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8th Annual Youth Assembly at the United Nations |
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8th
Annual
Youth
Assembly at the
United
Nations MDG Executive Session for Young Professionals The YA's "Executive Session" focused young professionals on social entrepreneurship (SE) and corporate social responsibility (CSR). Major corporate leaders, Member State chiefs, and UN staff mixed with nearly 400 YA youth delegates from around the world. " ... Like the honey bee cross pollinates flowers to yield more resilient and |
Key Dates »
January 19, 2011 »
Jan. 20-21, 2011
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beautiful species, the CSR process must acknowledge, reference, and |
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Directed by Friendship Ambassadors Foundation, Inc.
_________________ Endorsing/Participating NGOs 350.org AIESEC Amnesty International USA Art of Living Bernard Amadei * Engineers Without Borders Beyond Borders Bond Street Theatre Bridge The Gap TV Bykids.org Caring 4 Kids Child (Not) Soldier Children International Common Ground Mediation Center Community Lab Congress of Racial Equity Do Something EACT Executive Committee of NGOs Affiliated with the UNDPI Engineers Without Borders Fairleigh Dickinson University GCCA Give Them A Hand Foundation Global Kids Global Goods Partners Global Youth Action Network Go Green Habitat For Humanity Harvard International Relations Council International Youth Council ITSS (Intercollegiate Turkish Jesse Jackson * Rainbow Coalition Kathy Ireland and Kathy Ireland International Keep a Child Alive Arun Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi Institute for Non-Violence Millennium Promise Miscrocredit Summit Campaign National Hip-Hop Summit Youth Council Oxfam-NYU Johann Koss * Right to Play Save the Children SESFAR India Taking IT Global TeenAIDS TCC Group Temple of Understanding UNA Hawaii WFUNA WISER World Youth Alliance |
facilitate the sharing of best practices from various settings to yield quality output ..." - From the address of Ambassador Dr. Josephine Ojiambo "The world can and needs to hear from our young leaders, not out of compassion or kindness, but rather out of necessity. Their vision is our future." - Tom Kadala, President, ResearchPAYS, Inc. On January 20 and 21, 2011 leaders from the United Nations, Member States, and global corporate management gathered together with hundreds of Youth Leaders from around the world to advance the realization of 8 UN Millennium Development Goals. The 8th Youth Assembly at the United Nations (YA) was, by all measure, a resounding success. "Possibly one of the best among the Youth Assemblies" - YA Attendees, January 2011 HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE EVENT Guest Moderator Gillian Sorensen, in conversations with leaders at OXFAM, UN Global compact, UN Foundation on Trends in UN MDG Development Major, corporate social responsibility and MDG addresses by: Conversations on corporate responsibility and the MDGs, with special focus on youth involvement by Sustainability Directors and staff from Merck Pharmaceutical, PepsiCo, and Citicorp - all UN Global Compact Members. Fascinating, hands-on think tanks aimed at awarding 15 actual scholarships to Tangshan Technical College (near Beijing, China). Facilitated by 'serial entrepreneur' Tom Kadala and using a form of the Harvard Case Study Method, delegates actually got to assist in the adjudication development process. Social Entrepreneurs from Harvard University, NYU's Reynolds's Master Program in SE, from the worlds of travel and bio-energy development gave a variety of plenary and workshop presentations that enabled the delegates to focus on the possibility of social enterprise in their own MDG development plans back home. Leading staff from the UN Development Programme, the NGOs formally affiliated with the UN, and youth leaders working in the field ad weight and controversy to each day's programming. Delegations from China to Finland to Egypt are already preparing for Summer Registration. REGISTRATION for the 9th Youth Assembly at the United Nations, set for August 3, 4, and 5 2011 will open on February 7, 2011 (just a week away!)
On behalf of all the YA staff, interns, volunteers and our colleagues at the International Youth Council, we thank our Special Guest Moderator Gillian Sorensen, our speakers, workshop leaders and guests, and especially all the global youth delegates for an engaging, visionary session. We look forward to seeing you all again in August.
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