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The Youth4Peace Global Knowledge Portal is live!

25 October 2016
Dear Colleagues, We are very excited to announce that the new Youth4Peace Global Knowledge Portal is now live, with many thanks to our colleague Diana for her wonderful work! The Youth4Peace Portal is a new multi-stakeholder partnership between the United Nations...

Take Action for the Sustainable Development Goals

25 October 2016
What Can You Do For The SDGs? In 2015, the world agreed on a plan of action for people, planet and prosperity and now there are two new platforms where you can interact with and take action...

Civil Society and Youth Alliances for Mainstreaming Biodiversity to Well-being

13 October 2016
Forum to be held from 28 to 30 November 2016, prior to the thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity - Cancun, Mexico Madam/Sir, I am pleased to inform you that a civil society and...

Winners of COP22 Youth Climate Video Competition Announced

06 October 2016
Two young climate activists from Tunisia and Vietnam who tell their inspiring stories of climate action and building public awareness have been selected as the winners of the 2016 Global Youth Video Competition on Climate Change. For more information visit: http://newsroom.unfccc.int/unfccc-newsroom/winners-of-cop22-youth-climate-video-competition-announced/ ...

Launch of the UNHCR report “We Believe in Youth”

05 October 2016
UNHCR Launched the “We Believe in Youth” report in Geneva, in late September. The report the culmination of a year-long consultation process with young refugees globally.  Almost 1300 refugee and host country youth, with 34 nationalities were consulted in 22...