UNA YOUTH ELECTIONS

UNA Youth is led by a council of student volunteers elected before the beginning of each academic year. The council is responsible for coordinating national youth events and campaigns.

Click here to read the profiles of the 2012/13 presidential and vice-presidential candidates and to place your vote.

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Where will the UN take you?

UNA-UK ran 2 exciting competitions at Freshers' Fairs across the country during 2011. Watch this space to here about the lucky winners of the iPad2 and the trip to the UN in New York.

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On 10 November, our careers event gave UNA Youth members the chance to hear from leading experts in the UN, NGO and recruitment sectors, get ‘insider’ tips and insights, and ask them questions on how to land their dream job.

Interview: Sangita Thebe Limbu on UNA-UK's latest careers event

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The Autumn 2011 issue of UNA-UK's flagship magazine NewWorld contains a host of articles written for and by UNA Youth members:

• Introducing UNA Youth
• Representing UNA-UK at the UN
• Why support UN Women?
• Somalia: peace and food security
• Bahrain - the forgotten kingdom
• Women and security in Nepal
• Women and girls in armed conflict
• Drugs and war in Afghanistan

Make sure you share these articles on Twitter and Facebook and get in touch if you would like to write for us

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26 July - UNA Youth delivers statement to high-level UN meeting in New York

UNA-UK’s youth delegation arrived at the United Nations in New York on 25 July, to participate in a two-day meeting focusing on the theme of “Youth: Dialogue and Mutual Understanding”.  Launched by the General Assembly, the high-level meeting was devoted to tackling the challenges facing the world's youth and exploring their potential to bring about change in their societies and in the world at large.

UNA-UK’s delegation included Mitali Nikore, a member of the 2010/11 UNA Youth Council, who delivered UNA Youth's statement identifying youth unemployment as the key challenge.

Click here to read the UNA Youth statement

The two-day meeting was among events to mark the International Year of Youth, which comes to a close on International Youth Day on 12 August.

Click here for more on the conference

Do you want to be on the Youth Council?

The Youth Council is currently looking to co-opt a Model UN Liaison Officer and two Communications Liaison Officers. If you are interested in applying for one of these positions, please download and complete the relevant application form below. Instructions on how to apply for the positions are included within the application forms.

The closing date for applications is Wednesday 20 July.

Application forms:
Model UN Liaison Officer application form.doc
Communications Liaison Officer application form.doc