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On October 11th and 12th, stakeholders will come together at the Global Forum for Adolescents (1), a historic gathering of youth, advocates, researchers, practitioners, and decision-makers. The Global Forum’s purpose is to advance adolescent health and well-being by strengthening evidence-based political commitments, policies, and mobilization of domestic financing and official development assistance. Informed by the Adolescent Well-Being Framework, (2) findings of the ‘What Young People Wa...

Mary Ann Shadd Cary fonds added to Canada Memory of the World Register.

International Youth Day: A day celebrated annually on 12 August to commemorate the achievements of young people and to commit to creating a better future for them

International Youth Day is commemorated every year on 12 August, bringing youth issues to the attention of the international community and celebrating the potential of youth as partners in today’s global society.The idea for International Youth Day was proposed in 1991 by the young people who were gathered in Vienna, Austria, for the first session of the World Youth Forum of the United Nations System. The Forum recommended that an International Youth Day be declared, especially for fund-raisin...

IBTM World has revealed the first details of its 2023 edition, which will see an evolution in the show’s culture creation campaign.

A special celebration event is being held to mark the Wildlife Filmmaking Oral Histories Collection, held by the University of Bristol, being added to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) ‘Memory of the World’

In its new paper, the British Ministry of Defence is “trying to make a virtue of fundamental and structural weaknesses” associated with spending and equipment problems, analyst Joshua Huminski told Breaking Defense.

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The youth of Nigeria must be empowered to counter violent extremism and sustain peace and development.

New Delhi/IBNS:  Memory is crucial for survival of humanity, said Union Minister for State for Culture and External Affairs, Meenakshi Lekhi in her address as the chief guest at the Brainstorming Session on UNESCO Memory of the World (MoW) Programme in India.