In this issue:
- Youth in the
service of Tsunami victim.
- Stage set for WAY General Assembly.
- Medical Parliamentarians
around the world want RH as MDG
- Trainings.
- National Conference on “Tomorrow’s
Youth Today.
- Workshop for Academic Parliamentarians.
- UN Millennium
Project Report 2005.
- UN conference adopts 10-year plan to tackle natural
hazards.
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ICYO
–Youth Information
Newsletter from
Indian Committee of Youth Organizations
January
2005 - Second Issue.
Youth in the service of Tsunami victim
Tsunami in
Tamil Nadu damaged thousands of houses leaving the hundred of thousands
homeless, and its now the responsibilities of civil society to put them in
permanent shelter, help them to build their home again to return in normal
life. To assess the damage and look at the possibilities of ‘youth assistance
for rehabilitation’, Dr S. N. Subba Rao visited the area on 12 January 2005.
He also visited
the Nagapattanum, the worst hit area and find that there is urgent need of help
there decided to organize the Youth Camp in this area.
The National
Youth Project will invites the 200 youth from the network to help in
re-building the community living in Nagapattanum and near by areas.
There is shortage of medicines for tsunami sufferers therefore organizer appeal to participants attending the camp to collect the medicine. The organizer also released the list of medicines needed, this included MVI Polzhin 30; Dexona 30 vials; Avil 30 Vials; Scalp Vein Set 30; IV Infusion Set30; Micropore/ Streaking; Injection RL/NS/DNS; Cetrinzine Syrup; Amox +Paracetamol Syrup; Cetrizine Tablets; dressing material; antibiotics etc.
Stage set for WAY General Assembly
The preparation
for the fourteen General Assembly (GA) of World Assembly of Youth (WAY) is
going on and all set to held in Windhoek, Namibia, from February 20-23, 2005.
The secretary
general of the WAY, Mr. Donald Charumbira, has said that the large number of
national youth councils and number of ministries of youth, confirmed their
participation in forthcoming WAY General Assembly. Mr Charumbia speaking at a
preparatory meeting recently held in Malaka, Malaysia, for the GA.
"We are
pleased with the response of National Youth Councils from around the world, as
they have not had such an opportunity to gather in such numbers for some time.
More pleasing is the response of ministries of youth and other governmental
organs that are also attending, thus making the General Assembly an important
bridge between civil society and governments.
During the
General Assembly, World Youth Awards shall be presented to three outstanding
National Youth Councils, and an award for exemplary leadership will also be
presented to Namibia's President Sam Nujoma.
Medical Parliamentarians around the world want RH as MDG
The Senate of Malaysia
hosted the 6th International Medical Parliamentarians Conference with an Asian
Focus on “MDG's – Poverty and Health: Connecting Parliamentarians With Ground
Realities” on 13-14 December 2004 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The participants
discussed issues such as poverty, MDG's and its impact on health including
reproductive health. Roles of medical parliamentarians in promoting these
issues were also discussed. Efforts were made to expose medical
parliamentarians with some case studies.
The conference
resulted with a unanimous statement that ‘Population and Reproductive Health’
should be part of the MDGs as stated in Strasbourg Parliamentarians
Declaration.
The Conference
organized by International Medical Parliamentarians Organization (IMPO).
Trainings
The
Centre for Media Studies announce training on various issues including Project
Management (15-16 February 2005); Behavioral Change Communication
(8-11 February 2005); Financial Management (24-25 February 2005) and training
will be held in Delhi, India. For cost
and other details contact chetna@...
Correction
The last issue of Youth Information, acknowledge the CRIN
Annual Report. Please note, this report is published by ‘Child Rights
Information Network’ and not by Save the Children as stated in newsletter. The
Save the Children is the host of thy network.
ICYO would like extending thanks to CRIN staff to bring the
mistake in our notice.
National Conference on Tomorrow’s Youth Today – reviewing
roles of 10-14 years old
The Family
Planning Association of India announce its National Conference on above theme.
The main purpose of the conference is to bring different stakeholders on a
common platform and examine the issues of 10-14 years old within the context of
development and developing effective program strategies.
The objectives
of the conference will be to identify and review the current situation in terms
of the sexual and reproductive health concerns and needs of the very young
adolescents; recommend appropriate strategies for effective reproductive and
sexual health programmes and policies.
The conference
will be held from February 23-24, 2005 in New Delhi, India and last date for
registration is February 15, 2005.India.
For cost/registration
fee contact: fpaindiatyt@...
Workshop for Academic
Parliamentarians
AFPPD
will organize the Asia-Pacific Workshop of Academic Parliamentarians and held
from March 8-9, 2005 in Krabi, Thailand. Representatives of National
parliamentary Committees of AFPPD in the regions are expected to attend the
event.
The
workshop is important for parliamentarians those belong to teaching
profession. The workshop will also seek
their views about legal and policy changes in population education and
communication.
UN Millennium Project Report 2005
The United
Nations, Delhi office will released the UN Millennium Project Report 2005 on
February 2, 2005. The report titled ‘Investing
in Development: A practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals
(MDGs)’.
Dr. Rohini
Nayyar, Senior Consultant, Planning Commission will be chair the event and Prof.
Jeffery D. Sachs, Director, Millennium Project will present the report.
UN conference adopts 10-year plan to tackle natural hazards
The United
Nations World Conference on Disaster Reduction – a long-planned event that
gained added importance in the wake of the recent Indian Ocean tsunami – has
concluded in Kobe, Japan, with countries pledging to reduce the risks facing
millions of people who are exposed to natural calamities.
At the final session on January 22,2005 of the conference
adopted the “Hyogo Framework for Action: 2005 – 2015,” which calls for putting
disaster risk at the center of national policies, strengthening the capacity of
disaster-prone countries to address risk, and investing heavily in disaster
preparedness.
“This new plan will help reduce the gap between what we know
and what we do; the critical ingredient is political commitment,” said UN
Emergency Relief Coordinator Jan Egeland, who has been deeply involved in the
tsunami relief effort.
Taking place less than one month after that catastrophic
event claimed more than 165,000 lives, the conference heard numerous voices
from around the globe pledging to foster protection against future calamities.
Speaking at the closing meeting, the President of the
Conference, Yoshitaka Murata, said “these five days spent in Kobe will make a
real difference in the way we look at hazards, at risks and vulnerability, and
that we all truly engage on the road for a safer world.”
The conference also adopted a declaration recommending that
a “culture of disaster prevention and resilience” must be fostered and
recognizing the relationship between disaster reduction, sustainable
development and poverty reduction.
While hailing the progress achieved in Kobe, Mr. Egeland
cautioned that success is “contingent on partnerships on working together to
meet this global challenge.”
At the meeting, an International Early Warning Programme was
launched to improve resilience to all types of natural hazards including droughts,
wildland fires, floods, typhoons, hurricanes, landslides, volcanic eruption and
tsunamis. This UN initiative will emphasize the importance of people-centered
early warning systems and community education about disaster preparedness.
In response to last month's tsunami disaster, the World
Conference held a special session where delegates pledged their support to
create a regional tsunami early warning system in the Indian Ocean. The new
warning system will draw from the experience of the Pacific Ocean tsunami early
warning systems making use of the existing coordination mechanism of the
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of the UNESCO.
Also launched during the Conference were an international
flood initiative, an alliance to support earthquake risk reduction and the
earthquake megacities initiative, all geared to helping countries and
communities cope with disasters.
“The world may
not be a safer place next week but that is when we will have to start working
together to ensure that commitments made at this event become a reality,” said
Mr. Egeland. (UN News Centre)
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