ONLINE PLATFORM MARKS ‘NEW PHASE’ OF UN ENGAGEMENT WITH YOUNG PEOPLE – YOUTH ENVOY

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Date: 5 Sep 2013 18:00:01 -0400
Subject: ONLINE PLATFORM MARKS 'NEW PHASE' OF UN ENGAGEMENT WITH YOUNG
PEOPLE – YOUTH ENVOY
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ONLINE PLATFORM MARKS 'NEW PHASE' OF UN ENGAGEMENT WITH YOUNG PEOPLE –
YOUTH ENVOYNew York, Sep 5 2013 6:00PMUnited Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's Envoy on Youth launched today an
online platform to bring the Organization's initiatives closer to
young people and engage with them, regardless of their location.

The website http://www.un.org/youthenvoy will not just provide news
about UN agencies' work for and with youth, but it will also be a
platform for youth-led organizations and youth activists to learn
about opportunities to work with the Organization's various entities.

"In the digital age we have young people accessing social media and
using the Internet, yet sometimes it is still confusing for them to
get the most relevant piece of information and news for them," the
Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth, Ahmad Alhendawi, said in an
interview.

"What we are trying to do is make sure that we are making the UN
accessible to young people by bringing all the youth-related news and
opportunities in the UN system to one place."

From climate change to poverty, the website will give information on
various topics relevant to youth, Mr. Alhendawi said, adding that it
will not just be about giving information but also about receiving
feedback and questions from young people.

"We are linking the page fully with our social media," he said. "Young
people can use it to interact with us, send us their questions and we
will get back to them."

He added that the platform marks a new phase greater UN engagement
with youth, with more international, national and local initiatives
being announced in the future on the website.

"This is just the beginning. Once you have the tool, you can have more
interaction with young people" he said. "We hope this will facilitate
the communication between our work and that of young people around […]
we will try to make it as interactive as possible."

During his second term, the UN chief identified working with and for
young people as one of his top priorities. In January, he appointed
Mr. Alhendawi of Jordan as his Envoy on Youth, with the aim of
addressing the needs of the largest generation of youth the world has
ever known. He is also tasked with advocating for addressing the
development needs and rights of young people, and bringing the work of
the UN closer to them.Sep 5 2013 6:00PM
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