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ITU Secretary-General Hamadoun Touré (right) with President Laura Chinchilla of Costa Rica at the BYND 2015 Global Youth Summit in San José.
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‘Innovation is key to new global development agenda’ – UN youth summit

12 September 2013
Young people from across the world who took part in a United Nations conference in Costa Rica have called on world leaders to support innovation and technology as methods to advance broader development, drive positive change and bring citizens closer to their Governments.
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Information technologies play central role in advancing social good, Ban tells Youth Forum

9 September 2013
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today highlighted the role that information communication technologies (ICTs) – including youth-driven social media platforms – play in combating poverty and advancing development worldwide.
Youth Envoy Ahmad Alhendawi.
UN Photo/Evan Schneider

Online platform marks ‘new phase’ of UN engagement with young people – Youth Envoy

5 September 2013
United 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.

Marking Youth Day, UN officials spotlight rights and potential of young migrants

12 August 2013
Marking International Youth Day, United Nations officials today highlighted the plight as well as the contributions of young migrants, who often face hard conditions away from their homes.
Some of the hundreds of young people from across the world attending the 12th International Youth Assembly at UN Headquarters.
UN Photo/Evan Schneider

Young people gather at UN to discuss how to achieve global development targets

7 August 2013
Hundreds of young people from across the world have gathered at United Nations Headquarters in New York to seek ways to strengthen youth leadership and accelerate the achievement of the anti-poverty targets known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
On International Youth Day, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (at podium) speaks to young people. To his right is Ahmad Alhendawi, Envoy on Youth.
UN Photo/Mark Garten

Ahead of Youth Day, UN chief hears concerns from young people across the world

5 August 2013
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today held an interactive dialogue with young people across the world and launched an online United Nations Platform for Youth in conjunction with his Special Envoy on this issue.
Youth Envoy Ahmad Alhendawi.
UN Photo/Rick Bajornas

UN envoy urges 'uniting for youth' with first in series of virtual Google+ Hangouts

17 May 2013
The United Nations special envoy on youth went online today to encourage young people to join the UN's work, and detailed some of the initiatives he will undertake to work with and for youth.
An unemployed youth.
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Long-term impact of youth employment crisis could be felt for decades, warns UN report

8 May 2013
An estimated 73 million young people will be out of work this year, according to a new United Nations report that says the long-term impact of the youth employment crisis could be felt for decades and calls for creative and wide-ranging policy solutions to address the problem.
UN Photo/Mark Garten
UN Photo/Mark Garten

UN forum urges young innovators to use science and technology to change the world

27 March 2013
The potential of young people to use technology to make exceptional contributions to society and history is in the spotlight today at a United Nations forum, where officials are calling on future leaders to use their expertise and compassion to address the challenges facing the world.
Youth Envoy Ahmad Alhendawi briefs reporters in New York via satellite from Dakar, Senegal. Martin Nesirky, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, is at right.
UN Photo/JC McIlwaine

Post-2015 development agenda must address youth issues – new UN envoy

19 March 2013
The process of establishing a post-2015 development agenda must include youth input and participation to reflect the issues that concern them, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s Envoy on Youth stressed today in his first press conference since he assumed office.