21 July 2010 - The United Nations Association of the Philippines (UNAP), through its youth arm the United Nations Youth Association of the Philippines (UNYAP), will hold the 11th International Youth Day (IYD) Convention on August 10-12 at the Philippine International Convention Center.
The convention will be held in partnership with the Commission on Human Rights.
With the theme, "Strengthening Peace and Human Rights Education for the Youth: Key to Sustainable Development", the Convention aims to increase the participants' awareness of peace and human rights education practices, issues, challenges and future directions in the Philippines and the world.
It also seeks to increase the participation of the youth sector in the fulfillment of the UN Millennium Development Goals using peace and human rights perspectives.
The three-day event consists of various activities that will cater to the participants' intellectual, cultural, social, and aesthetic expectations and interests, mindful of the following international commemorative events: International Humanitarian Law Day (August 12); International Youth Day (August 12); and the International Year of Youth (2010-2011).
The Convention will equip participants with the necessary skills which they can bring back to their respective localities or institutions and that will help them embark on programs for peace, human rights and sustainable development.
The celebration of an international day of the youth began on 17 December 1999 after the UN General assembly approved resolution 54/120 declaring August 12 as International Youth Day.
The celebration was institutionalized in the Philippines by virtue of Presidential Declaration No. 229 signed on 12 August 2002.
Back-to-back with the 11th IYD celebration will be the launching of the International Year of Youth from 12 August 2010 to 11 August 2011.
For more details on the event, please contact Ana Elzy E. Ofrencio, Overall Chair of the 11th IYD in the Philippines at telefax nos. (632) 9253878 or (632) 9284471 or email internationalyouthday.iyd2010@gmail.com , or Anna Karina Jardin, Co-Chair at mobile (632) 09209382691 or email iyd_2010@yahoo.com . END
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