Braga+20 Calling: Global Leaders to advance Youth Development
TO Reprinted from Thompson Reuters In 1998 the Braga Youth Action Plan was adopted at the Third World Youth Forum
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Involving young people in holding Governments to account
NAIROBI, May 2019 – While the international community recognises the important and positive role that young people play in maintaining and
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UN-Habitat Assembly Youth Statement
We, the young people and youth stakeholders of the UN Habitat Assembly convened in Nairobi, Kenya from the 23rd to
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Presidents and Prime Ministers discuss innovation at first UN-Habitat Assembly
NAIROBI, 29 May 2019 – A High-Level Panel featuring Heads of State and Government from Kenya, South Sudan, Fiji and Yemen
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First UN-Habitat Assembly opens in Nairobi and elects President
NAIROBI, 27 May 2019 – The President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, formally opened the first UN-Habitat Assembly at the United
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Young Somali women complete training in construction skills and ready to work
Garowe, Puntland, Somalia, February 2019 – In Somalia, it is extremely rare to see a woman working in the construction
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Four start-ups launched in Jubbaland following intensive training of youth in construction skills
Programme participants at the graduation ceremony in Kismayo, Jubbaland. March 2019 Kismayo, Somalia – As part of the Somalia Strengthening Institutions for Public
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High level visit puts spotlight on the resilience of young women and men
Nairobi–30 December 2017 – Canada’s Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, the Honourable Ahmed Hussen, the UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on
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Launch of City Champions for UN Security Council Resolution on Youth, Peace and Security
April 2019, New York – The 2019 Youth Forum of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) hosted youth participants
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Norwegian UN Day celebration focuses on youth and the localization of the Sustainable Development Goals
The Prime Minister of Norway Erna Solberg (centre) with the UN Scroll of Honour winner Isaac Muasa (2nd from left)
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