New York, July 26, 2011 – In his opening speech at the UN High Level Meeting Ban Ki-Moon asked all of the youth delegates present directly, “Are we doing enough for you? Can we do more?” The participating organisations of ICMYO joined the chorus of the youth in the General Assembly Hall and shouted, “No!”Continue reading “ICMYO Press Release: Global youth organisations demand action at UN high‐level meeting on youth”
Monthly Archives: July 2011
Highlights from the 2nd day of ICMYO 2011 – by Paola Silva, IFLRY
Early Sunday morning, not precisely the day and time when people are used to seeing young people gathered to work, but indeed it happened. The session started with the proposal from the European Youth Forum about the common statement on the situation in Norway. ICMYO organizations agreed to support the proposal and the statement willContinue reading “Highlights from the 2nd day of ICMYO 2011 – by Paola Silva, IFLRY”
Speech by Mr Romulo Dantas by the opening of the UN High-Level Meeting on Youth
Good morning, I wish all of you here today a very good High Level Meeting It is not every day that someone has the opportunity to invite Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Mr. Joseph Deiss and Alek Wek to come and visit my old street. I come from Sao Paulo, Brazil, from one of the most violentContinue reading “Speech by Mr Romulo Dantas by the opening of the UN High-Level Meeting on Youth”
Highlights from the first day of ICMYO 2011
During the opening of the ICMYO 2011, Hon. Dullas Allahapperuma, Sri Lanka’s Minister for Youth Affairs and Skills Development, declared that Sri Lanka wants to host a World Youth Conference in 2014. FIMCAP became a participating organiszation in ICMYO and the organizations started preparing for the UN High Level Meeting on Youth by evaluating theContinue reading “Highlights from the first day of ICMYO 2011”
ICMYO PRESS RELEASE: Nothing about us without us!
NEW YORK, JULY 22 2011 // The world’s largest youth-led organizations gather in New York this weekend, before the UN High Level Meeting on Youth kicks off Monday. Human Rights, restrictions on global mobility for youth and the youth perspective on the development agenda are important agenda items as The International Coordination Meeting of YouthContinue reading “ICMYO PRESS RELEASE: Nothing about us without us!”
The host country of ICMYO 2011: Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is hosting the International Coordination Meeting of Youth Organisations 2011 and making it possible to organize the meeting in connection with the UN High Level Meeting on Youth. We managed to sit down with the Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations, H.E. Dr. Palitha T.B. Kohona, to hear more aboutContinue reading “The host country of ICMYO 2011: Sri Lanka”
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