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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 ...
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 ...
Members of the UN MGCY at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction 2017. Established in 1992, the Major Group for Children and Youth (UN MGCY) is the United Nations General Assembly mandated, official, formal and self-organised space for children and youth to contribute to and engage in certain intergovernmental and allied policy processes at the United Nations.
Currently, the organization’s Secretary-General is Sofia Pereira, chosen in the XXIV National Congress of the JS that took place in December 2024. [ 2 ] It is a political organization of young Portuguese who accept the political platform approved in Congress, the Declaration of Principles and Program of the Socialist Party, with the aim of ...
Ahmed Bening Wiisichong is a Ghanaian youth leader, Pan Africanist and a Social Entrepreneur.He was elected as the Secretary General of the Pan African Youth Union [1] [2] [3] in November 2021 at the 4th Ordinary Congress of the Pan African Youth Union in Niamey, Niger. [4] He is also the Africa Head Commonwealth Youth Innovation Hub. [5]
The International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY) is an international youth labour organization, whose activities include publications, supporting member organizations and organization of meetings. Originally named the Socialist Youth International, the union was formed at the 1907 International Socialist Congress at Stuttgart as the youth wing ...
Youth Employment Network (YEN) is a joint UN, World Bank and ILO initiative to address the global challenge of youth employment. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan committed to set up YEN as a personal initiative, he invited Juan Somavia, Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and James Wolfensohn, former President of the World Bank to join him in this new inter-agency ...