Dear NGO Colleagues,
Please see below an urgent message on NGO registration for the General Assembly High Level Meeting on Youth on 25 and 26 July. Please note the deadline is 30 April.
Yours Sincerely,
NGO Relations, DPI
United Nations
www.un.org/dpi/ngosection
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As part of the International Youth Year, the General Assembly will hold a high-level meeting on youth on 25 and 26 July 2011. The high-level meeting will have as its overarching theme “Youth: Dialogue and Mutual Understanding”.
The high-level meeting will comprise two consecutive informal interactive round tables on 25 July 2011 and two plenary meetings on 26 July 2011. The round tables will be chaired by Member States at the invitation of the President of the General Assembly and will address the following themes:
Round table 1: Strengthening international cooperation regarding youth and enhancing dialogue, mutual understanding and active youth participation as indispensable elements towards social integration, full employment and the eradication of poverty;
Round table 2: Challenges to youth development and opportunities for poverty eradication, employment and sustainable development.
You can register your participation for this event by clicking on the link to your right.
First-time users of this registration system will need to create a new profile (http://esango.un.org/civilsociety/showNewProfile.do?method=add).
Approval of this profile can take up to 48 hours.
Please note:
– Registration does not mean that your nomination is accepted;
– Only approved nominations will be notified by email by June 2011;
– You are requested to make your own travel and visa arrangements;
– The United Nations will not compensate any participant.
The deadlines for registration applications is 30 APRIL.