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Youth Day 2017:
Youth Building Peace Event at UN Headquarters
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Zakiya Hatha Nashoba, Maku Chief of Yazoo Choctaw Nation ,
Queen Mother Dr. Delois Blakely
Sayyid Ali
Abdullah, Imperial Majesty of Kingdom of Nubia
Carole Sumner Krechman, President of The Peacemaker Corps
Association
Aurora C. Aquino,
Global Board of Directors, DG Global, LLC
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International
Youth Day 2017:
Youth Building Peace Event at UN Headquarters
Photos and article
by: Blacktiemagazine/ Savanna Luo
The Division for Social Policy and Development (DSPD) of the
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN
DESA),
in collaboration with the Inter-agency Network on Youth Development’s
Working Group on Youth and Peacebuilding hosted an event at
the United Nations Headquarters in New York to
commemorate International Youth Day 2017 under the theme
‘Youth Building Peace’.
The event gathered experts from youth civil society,
government and the United Nations
to explore the various ways in which young people are contributing to
building and sustaining peace.
Special Guest List:
Carlos
A. Morales: Ambassador,
Deputy Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United
Nations
S.E.M. Fode’ SECK: Ambassador of Senegal to United Nations
Halvor Saetre: Minister Counsellor of Norway to the United
Nations
Daniela Bas: Director of the division for social policy and
development, department of economic and social affairs
Aurora C. Aquino: Global Board of Directors, DG Global, LLC
Imrana Alhaji Buba: Founder of the Youth Coalition Against
Terrorism
Yasmine Arrington: Founder of ScholarCHIPS
Ahmed Badr: Founder of Narratio, host of the “TOGETHER”
podcast
at UN Migration Agency
Taya Carneiro: Co-founder of the Libertarian Union of Trans
Women
Tito Quiroz Angulo: Founder of The Benning Academy of Music
Zakiya Hatha Nashoba: Maku Chief of Yazoo Choctaw Nation
Queen Mother Dr. Delois Blakely
Sayyid Ali Abdullah: Imperial Majesty of Kingdom of Nubia
Carole Sumner Krechman: President of The Peacemaker Corps
Association
Aurora C. Aquino: Global Board of Directors, DG Global, LLC
Host Orgnization: UN DESA
About UN DESA
Based at UN Headquarters in New York, UN DESA holds up the
development pillar of the UN Secretariat. Its nine Divisions
work together towards a common goal to promote development,
together with our Capacity Development Office. UN DESA also
collaborates closely with its partners at regional and
country levels in helping countries to formulate and
implement national development strategies.
UN DESA’s work promotes and supports international
cooperation in the pursuit of sustainable development for
all. It addresses a range of cross-cutting issues that
affect peoples’ lives and livelihoods, especially the most
vulnerable. We are fundamentally concerned, not only with
global prosperity today, but also tomorrow, having as a
foundation the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and
the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) supported by the
Addis Ababa Action Agenda.
In providing a broad range of analytical products, policy
advice and technical assistance, UN DESA effectively
translates global commitments in the economic, social and
environmental spheres into national policies and actions and
plays a key role in monitoring progress towards the SDGs.
UN DESA’s mission, to promote development for all,
underscores the need for all stakeholders – governments, UN
and other international organizations, civil society and the
private sector – to do their part to improve economic and
social well-being.
Website: https://www.un.org/development/desa/en/
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Daniela Bas, Director of the division for social policy and
development, department of economic and social affairs, hosting
the welcoming remarks and youth peacebuilding panel. |
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Young youth peacebuilding leaders spoke during the discussion
section, regarding youth-led peacebuilding and violence
prevention and youth sustaining peace and reconciliation.
Imrana Alhaji Buba,Founder of the Youth Coalition Against
Terrorism
Yasmine Arrington ,Founder of ScholarCHIPS
Ahmed Badr, Founder of Narratio, host of the “TOGETHER” podcast
at UN Migration Agency
Taya Carneiro, Co-founder of the Libertarian Union of Trans
Women
Tito Quiroz Angulo, Founder of The Benning Academy of Music
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Tito Quiroz Angulo, Founder of The Benning Academy of Music |
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Audiences actively participating in the discussion of youth
peacebuilding |
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