Winter 2020     

The Open Minds Project 

The Open Minds Project is a collection of materials produced by the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs to promote meaningful and inclusive participation and empowerment of youth on disarmament and non-proliferation issues. Materials included below remind us that extraordinary things are happening. This newsletter helps you find them. 

#Youth4Disarmament awarded Billion Acts of Peace Award for Best Coalition Building Project 2020	#Youth4Disarmament initiative’s video message for the Global Youth Conference on Fully Autonomous Weapons	Youth Special Session: New Technologies and their Impact on the Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Regime
UN Youth Champions for Disarmament experience at The Tenth NPT Review Conference: Youth and the NPT	#75words4Disarmament Youth Challenge Winners	High Representative delievers address at the #Apps4DigitalPeace Awards Ceremony
#Youth4Disarmament featured in UN Secretary-General's Annual Report	High Representative's Message on Two Year Anniversary of the Agenda for Disarmament	High Representative's remarks at CNS Summer School on Non-Proliferation and Nuclear Disarmament for Diplomats in Latin America and the Carribean
Winners announced in first-ever Apps 4 Digital Peace Competition	High Representative's Message to the 14th High School Model UN Japan Team	Northeast Asian Youth Share Perspectives on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation at Introductory Webinar
Secretary-General's Video Message to Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony	Students weigh security implications of emerging tech in new UN workshop series	High Representative delivers Secretary-General's message to Nagasaki Peace Memorial Ceremony
Youth discuss how to innovate responsibly and 'secure our common future', as part of the "Responsible Innovation for a Secure Environment" RISE Virtual Workshop Series	High Representative's Message to the 2020 Youth NPT Conference	Young leaders across Northeast Asia tackle challenging security questions in online education series
High Representative's Statement to "Youth and NPT" Webinar	With joint support from the African Union Commission and the United Nations youth contest for African Amnesty Month 2020 kicks off	UNODA hosted virtual webinar at UNSCC's Torino Forum 2020 on "Sustaining peace through leveraging WPS, YPS and disarmament approaches"
#75Words Heard Across the World - Youth4Disarmament Spotlight Story	Young people in Seoul host disarmament education event with former top UN official - Youth4Disarmament Spotlight Story	Finding My Own Path as a Peacebuilder

 

YouthChampions4Disarmament Section:

 

Youth Champions For Disarmament!	Today the ten 2020 Youth Champions for Disarmament began their journeys!
Nukes, Trumpets, and the "Ultimate Goal" - UN Youth Champions Fireside Chat with Dr. Randy Rydell	ICAN, you can, we can - abolish nuclear weapons! UN Youth Champions Participate in the Webinar "Path Forward for Nuclear Disarmament" by Hiroshima-ICAN Academy 2020
Youth Champions Discuss Weapons of Mass Destruction with UN Staff	How can action on conventional weapons help us achieve the Sustainable Development Goals?
Civil society leaders weigh disarmament strategies for a better world	The stone left unturned
Youth leaders discuss how young people can act as “ultimate forces for change” in new Disarmament Today podcast	The End of the Training, but the Beginning of So Much More!

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