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The Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth serves as a global advocate for addressing the needs and rights of young people for bringing the United Nations closer to them. The Envoy's Office is part of the United Nations Secretariat and supports multi-stakeholder partnerships related to the United Nations system-wide action plan on youth to volunteer initiatives.
Jayathma Wickramanayake (born 22 November 1990) is a Sri Lankan born international civil servant who currently serves as the United Nations Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth. [1] Appointed by the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres in June 2017, she succeeds Ahmad Alhendawi of Jordan, who served as the first Envoy on Youth from ...
Colombian Communist Youth is one of the most important youth political organizations in Colombia, and-at some point-had extensive participation in youth groups. Most of its mass influence is centered on the study body of public universities , high school students, youth groups in urban areas, collectives of young workers, and youth in the ...
On 11 October 1985, the Secretary-General of the UN, Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, in his report to the General Assembly, summarised the principal activities for IYY. [ 2 ] The main UN event for IYY was the World Congress on Youth ( in Spanish : Congreso Mundial Sobre La Juventud ) organised by UNESCO and held in Barcelona , Spain, 8–15 July ...
Secretary-General: Jordan Gutierrez: Founded: January 1998: Headquarters: 52 Masikap Street, Barangay Pinyahan, Quezon City: Youth wing: Akbayan Youth: Women's wing: Akbayan Women: Membership: 100,000: Ideology: Progressivism Social democracy [1] Democratic socialism [2] [1] Participatory politics: Political position: Centre-left [1] National ...
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The WFDY's first General Secretary, Alexander Shelepin, was a former leader of the Young Communist International which had been dissolved in 1943. Shelepin had been a guerilla fighter during World War II (after his work with the WFDY, he was appointed head of Soviet State Security). [6]
Akbayan! Youth (A!Y) is the youth wing of the Akbayan Citizens' Action Party, a democratic socialist and progressive political party in the Philippines. [1]As a collective of youth activists and different youth organizations, A!Y has been in existence since 1998 alongside its mother party.