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Posted: Aug. 08 2006,12:48 by bethbowen
from INTERNATIONAL - UNSECO International leadership
programme: a Global Intergenerational Forum |
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This
questionnaire will lay the basis for a UN youth fund for a culture
of peace (CoP). We would like your input concerning the
activities of such a fund. Although it is your personal input,
we would like to know what organization you belong to.
You
may be asking yourself “what is a Culture of Peace?” A culture
of peace, is not merely the absence of war. Currently there is a
United Nations Decade on Culture of Peace and Non-violence,
2001-2010. As part of the decade, a program of action has been
adopted outlining the 8 core areas of a culture of peace:
Education for a culture of peace
Respect for human rights
Sustainable development
Democratic participation
Equality
between women and men
International understanding, tolerance
and solidarity
Free flow of information
International
Peace and Security
1. BASIC QUESTIONS
a) If funds
were available, what youth activities related to a CoP would you
like to do as an individual?
EDUCATING YOUNG PEOPLE ON THEIR
HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE RIGHTS OF THOSE AROUND THEM, LEGALLY.
b)
What non-financial support do you need to do these
activities?
MORAL SUPPORTAND SOME WAY TO DISPELL THE APATHY
THAT SURROUNDS THE YOUTH IN THE UK
c) If funds were
available, what youth activities related to a CoP would your
organization like to do?
AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS, FUNDRAISING FOR
YOUTH IN THE REST OF THE WORLD, ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE
MARGINALISED (THE DISABLED, THE MENTALLY ILL)
d) What
non-financial support does your organization need for CoP
activities?
INDIVIDUAL
e) What changes in youth
policies do you think the government/leadership in your country
should make to promote a CoP?
ABOLITION OF PRIVATE
EDUCATION
f) What CoP youth activities/initiatives do you
think the UN should
do?
EDUCATION,EDUCATION,EDUCATION
OPTIONAL
QUESTIONS
2. Do you have any suggestions or recommendations
for improving youth participation in CoP activities on any levels
(UN, government, civil society)?
3. What could be done to
improve/ensure transparency and flow of information in promoting the
CoP?
4. To ensure the best possible benefit of a UN Voluntary
Fund for youth and CoP, how should it be
managed/administered?
5. How can youth not yet involved in
CoP activities be reached and motivated?
6. a) Which other
organizations do you know of, that work for a CoP?
b) Would
you be willing to contact them or may we contact them with the
questionnaire? Please specify.
7. Name of your organization:
Address, including country: 20 PRICE HOUSE,
BRITANNIA ROW, LONDON, N18QD, UK
8. Your name: BETH
BOWEN
Your E-mail:ERLB2@CAM.AC.UK
Your Telephone:
00442073592724
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