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| statement by the youth representative Mr Kristoffer Sundøy at the concluding session of WUF on 26 March in Brazil |
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Rio de Janeiro
My name is Kristoffer Sundøy, and I have been elected by UN-HABITAT’s Youth Advisory Board to address you today on behalf of the youth delegates present at this Forum. We are youth who live in cities. We are full of ideas, creativity, and energy. Yet even as we represent well over half the world’s total population, we are still not full partners in the institutions, processes and decisions that affect our lives. We live in cities in great numbers, yet our voices are rarely given equitable space or accorded the same respect and consideration as those of adults.
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| Opening Address by Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka, Executive Director of UN-HABITAT & Director General, UN Office at Nairobi, on the occasion of the Youth Dialogue on "I am Kenya, I am Peace, Lets Talk" |
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UN Headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya
I know that many of you have come here at considerable personal risk to join us here today. I want to thank you for your courage and sacrifice. I want you to know that you honour us by gracing the United Nations headquarters in Africa with your presence, for as you know, after New York, Geneva and Vienna, we are the only UN headquarters in the developing world.
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| The Secretary-General Message on International Youth Day |
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International Youth Day is an annual opportunity to recognize the world’s 1.2 billion
young people, to celebrate their achievements, and to push for their participation in all areas of
society.
This year’s commemoration – Be Seen, Be Heard: Youth Participation for Development
– focuses on the enormous contributions young women and men everywhere can and do make
towards national uplift.
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Statement by Dr. Joan Clos, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Executive Director of UN-HABITATon the occasion of first World Assembly of Islamic Cities. September 2013