Urgent action needed on COVID-19 recovery to stay on course for sustainable development (FROM UN ESCAP)

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Governments and key stakeholders will come together at the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) 2020, which opens today, to assess the pandemic’s impacts on countries’ initiatives to deliver on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as well as collectively deliberate upon urgent global actions to support recovery and building back better.

Generation Equality Forum to develop new Compact for Women, Peace and Security and Humanitarian Action

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The Generation Equality Forum will develop a new Compact for Women, Peace and Security and Humanitarian Action to drive action on the existing extensive normative frameworks and commitments and to strengthen coordination across existing mechanisms, systems, networks, partnerships and capacities.

The Commonwealth: Necessary Lessons. New Directions (By Nicola Brentnall, CEO of The Queen's Commonwealth Trust)

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It is time to come to terms with the colonial and imperial legacy of The Commonwealth.Read this message from the CEO of The Queen's Commonwealth Trust that focuses to harness the power of youths living in countries member of the. Commonwealth.

THE EU LAUNCHES INNOVATION FUND TO PROMOTE LOW CARBON TECHNOLOGIES

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The Innovation Fund is one of the world’s largest funding programmes for demonstration of innovative low-carbon technologies.

Join Kareena Kapoor Khan and support the #ChildhoodChallenge to help vulnerable children (UNICEF ROSA)

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UNICEF invites everyone to reimagine a better future and prevent the COVID-19 pandemic from becoming a lasting crisis for children

Approaches to Language in Education for Migrants and Refugees in the Asia-Pacific Region ( FROM UNESCO)

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The report aims to create a stronger knowledge base to support Member States as they formulate education policies that are responsive to the needs of refugees children.

Announcement of the Global Leaders of the Generation Equality Action Coalitions to accelerate gender equality (from UN WOMEN)

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Leaders from Member States, civil society, women’s rights organizations, international organizations, UN agencies, philanthropic entities, youth-led organizations, and the private sector come together to deliver game-changing results for women and girls.

Chefs unite for better food in East Asia & Pacific ( from UNICEF SOUTH EAST ASIA)

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Chefs across East Asia and the Pacific have been busy in their kitchens preparing simple, nutritious, tasty meals from fresh, locally available foods and broadcasting themselves through social media to millions across the region.

Call for Participants: Online consultation on ‘Ethics of Artificial Intelligence (FROM UNESCO)

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NESCO Bangkok Office invites young people aged 18-25 to an online consultation on UNESCO’s global, ethical framework for AI. The half-day online consultation will take place on 8 August 2020, with discussions held in English and Thai-language sessions. Interested candidates should register by filling in the Google form no later than 26 July 2020.

The business case for young people creating a culture of business integrity in Asia-Pacific (By Stan van der Leemputte FROM UNDP ASIA PACIFIC)

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The Asia-Pacific region is home to over 700 million young people. Through entrepreneurship, many are boosting local development and accelerating sustainable growth. However, in a survey carried out by Transparency International in four countries in the region, 30 percent of young people said they had experienced corruption within the previous 12 months.

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