In this issue of Youth Information:

Ø      Indian model UN meeting of Youth held in Delhi

Ø      Model United Nations Inaugurated on 8 October 2007

Ø      25,000 deprived People – 27 days – 324 km Journey

Ø      'All Different - All Equal' European Youth Campaign: the End of the Beginning

Ø      National Integration Youth Camp held in New Delhi.

Ø      Malnutrition: Kill 16,000 young children every day

Ø      AFPPD Chairman Elected the Japan’s New Prime Minister

Ø      Preparatory workshop for AGCC Youth Forum held  

Ø      Science Express Train for Students

Upcoming events:

Ø      AYC -Asian Youth Forum 2007 in Beijing

Ø      Tunza International Children's Conference

Ø      4th World Youth Congress

Ø      Children Festival cum camp in Indore

Ø      Asia –Pacific Humanitarian Affairs Conference

Ø      Symposium on "Enhancing Political Commitment for Reproductive and Sexual Health in Asia-Pacific"

Ø      Fit City - international competition for young people

Ø      Meeting on MDGs

Ø      Certificate Course for Rural Business Service Providers

 

 

Indian model UN meeting of Youth held in Delhi

 

The Indian Model United Nations Conference, a simulation of the UN Assembly, was held in New Delhi in first week of October 2007. The conference saw the participation of young diplomats from Indonesia, Bahrain, Nepal, Singapore, Sri Lanka and India who passed resolutions offering unique solutions to problems plaguing the world. The Minister for Overseas Affairs, Vayalar Ravi, presented the awards for best delegate, best delegation and best country profile.

 

Model United Nations Inaugurated on 8 October 2007

 

The another Model United Nations held in Udupi. The Chairman of Prasar Bharati M.V. Kamath said on 8^th October 2007 in addressing the Model United Nations that the associate organizations of the United Nations Organization (U.N.) such as the International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), World Bank, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), are doing more good work than the Security Council of the United Nations.

 

He was speaking at the inaugural function of the Model United Nations (MUN) organized by the students of Manipal Institute of Technology, (MIT), Udupi, Karnataka.

 

Mr. Kamath said that soon after the U.N. came into existence, India was offered a seat at the Security Council, but then Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, who was guided by his idealism, refused it. Things were not going in the right direction at the United Nations Organization. If the present trend continued, it would go the way of the League of Nations, he added.

 

Janadesh 2007

25,000 deprived People – 27 days – 324 km walk

As many as 25,000 people deprived of natural resources such as water and land started their foot-march call Janadesh 2007 from Gwalior on October 2 to secure such rights.

The 25,000 deprived People after 27 days walk of 324 km reached on 28^th October 2007 to press for their demand to government of India for their rights on land and livelihood. The specific demands includes the constitution of Land Commission so nation know how much land available for what purpose, second demand is to establishment of fast track land court for faster deposal of land disputes.

The Centre might not have tried to get the Scheduled Tribes (recognition of forest rights) Bill passed all these years, but they march on, nevertheless, without a trace of bitterness.

Their spirits are lifted by the unprecedented support they have received en route. Says convener Dr Ram Singh Parmar: "We had food only for 15 days. But we were never short of it because villages and townsfolk were ready with grain, sugar, water and whatever we wanted. Panchayat pradhans and sarpanches have been very cooperative in organizing public meetings".

The marchers are in Delhi and they are on indefinite dharna (sit on) to press for their demands.

Earlier on 1^st October 2007, Joura, District Morena in MP did the tearful send-off of the Satyagrahies (marchers) and their leader from Mahatma Gandhi Seva Ashram. Flowers and welcome gates decorated the Joura roads and people including school children were standing on road to welcome the procession.

The leaders of Janadesh 2007 including Dr S. N Subba Rao Chairman of Mahatma Gandhi Seva Ashram and Chairman of Indian Committee of Youth Organizations (ICYO), Shri PV Rajagopal, National Convenor of Ekta Parishad and Dr Ran Singh Parmar, National Coordinator of Janadesh 2007 and Treasurer of ICYO walked on street and accept the wishes of Joura people. Mr Ravi Narayan, Secretary General of ICYO also joined the procession and attended the other event.

'All Different - All Equal' European Youth Campaign: the End of the Beginning

 

Around 300 young people representing youth organizations from all over Europe are holding the final event of the "All Different - All Equal" European Youth Campaign on Diversity, Human Rights and Participation in Malmö, Sweden, on 4-7 October 2007.

 

The message is clear: this is just the end of the beginning; the campaign values need continuous support and promotion until they become part of the global mindset. Discrimination is still a daily reality that we need to combat.

 

National Integration Youth Camp Attended by 500 Youth

 

The National Youth Project conducted the Youth camp (21 October to 28 October 2007) in Jasola, New Delhi. The 500 from all over India and 33 youth from Pakistan were in attence. The camp was unique opportunity for youth to learn how to spread the message of Peace and Harmony in Gandhian way.

 

The camp routine including the sharmdan (work donation) learning each other languages, playing with out material apart from rally in public places and organized the public meeting.

 

The closing function of Camp was held in Najafgarh and hosted by Akhil Bharitya Seva Dal (ICYO affiliate youth organization) and Mr Naval Kishore Sharma, Governor of Gujarat was the Chief Guest of the function.

 

2007 World Population Data Sheet

Malnutrition: Kill 16,000 young children every day

 

Malnutrition plays a role in the deaths of about 16,000 young children every day, virtually all of them in the developing world. That is a yearly toll of almost 6 million, about the same as the population of Denmark, Jordan, or Laos. By weakening resistance to infection and disease, malnutrition contributes to more than half the deaths of children under 5 worldwide.

 

The Population Reference Bureau's 2007 World Population Data Sheet, released recently in Washington, DC, offers detailed information about the prevalence of malnutrition worldwide.

 

AFPPD Chairman Elected the Japan’s New Prime Minister

 

The Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (AFPPD), Chairman Mr. Yasuo Fukuda, MP (Japan), is now the Prime Minister of Japan. He was elected as AFPPD Chair at the General Assembly of AFPPD in Jakarta, Indonesia on 2005.

 

Preparatory workshop for AGCC Youth Forum held  

 

A six-day preparatory workshop for the forthcoming first AGCC Youth Forum has begun at Muscat, organized by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) AGCC Area Office in Muscat, around 15 youth are taking part in this preparatory workshop which will culminate in the AGCC Youth Forum on October 27.

 

The preparatory workshop is aimed at introducing the AGCC youth to the Millennium Development Goals (MGDs) and their impact on the area as envisaged by the United Nations General Assembly in 2000.

 

Acting as an arena for youth to join hands, and discuss matters of concern to them, the AGCC Youth Forum is expected to help the participating youth to engage policymakers and experts in dialogue to analyse the role of youth in issues such as education, health, occupation, and youth participation and empowerment to play a participatory role in national development plans.

 

The workshop from October 20-26 is aimed at helping the youth to develop their vision on a participatory role in national development. The workshop and the AGCC Youth Forum will help the participants to partake in talks, debates, and panel discussions and to come out with 2-3 papers to present in the upcoming Arab Youth forum which is to be held in Cairo in November.

 

The workshop, which is being facilitated by Kamel Al Nabilsy, is based on a complete participatory approach, where it is understood that the responsibility of learning falls on the shoulders of the participant and not the facilitator.

 

According to Dr Nora N. Al Nahedh, resident representative of UNFPA, youth in the age group of 15-29 is nearly quarter or one third of the total population of the AGCC. Therefore increased participatory role for the youth is one of the cornerstone in the development of all sections of the society.

 

Science Express Train for Students

'Science Express' is a state of the art, Science Exhibition on a train, going around the country in India, over a period of 8 months. Its objective is to develop scientific urge and temper, foster scientific environment among students of higher secondary schools and also colleges and influence upon them to pursue their interest in science.

 'Vikram A Sarabhai Community Science Centre (VASCSC) has partnered with Department of Science & Technology (DST),  Government of India and BASF India Limited for managing the Project.

The train includes the exhibitions and information dissemination.The project is to be inaugurated on 30^th October at Chankyapuri Railway station and will be there till Nov 4.

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Announcement

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Upcoming events:

 

Asian Youth Forum 2007 in Beijing

 

AYC, in collaboration with All China Youth Federation and International Labor Organization, is organizing Asian Youth Forum 2007 with the theme "Dynamic Asia: Entrepreneurial Youth".

 

The forum seeks to raise the awareness and share the experiences of Asian countries on promoting youth entrepreneurship. The above event will be held from 2nd to 4th November 2007 in Beijing, China. ICYO will attend the event.

 

 

Tunza International Children's Conference on the Environment for Young

 

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) will be organizing Tunza International Children's Conference on the Environment in Stavanger, Norway from 17 to 21 June  2008.   The organizer will bring together 1,000 children aged 10 to 14 years in 2008 conference. The theme of the conference will be 'A Climate for change '.

 

For more information log on: http://www.unep.org/tunza/children/events/icc_2008  

 

4th World Youth Congress - APPLICATIONS OPEN

 

The 4th World Youth Congress on the theme "Youth-led Development" will bring together 600 world's most dynamic young activists in the field of sustainable development, in order to demonstrate that young people are one of the most valuable resources in governments' and international development organizations' mission to reach the Millennium Development

Goals.

 

The Congress will organize by Peace Child International, World Youth Congress 2008 and Taking It Global (TIG) in Quebec, Canada from August 10 – 21, August 2008. For more information log on http://www.wyc2008.qc.ca/about/

 

Geetai National Integration Camp

 

The Geetai National Integration Youth Camp will be held from October 30 to November 6, 2007 in Ladnun, Rajasthan. For more detail contact NYP at nypindia@...

 

Children Festival cum camp in Indore

 

The Antar Bharti Organization will organize the Rastriya Bal Anand Mahaotsav (National Children Festival) in Indore from November 16 to 18, 2007.

 

The 400 children from age 8 to 12 years from all over India will participate in the camp and stay as guest with local children in their homes. For more information contact Mr Tapan Bhattacharya at email: bal_anandam@...

 

National Integration and Peace Youth Camp in West Bengal

 

NYP will organize the National Integration and Peace Youth Camp in West Bengal from December 7,2007. For more detail contact: nypindia@...

 

Asia –Pacific Humanitarian Affairs Conference

 

Humanitarian Affairs will be organizing the Asia-Pacific Humanitarian Affairs Conference in Bangkok, Thailand at the UN Conference Centre from Dec 10–14, 2007. The Conference will look at critical social-economic issues in poverty-stricken countries.

The issues which to be covered in the conference are Street Children, Child Trafficking, Hunger & Poverty.

The main objectives are to create awareness on the plight of victims of poverty; to propose and even initiate sustainable development projects to improve the conditions of victims of poverty; to take part in the various humanitarian relief efforts to the less developed countries in the world; to inspire and to challenge other young people to see their roles in humanitarian work to alleviate poverty in the less developed countries; To explore the possibility of initiating a Humanitarian Affairs Regional Youth Advocacy Committee.

For more information log on: www.humanitarianaffairs.org

 

AFPPD's Symposium on "Enhancing Political Commitment for Reproductive and Sexual Health in Asia-Pacific"

 

The Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (AFPPD), which is the platform of parliamentary committees on population and development in Asia-Pacific, will organize a symposium of parliamentarians on “Enhancing Political Commitment for Reproductive and Sexual Health in Asia-Pacific” on 31 October at 11 a.m. in the 4th Asia-Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights (APCRSH) in Hyderabad, India.

 

Parliamentarians will attend the symposium, from Australia, Cambodia, East Timor, India, Iran, Indonesia, Mongolia, Malaysia, Philippines and Samoa.

 

Those attending APCRSH are invited to attend the symposium.

 

AFPPD will also have an informal consultation of “Parliamentarians and Media” on 30 October at 3:30 p.m. in Hyderabad International Convention Center, Hyderabad, India. International and national media representatives and parliamentarians will attend the consultation.

 

Fit City

 

Fit City is an international competition for young people (aged 18-27) designed to provoke thought and discussion about the impact that urban environments have on our health and organized by OxHA’s Youth work stream. 5 winners of the Fit City competition will be awarded a trip to Sydney in February where they will join us at our annual summit.

 

For more information write to: hester.rice@... or andy.wright@...

 

Special Commonwealth Workshop on “Capacity Building and Performance Management for Convergence”

The above workshop will be held from 26 - 28 November 2007 in Solomon Islands.

The convergence of information and communication technologies is now a reality, and ICT-related government departments, regulatory agencies, telecom operators, service providers, user groups and other stakeholders within and beyond the Commonwealth are in various stages of migration and organizational transformation to consolidate and maintain their presence in converging national markets and benefit from the global information economy. Most industry players face serious challenges relating not only to governance and regulation, but also to operational issues in a range of key areas, such as human capacity building, billing systems or monitoring systems, while ensuring that performance targets and projected savings in CAPEX and OPEX are achieved.

The registration is free of charge. For more information write to m.belingue@...

 

Meeting on MDGs

 

Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (AFPPD) will organized the meeting of Asian Parliamentarians on Achieving the MDGs from November 6 – 7, 2007 in Bangkok.

 

Certificate Course for Rural Business Service Providers

 

The Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, Ahmedabad is organizing the ‘Certificate Course for Rural Business Service Providers/Consultants from 15 November 2007 to 11 January 2008.

 

For more detail write to manoj@...

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over 356 organizations spread in 122 districts of 22 states from different corners of India.

Our goal:
To improve and extend the youth work and services through Youth Organizations;
To enhance and demonstrate youth work in the society;
To promote effective youth programmmes;
To organize network of civil society organizations working towards the development of youth work;
To organize seminars, conferences, workshops, trainings;
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Consultative Status with Commission on Sustainable Development;
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Youth for Habitat International Network (YFHIN); CRIN, South Asia Youth
Environment Network (SAYEN), Affiliate group of ECPAT International, Thailand;
ATSECE-DELHI, Indian Partner of AIDS Care Watch Campaign;
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Working relation with Indian Association of Parliamentarians (IAPPD);
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Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (AFPPD);
World Youth Foundation, Malaysia.