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The Global Forum on Youth, Peace and Security was held in Amman on the 21-22 August. The Forum was organised in partnership between the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, four United Nations entities (PBSO, UNFPA, UNDP and…
Today is International Youth Day and this year’s theme is Youth Civic Engagement! The engagement and participation of youth is essential to achieve sustainable human development. Yet often the opportunities for youth to engage politically,…
UNOY has been working on providing input for the development of a UN Plan of Action on Preventing Violent Extremism, which will be presented to the 70th UNGA Session in September. Below is the final…
From May 28 to June 03 2015, three members of the UNOY Youth Advocacy Team (YAT) were at the UN headquarters in New York. The May 2015 Mission was part of the YAT’s mission to…
The UNOY Youth Advocacy Team attended an informal breakfast meeting with representatives of the Norwegian Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York last week. The meeting brought together young peacebuilders and policy makers…
To effectively address violent extremism, a human security approach which is holistic, context-specific and person-centred is a necessity. The ultimate goal and responsibility of any security policy, including policies on countering violent extremism should be…
Matthew Scott, the director of Peacebuilding at World Vision, and an experienced campaigner, shared his experiences of campaigning in order to support the team’s campaign for a Security Council resolution! 1. Invest in relationships. Across…
The UN is reviewing it’s peacebuilding architecture in 2015. This means that the work of the Peacebuilding Fund, the Peacebuilding Commission and the Peacebuilding Support Office (PBSO) is being assessed, and it offers an excellent…
On March 5th, 2015, an expert meeting was organized by UNOY, Human Security Collective and Cordaid. The goal of the meeting was to raise awareness on how young community leaders from conflict areas successfully contribute…
MEGHANN AUREA VILLANUEVA My name is Meg. Half of my friends from all over the world used to refer to me as their ‘friend who works in the UN’ or ‘my friend who works to…
IPPOLITO FORNI The beginning of my involvement in the peace-building field came with my own personal struggle to bring peace within myself. Due to my personal experiences, at a young age I came to the…
The United Network of Young Peacebuilders (UNOY – pronounced ‘You Know Why’) is a global network of youth organisations committed to establishing peaceful societies. Young people constitute half of the world’s population and we strongly…
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