development

28 Oct, 2016

Using Sport to Promote Tolerance, Respect and to Empower Youth

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To celebrate UN Staff Day on 25 October, the UN Regional Information Centre (UNRIC) in Brussels organized for its staff and the UN family in Brussels an interactive talk with two top professional athletes in martial arts who shared their life story with staff and gave their view on the UN and the Sustainable Development Goals.

5 Jul, 2016

Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Implement UNDP’s “Project of Youth Exchange Program”

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From UNDP Based on the vision of the current leadership in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and its continuous efforts to bridge the gap between nations through cultural dialogue, Saudi Arabia aspires to enhance dialogue opportunities among civilizations based on solid knowledge and sincere desire to set strong bases of cooperation, searching for common opinions,

11 Jan, 2016

Reimagining Learning with the Open Learning Campus

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From World Bank   Follow the event on Twitter with #OLC & #OpenLearning and here: http://live.worldbank.org/open-learning-campus Date: Tuesday, January 12, 2016 Time: 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. (ET) / 15:00 - 16:30 (GMT) or convert time Location: Preston Auditorium, World Bank Group HQ & Online The Open Learning Campus is an online destination for development learning

9 Sep, 2015

Summer full of Youth!

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Serving as the UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth for over two years now I’ve had the honor to meet thousands of young people from around the world and visit countless cities and youth projects with the aim of connecting young people closer with the UN’s goals and objectives, and driving more support for youth development.

13 Nov, 2014

UN conference adopts declaration calling for urgent action on education for sustainable development

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UN News Center - The World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) held in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, closed today with a declaration urging action to mainstream education in the United Nations post-2015 development agenda. The Aichi-Nagoya Declaration calls on all nations to implement the Global Action Programme on ESD to move the relevant agenda forward.

31 Jan, 2014

Call for partners: Join the global partnership for youth in the post-2015 development agenda

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Do you want to help ensure that youth priorities are reflected in the post-2015 development agenda? Today, the Office of the United Nations Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth, in partnership with ITU, UNFPA and UNMC, and with the support of the Inter-Agency Network on Youth Development’s Sub-Working Group on Post-2015,  the Major Group on Children and Youth […]

29 Nov, 2013

UN joins forces with music artist David Guetta in “The World Needs More” campaign

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International music star David Guetta, together with the United Nations and international aid organizations recently launched a music video  for the new track ‘One Voice’, in support of “The World Needs More___” campaign to raise funds for humanitarian emergencies. You can watch the video here  

17 Oct, 2013

Youth filmmakers to present their work at international awards ceremony

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Around the world, young people have been making one-minute videos in UNICEF-hosted OneMinutesJr. workshops. Eager to express themselves, youth participants share their viewpoints on subjects such as disabilities, juvenile justice, violence, their future and their lives. Now, 15 of these filmmakers are nominees for the 2013 OneMinutesJr. Awards and have been invited to Amsterdam, the […]