The International Young Leaders Organization (IYLO) and Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) are pleased to invite you to a virtual special event on “Our Common Agenda’s Commitment to Youth and Future Generations: A New UN Youth Architecture”, in conversation with young leaders from the International Young Leaders Council (IYLC). This event will take place on Monday, 18 April 2022, from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. EDT / 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. CET on the margins of the UN ECOSOC Youth Forum.
The International Young Leaders Council (IYLC) was initiated in February 2021 by independent young leaders during the Our Common Agenda Young Thinkers consultations with the aim to include youth and future generations at the heart of the United Nations and its intergovernmental processes.
This special event at the UN ECOSOC Youth Forum will focus on the importance of creating inclusive, meaningful and effective UN youth engagement structures and emphasizing the key role of intergenerational leadership in the implementation of the UN Secretary-General’s Our Common Agenda and the Decade of Action. Speakers will highlight the necessity for intergenerational equity and discuss the importance of including youth and future generations at the heart of all UN intergovernmental processes.
Furthermore, the event will present the International Young Leaders Council (IYLC). IYLC serves as an independent global youth council working to support the implementation of the Our Common Agenda, in particular the establishment of the new UN Youth Office and the UN Youth Council, as one of IYLO’s recommendations to the UN Secretary-General. In addition, IYLC proposes the creation of the UN Youth Assembly and that the ECOSOC Youth Forum be reformed into an intergovernmental UN Commission on Youth and Future Generations to enable more inclusive, transparent and effective youth participation in UN deliberative and decision-making processes within the UN General Assembly, the Security Council and the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and their respective subsidiary bodies.
During the event, the IYLC will present a Declaration on Commitment to Youth and Future Generations and call for the establishment of the Secretary-General Trust Fund for Youth and Future Generations.
This event is organized by the International Young Leaders Organization (IYLO), with the support of Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP).
Featuring
Moderators:
- Hana Shono, Deputy Executive-Director of International Young Leaders Organization (IYLO), and Vice-Convener of United Nations Association Scotland (UNAS)
- Ishaan Shah, UK National Gender Youth Advocate for UN Women
Speakers:
- Róisín Downes, Director of International, Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP)
- Nisreen Elsaim, Chair of the UN Secretary-General’s Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change (UN YAG)
- Teresa Oberhauser, Stockholm+50 Youth Task Force, Focal Point for the Children and Youth Major Group to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
- Vladislav Kaim, Member of the UN Secretary-General’s Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change (UN YAG)
- Petrider Paul, Youth Advisory Board member, United Nations Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR)
- İlayda Eskitaşçıoğlu, UN Young Leader for the SDGs and Founder of We Need to Talk
- Lena Sykorova, Founder and Executive Director, International Young Leaders Organization (IYLO)
Join the conversation online using #CommitToYouth
For more information, please contact IYLO Secretariat, at office@iylo.org.
Together, we will create a better future for all.
We look forward to seeing you online!
About the IYLO
The International Young Leaders Organization (IYLO) is a non-profit non-governmental organization based in Vienna, Austria, advocating under the Global Initiative for UN Youth for the establishment of institutional mechanisms that put young people at the heart of the UN agenda and inter-governmental processes since 2017.
For more information, visit iylo.org and follow us on Twitter @IYLO_HQ and LinkedIn.
About the IYLC
IYLC serves as an independent entity working globally to support the creation of the new UN Youth Office – as we recommended in the Our Common Agenda – and calls for the establishment of the UN Youth Council and the UN Youth Assembly enabling more inclusive, transparent and effective youth participation in UN deliberative and decision-making processes within the General Assembly, the Security Council and the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and their respective subsidiary bodies.
Event Recording
Report: Our Common Agenda’s Commitment to Youth and Future Generations: A New UN Youth Architecture
