ICYO
YOUTH INFORMATION
No: 2008/10
(E-Newsletter
from network of youth organizations in India)
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ICYO - Platform of 356 Youth Organizations in India.
ICYO - India’s largest network of urban and rural
youth.
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Up-coming Commonwealth Youth Ministers
Meeting in Sri Lanka in April 2008
Youth and Peace-building
7th Commonwealth Youth
Ministers Meeting to focus on the role of young people in promoting respect and
understanding
Commonwealth youth
ministers will meet in April 2008 in Colombo, Sri Lanka, to discuss emerging
trends in global youth affairs, with a focus on the role of young people in
peace-building.
The ministerial meeting
is a unique opportunity for government ministers to provide mandates and
prioritise actions on youth development across the Commonwealth, which is the
only intergovernmental organisation with a dedicated youth programme.
The regional youth caucus
from Commonwealth countries will meet beforehand and later attend the meeting
alongside their ministers.
The 2008 theme ‘Youth and
Peace-Building’ is drawn from the Munyonyo Statement on Respect and
Understanding, which was adopted by Commonwealth leaders at their biennial
summit in Uganda last November.
The report – Civil Paths
to Peace - explains: “When young people are disenfranchised or humiliated or
made to feel that they have little say and no future, they may become drawn
into movements or ideologies that appear to guarantee them a place in the world
and give them a solid identity …
“Worldwide, an estimated
300,000 people under the age of 18 are now, or have recently been, involved in
armed conflict, and another 500,000 have been recruited into military or
paramilitary forces. But young people need not be only the victims or
perpetrators of violence; they also have an important role as peace-makers.”
Youth ministers and
professional youth workers are keen to develop civil peace and security
practices that identify young people not as ‘the problem’ but as rights-bearers
and stakeholders in rebuilding a just society. The Commonwealth Youth Ministers
Meeting (CYMM) will serve as a platform for sharing ideas and best practices
from countries like Sri Lanka and Uganda, which have experienced conflict.
Today even the most stable Commonwealth countries are grappling with issues of social breakdown and violence. Peace-building has therefore become a vital part of nation-building and successful multiculturalism.
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Youth Organizations (ICYO)
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New Delhi 110029, India
Phone: 91 9811729093 / 91 11 26183978 Fax
91 11 26198423
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Web: www.icyo.in
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Indian Committee of Youth
Organizations (ICYO) is a registered non-profit, non-governmental network
organization, committed in developing areas of mutual cooperation and
understanding among different youth voluntary agencies, youth groups, clubs and
individuals working in the field of youth welfare in India.
ICYO
functions as an umbrella organization of youth NGOs in India. It's family
consists of
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;
To maintain international relation with organizations promoting young people in
their programmes and activities
Affiliation:
Consultative (Roster) Status with ECOSOC,
United Nations;
Consultative Status with Commission on Sustainable Development;
Full Member of World Assembly of Youth (WAY); Asian Youth Council (AYC);
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;
Steering Committee member of World Bank's
YDP Network;
Working relation with Indian Association of Parliamentarians (IAPPD);
International Medical Parliamentarians Organizations (IMPO);
Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (AFPPD);
World Youth Foundation, Malaysia.
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