Yesterday marked the official closing of the Regional Youth Forum for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), held over the last three days in the capital of Ecuador. Three representatives from the Government of Ecuador — H.E. Betty Tola, Minister for Economic and Social Inclusion H.E. Pabel Munoz, National Secretary for Planning and Development and […]
On his second day of the World Conference on Youth (#wcy2014) in Sri Lanka, the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth, Ahmad Alhendawi, had a busy day which encompassed a string of bilateral meetings, as well as a highlight referencing his last visit to the country.
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 […]
In Washington, DC, the World Bank today is hosting its Youth Summit, gathering over 700 young participants. In a morning expert panel on “Working towards the post-2015 agenda: addressing the challenge of youth exclusion,” Alhendawi outlined some of the many initiatives taken by the UN system to elevate youth issues during the last couple of […]
In the margins of the ongoing General Assembly of the United Nations in New York, the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth Ahmad Alhendawi today met with Guy Ryder, the Director-General of the International Labour Organisation (ILO).
On 24 September, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the Foreign Ministry of Mexico, the Office of the UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth, and UNICEF gathered in New York to discuss the views, demands and wishes of youth for the Post-2015 Development Agenda. They were joined by youth representatives from Germany, […]
At a high-level breakfast event on the Post-2015 Agenda in New York this morning attended by the Office of the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth, Save the Children presented its new report “Getting to Zero: How we can be the generation that ends poverty.” In light of the current discussions on how to take the post-2015 […]
From 9-11 September, the United Nations Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth will be taking part in the BYND 2015 Global Youth Summit on Information and Communications Technology, organized by ITU and the Government of Costa Rica. The Youth Summit will bring together young people from around the world, online and offline, to share and reflect on […]
New York, 3 June 2013 – The UN Secretary General’s Envoy on youth today joined the Secretary-General in thanking the High Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post 2015 Development Agenda for their ambitious work which, he said provides significant inputs and guidance for the further elaboration of the United Nations development agenda. Mr […]
The Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth took part in the the Arab Development Forum, which took place in Amman, Jordan, on 10 and 11 April 2013. High-Level Panel Member for Post-2015 in the Arab region Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan is expected to participate. The Forum was also attended by Helen Clark, Chair of UNDG. […]
