, in English and  up to 1500 words in
length, which address — in the form of a draft of the imagined speech
by the Secretary-General — what responsibilities we can all take on
towards people who happen not to be our compatriots, and what rights
we can claim, as we work to solve global problems together in a shared
culture of intellectual social responsibility.

The competition is open to all students currently enrolled at a
university. Submissions should be sent simultaneously to
academi...@un.org and halt...@brookings.edu by June 15, 2012.
Please put ''SPEECH COMPETITION'' in the subject line. Best authors of
what are judged to be the top three submissions, at least one of whom
will be from an UNAI member institution, will be invited to New York
and Washington DC to meet with the United Nations Secretary-General
and the leadership of the Brookings Institution respectively.

Please find attached flyer for more information. Thank you.

Good luck !

Jean Paul
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Jean Paul Brice Affana

Youth and Action Instructor, Founder Coordinator
Vital Actions for Sustainable Development [AVD]
| +237 9632-4998 | P.O. Box: 20.387 Yaoundé, Cameroon
| Skype: jpbrice1 | www.avd.organisation.over-blog.com

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Biodiversity Information Network <http://bit.ly/EnvTalk> was
established by Mr. Tek Jung Mahat
<http://realisingchange.blogspot.com/> in Nov. 2005 as a voluntary
service function, to promote networking and knowledge exchange among
concerned professionals at global, regional and local level. Since
then, it has developed an alliance of over 650 environment
professionals (individuals and institutions) from over 30 countries in
Asia, Europe, Australia, Latin and North America. Group’s popularity
and supporting activities eventually led to birth of ClimateHimalaya
<www.climatehimalaya.org.np/>, an independent 'Himalaya regional
initiative' on 5 June 2007.

Pls contact Mr. Laxman Belbase, Group Moderator at
<l.be...@gmail.com> for more information or send suitable
information directly to <Environment-...@googlegroups.com>


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Ranjeev shrestha