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HIGHLIGHTS FROM UN AGENCIES
AROUND THE WORLD
UNEP ­ Supporting Entrepreneurs for
Sustainable Development, SEED initiative, annual international
competition
UNESCO - Launches
the International Year of Languages
UNESCO - HIV
and AIDS Myth Buster, UNESCO, pilot project implemented by the
NGO SPACE - Society for People's Awareness, Care and Empowerment
UNFPA - 2008 Staying Alive Awards are
open for application; looking for young, inspiring individuals
and projects to fund, awards will be given out in June 2008;
apply before 7 April
UN-HABITAT -
Youth launch a peace campaign at UNHQ in Nairobi
UN-HABITAT launches
Peace Building Training of Trainers programme, Youth Dialogue
on "I am Kenya, I am Peace, Let's Talk"
UNICEF - Progress
for Children: A World Fit for Children, Statistical Review
UNICEF Voices
of Youth - Reaching out: Rural Voices of Youth
UN Works with MTV and VH1
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon appeared on the 2007 VH1 Soul
Vibe Awards to acknowledge Jay-Z's "Water for Life"
campaign. The UN Works Programme collaborated with MTV to create
the online campaign educating young people about the global water
issues and sanitation crisis
WFP - Campaign
to combat hunger among school children
WHO - World Conference on Injury Prevention
and Safety Promotion
World Bank - World Development Report
2008: Agriculture for Development
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