DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
REPORT of the YOUTH ASSEMBLY AT UNITED NATIONS 2005.
United nations headquarter August 3, 4 and 5, 2005 By Me. Emil NGANDU KAMBALA
Foundation Nehemie ONGD
The second annual Youth assembly at the united nations was held at the U.N headquarters on August 3,4 and 5 by Youth leaders from all around the world. This occasion was facilitated by the Friendship Ambassadors Foundation.
Many delegations and representative was present for this great event, and the Republic Democratic of Congo (DRC) was representing by Me. Emil NGANDU KAMBALA, member of FONDATION NEHEMIE, ONGD in DRC.
This report is a synthesis of this event. The report will be dividing as below:
Part 1. What is The Youth assembly at the United Nations?
Part 2. The conference program
Part 3. What is the outcome?
Part 4. Outcoming and recommendations for Congolese.
PART 1. What is the Youth Assembly at the United Nations? Why is there one?
The Youth Assembly at the United Nations is an opportunity to help young people get involved at a time of imminent reform and change. We feel that it's crucial for the sake of our future. The young leaders around the world are provided with this opportunity to familiarize themselves with the United Nations as a vehicle of future peace and diplomacy.
There is a genuine interest on the part of the United Nations at all levels to invite youth into its process and future. The Youth Assembly is a gathering for and about youth and their future relations to the United Nations.
During the Youth Assembly, we will meet members of the Secretariat (staff), Missions (Nation states), and NGOs affiliated with the United Nations. We will hear from UN Agencies, such as UNICEF, UNESCO and also learn about major topics that the U.N. is facing during its major reconstruction – and on its sixtieth birthday.
The Youth Assembly will focus on young people championing humanitarian causes around the world and how to become involved, taking action for what you believe in.
The 2005 Youth Assembly was held at the United Nations Headquarters from August 3, 2005 through August 5, 2005. This Assembly had a three-day intensive program featuring guest speakers, seminars, and global youth exchange.
This year the theme of the Youth Assembly will be “Working Together With The United Nations and Non-Governmental Organizations, to Help realize the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)” (The MDGs were created and unanimously agreed upon, by Heads of States of all countries in the United Nations, during the Millennium Summit in 2000.)
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are:
o Eradicating Extreme Poverty and Hunger
o Achieve Universal Primary Education
o Promoting Gender Equality and Empower Women
o Reduce Child Mortality
o Improve Maternity Health
o Combat HIV/Aids, Malaria, and Other Diseases
o Ensure Environmental Sustainability
o Develop a Global Partnership for Development
Part 2. PROGRAM
Tuesday, August 2, 2005 - Arrival to New York City and Welcome!
Arrival in New York . Tour of the United Nations; Lunch in the Delegates Dining Room (fully booked as of 7/22/05) . |
4:00 pm |
Welcome, Orientation & Early Registration at the Turkish Mission
( 46 th Street and 1 st Avenue ) |
5:30 pm
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Opening Reception, Music & Networking at the Turkish Mission
A celebration of International Youth Day!
- subsidized by the Buddha Light International Association |
Wednesday, August 3, 2005 – United Nations
8:30 - 12:00 |
Registration continues in the U.N. lobby |
10:00 – 11:45 |
Youth Assembly Opening - U.N. Headquarters, Conf. Room 2
Musical Opening
· Welcome : Patrick Sciarratta
Executive Director, Friendship Ambassadors Foundation
Member: Executive Committee of NGOs Affiliated with UNDPI
· Opening Address : “Young People Making a Difference in a New Millennium –It's In Your Hands” - Dr. Elaine Valdov
Director: Youth Assembly at the United Nations
Co-Chair: Executive Committee of NGOs Affiliated with UNDPI-Outreach Committee
· Keynote Address: "Building a Culture of Peace - The Role of Young People for Tomorrow's World!" - United Nations Under Secretary General Anwarul Chowdhury
High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States
· United Nations 60 th Anniversary Address: “Working Together to Meet the Challenges of Today's World, Working Together for a Better World” - Gillian Sorenson
United Nations Foundation
Former United Nations Assistant Secretary General
· Leadership Address: “Empowering Individuals and Communities to Create a Safer and Healthier World” - Johann Koss
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador
Olympic Gold Medalist
President and CEO: Right to Play |
11:45 – 1:00 |
Lunch |
1:00 – 3:00 |
Workshops: “Youth Activists – Making Change”
· Led by Youth Activists, in NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations) Affiliated with the United Nations;
· Emphasizing programs and campaigns created to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), sharing what youth participants are doing in these areas and how young people can become involved.
Workshops will address the following MDGs and related areas:
1:00-1:45 pm
1) eradication of extreme poverty and hunger,
2) achieve universal primary education,
3) promote gender equality and empower women,
4) reduce child mortality
2:00-2:45 pm
5) improve maternal health,
6) combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases,
7) endure environmental sustainability and
8) develop a global partnership for development |
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5:00 - 6:00 |
UN Networks for Young People
· Voices of Youth - UNICEF
· Cyber School Bus – UNDPI |
6:15 - 8:30 |
Dinner - Round Table Discussions - Networking! |
Thursday, August 4, 2005 –United Nations
Today's Focus:
Youth People Making a Big Difference: Helping to Accomplish the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
Today's plenary program will include young activists, UN officials and NGOs --- working together on MDG projects, campaigns, etc, as well as addressing the obstacles that stand in the way of achieving these goals.
Today's workshops will also address the eight Millennium Development Goals, Youth Activism, "MDG Best Practices" and will offer programs / projects / campaigns that young people can be involved in. |
8:00 – 9:00 |
Breakfast Networking Session
Participants invited to informal Breakfast session: Meet with fellow participants, sharing your work and interests - Networking! |
9:30 – 12:00 |
Opening: “ The Cause of Indigenous Peoples, Is Ours Too"
Elsa Stamatopoulou
Chief, United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Plenary 2: Education = Peace and development: Achieving Worldwide Primary Education; Empowerment Through Education, A Multi-Cultural Approach
LeahStern Reicin
Hadassah National Chair, Youth Aliyah - Youth Villages, for Youth at Risk
Jenny Perlman
Women's Commission on Refugee Women and Children
· Plenary 3: Our Commitment to Our Home: Ensuring Environmental Sustainability
Dr Noel Brown
President, Friends of the United Nations
Former Head of United Nations Environmental Program
Dr. Brian O'Leary
Astrophysicist, Futurist and Former NASA Astronaut
Founder: New Energy Movement |
12:00 – 1:00 |
Lunch |
1:00 – 3:00 |
Workshops: “Youth Activists – Making Change”
· Led by Youth Activists, in NGOs Affiliated with the United Nations;
· Emphasizing programs and campaigns created to achieve the MDGs, sharing what youth participants are doing in these areas and how young people can become involved.
Workshops will address the following MDGs:
1:00-1:45 pm
1) eradication of extreme poverty and hunger,
2) achieve universal primary education,
3) promote gender equality and empower women,
4) reduce child mortality,
2:00-2:45 pm
5) improve maternal health,
6) combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases,
7) endure environmental sustainability and
8) develop a global partnership for development |
3:00 – 5:00 |
Plenary 1: The Voice of Young People
· "A Youth Perspective - The Barriers that Stand in the Way of Achieving the MDGs and Action Steps to Move Beyond Barriers"
Shamina de Gonzaga
World Council of Peoples for the United Nations
Executive Committee of NGOs Affiliated with the UNDPI
Member: Millennuim + 5 Network
· "Youth Action and the Millennium Development Goals"
Fred Doulton
Youth Unit, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)
Keeley Williams
UK Youth Delegate to the "World Plan of Actiuon for YOuth" (WPAY)
Emily Freeburg
Chair: NGO Committee on Youth
Friederike Hoffman
World Youth Leaders Network (WYLN)
Vidar Ekehaug
Global Youth Action Network (GYAN)
Director: GYAN Millennium Development Goals Section |
Friday, August 5, 2005 – United Nations
Today's Focus:
The United Nation and Youth – Making Peace and Caring for the World,
at the 60 th Anniversary of the United Nations
Today's Plenary Program will include Young Activists, UN officials and NGOs ---working together on peace and humanitarian initiatives.
Plenary 7 focuses on the United Nations and youth, in taking action in the midst of humanitarian disasters - working together to meet the needs of persons around the world. In striving to help those who suffer in humanitarian disasters, we once again work to make the Millennium Development Goals a reality.
Plenary 8 : As we celebrate the 60 th Anniversary of the United Nations, it is imperative that we, the citizens of the world, significantly address the preamble of the United Nations (written 60 years ago, at the end of World War II) stating: “We the Peoples, in Order to Save Future Generations from the Serge of War ...” Panel 7 will address the issue of youth and peace making and introduce “peace” programs and campaigns that youth can be involved in.
It is clear that the creation of peace, and the living in peace, does not merely come from the absence of war. Unless the “root causes” of war are truly seen and dealt with, humankind will continually struggle to look for ways to live in harmony in a world that is full of inequalities and gross human rights violations --- creating multiple “reasons” for mankind to fight and create wars.. The MDGs strive to deal with the “root causes” of war. Hence – once again – we see how crucial it is to accomplish these global humanitarian goals.
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8:00 – 9:00 |
Breakfast Networking Session |
9:30 - 9:40 |
Music |
9:40 – 10:30 |
· Plenary 7: Youth, the UN and Humanitarian Disasters: Young People Reaching Out to Help Tsunami Victims
Kate Weber
US Committee on UNICEF - NGO Manager
Aisha Webb
US Committee on UNICEF - Community Partnership Program Officer |
10:30 - 12:30 |
The United Nation's 60th Anniversary!
· Plenary 8: Youth and the UN – Taking Action to Create Peace
Making the Preamble of the United Nations - A Living Document:
"We the Peoples, in Order to Save Future Generations from the Scourge of War..."
Under Secretary General Ibrahim Gambari (invited)
UN Under Secretary General of Polictical Affairs
Alec Wargo
Office of the Under Secretary General of Children of Armed Conflict
Youth Ambassadors of Peace
The UN and Young People Working for Peace - Today & Forever
Vandy Kanyako
Founder: Peacelinks, Winner: Hague Appeal for Peace Prize
Peace Education - Educating the World for Peace
Kathleen Tordini
Education Director: International Centre for Tolerance Education
Former Program Director: Global Campaign for Peace Education - Hague Appeal for Peace
Peace Initiatives - Season of Non-Violence
Deepen Shah
Temple of Understanding Youth Council
Young Jains of America Board Member
International Day of Peace
Nickolai Parker
UN Department of Political Affairs
Listen to the Voice of Our Children
Ally and Carman Moore |
12:30 – 2:00 |
Closing
Stephen Hunt
HIV/AIDS Activist, Actor/Musician
Arun Ghandi
Grandson of Mahatma Gandhi
Founder: Mahatma Gandhi Institute for Non-Violence
Peace Flag Ceremony
Deborah Moldow
Director: World Peace Prayer Society
Dr. Elaine Valdov
Director: Youth Assembly at the United Nations |
2:00 – 3:00 |
Lunch |
3:00 - 4:00 |
Tour of the United Nations (optional) |
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Part 3. What is the outcome ?
A resolution paper will be submitted to the United Nations, the Executive Committee of NGOs Affiliated with the United Nations DPI, the Millennium + Five Networks, and all countries sponsoring the Youth Assembly.
It is our hope that participants will have a greater understanding of how they can make a difference in the world and will be inspired to take action!
Together, we have a great opportunity to create a New World , lead by ethics, values, compassion and equal human rights for all. This is a world which requires leaders committed to greater visions, such as:
· Eradication of Poverty and hunger,
· The human right of an fair education,
· Gender equality and the empowerment of women are a “given”
· Mothers and children receive the same quality health benefits in all countries
· HIV/AIDS, malaria &other diseases are eradicated
· Our home – the Earth – is genuinely cared for, by all its global citizens and
· We share in a global partnership for development in all countries.
The Youth Assembly 2005, at the United Nations – “Young People Making a Difference” is a special conference addressing and celebrating the youth movement in taking action to make the above goals a reality on an international scope.
At the Millennium General Assembly in 2000, all Heads of State created and unanimously agreed to work toward the accomplishment of the above goals – named The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). But it is the people of each country that must come together to take action to see that these goals are achieved and that we can finally live in a New Millennium we will be proud to bequeath to future generations of all nations.
The Youth Assembly comes at a time when the United Nations is celebrating its 60 th Anniversary and the International Youth Day. The United Nations wants to offer much gratitude to young people around the world who are coming forward and joining the UN, Member States and NGOs, in their global task to help build a world of peace and justice for all.
Part 4. OUTCOME FOR THE REPUBLIC DEMOCRATIC OF CONGO AND RECOMMANDATIONS.
The Youth Assembly 2005, at the United Nations – “Young People Making a Difference” is a special conference addressing and celebrating the youth movement in taking action to make the above goals a reality on an international scope.
From 2000 at the Millennium General Assembly, all Heads of State created and unanimously agreed to work toward the accomplishment of the above goals – named The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). We are in 2005, the R.D.of CONGO have to fixed the program and to achieve the MDG's.
But it is the people of each country that must come together to take action to see that these goals are achieved and that we can finally live in a New Millennium that we are proud to bequeath to future generations of all nations.
The Youth Assembly comes at a time when the United Nations is celebrating its 60 th Anniversary and the International Youth Day. The United Nations wants to offer much gratitude to young people around the world who are coming forward and joining the UN, Member States and NGOs, in their global task to help build a world of peace and justice for all.
The people of each country must come together to take action to see that these goals are achieved and that we can finally live in a New Millennium .
The Republic Democratic of Congo has :
- To have the youth representative at United Nations ;
- To take action and make a difference in this New millennium with a definitely program and achieve the MDG's soon as possible.
By Maitre Emil Ngandu Kambala.
Chairman of FONDATION NEHEMIE ONGD
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