2020 Joint Civil Society Statement on Youth Engagement and Peace, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Education

Written Version for Delivery on 13 October 2020 to the UN General Assembly First Committee (Disarmament and International Security)

Includes all signatories as of 14 October 2020

1. We often hear young people described as the world’s future. While true, this cliché doesn’t tell the whole story. More than 40% of the world’s population is under the age of 25. We are here now, in the present day, representing close to a majority of the world’s population. But we are severely underrepresented in forums like this one, where decisions about our present and future – our peace, our security, our human rights – are made. Disarmament education, if implemented in … Read the rest

Quadrennial report Report Review for year 2013 – 2016

Status: Special, 1989

Quadrennial report for year 2013 – 2016

Submission year: 2018
Report received: 13 Jul 2017
Report Officer: Nahleen Ahmed
Assigned to: Nahleen Ahmed
Initial review date: 13 Jul 2017
Date review completed: 13 Jul 2017
Review Status (by NGO Branch): Submitted to Committee
NGO Committee Decision: Taken note
ECOSOC Decision: Taken Note

Status: Special, 1989

Quadrennial report for year 2013 – 2016

Introduction:

General Consultative Status with ECOSOC since 1987 Pathways To Peace (PTP) is an international Peace building, educational and consulting organization.

Aims and purposes of the organization:

The primary mission of PTP is to contribute to the evolving mission of the United Nations (UN) by … Read the rest

Mater Dei Prep, St. Mary students on mission to make global impact

By Jennifer Mauro | Managing Editor (Originally published in the Trenton Monitor)

“There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of other generations much is expected.” ~ President Franklin D. Roosevelt

President Roosevelt may have been speaking to those of The Greatest Generation, but human rights activists believe the call to action is equally important to the young people of today.

“As the gears of justice turn, we can take heart in the actions of youth around the country and the world to reclaim democracy,” said Alex Loznak, a fourth-year undergraduate at New York’s Columbia University and one of three panelists who spoke … Read the rest

Art of Effective Leadership and Communication in Diverse Global Environments

The Path to Win-Win

Life’s encounters can create difficult or challenging “dynamics”
Success will be based on your “choices” with each encounter
Today’s training will discuss the strategies towards creating win-win dynamics

K.Y.C Know Your Colleague

Know the people you interact with regularly.
Sometimes our minds are like a GPS on Automatic Pilot.
Only going to what it already knows.
We can become prisoners of our own expectations.
To change the outcome, we need to change the direction.

View and Download the Complete Article Here: UN PP Global MHN… Read the rest

2018 UNCSW PTP62 Delegate Reports Summary

2018 UNCSW PTP62 Delegate
Reports Summary
New York, NY

March 11 – 23, 2018

This report is a summary of 12 individual reports, including 11 PTP delegates and 1 informal report from Heart Ambassador who attended, David Dante.

Reports:

Sheva Carr – Script with opening exercise

*Cami Peterson-DeVries
Stephen Dinan
*Nancy Griffis
*MarySue Heilemann – PowerPoint presentation with links
*Shayndel Kahn
Devaa Haley Mitchell
*Sadhvi Siddhali Shree – Video slideshow
Erin Toppenberg
*Hudsyn Toppenberg
Jennifer Warren

* report contains photo(s)

In addition to “Women Illuminated” and “Women/Girls and the Media,” delegates attended and commented on a wide range of sessions, from Consultation Day to panels on UN grounds and the … Read the rest

The Path to Win-Win

K.Y.C Know Your Colleague

2018 UNCSW PTP62 Delegate Reports Summary New York, NY

March 11 – 23, 2018

2018 UNCSW PTP62 Delegate
Reports Summary
New York, NY