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  • Evatt Winners Announced
  • 14/12/2011
  • HOBART — After time deliberating, the Judging Panel for the Evatt Trophy Competition have announced the national champions. Winners of "Evatt" have gone through a tough process of debate, negotation, and compromise to reach their final goal. The Security Council format makes this competition a very difficult one.

  • Evatt Trophy Competition Grand Finals in progress
  • 11/12/2011
  • The Grand Finals of the 2011 Evatt Trophy Competition are currently in progress, with only one resolution not yet debated.

  • National Evatt Trophy Competition
  • 07/12/2011
  • UN Youth Australia has its sights set on Tasmania as the National Evatt Trophy Competition kicks off tomorrow, December 8.

  • Youth Representative applications closed
  • 17/11/2011
  • Applications for the 2012 Australian Youth Representative to the United Nations officially closed yesterday evening. At this point, the selection panel will begin the process of reading through the applications received. The panel will invite long applications from a shortlist of candidates which will be submitted in December before a further shortlist is selected for interviewing over January 2011. The 2012 Youth Representative will be announced in March 2011.

  • Delegates return from Pacific Project
  • 22/08/2011
  • Original article from Destination Dreaming

  • UN Youth marks International Youth Day
  • 12/08/2011
  • Today UN Youth marks the 2011 International Youth Day, as well as the conclusion of the 2010-2011 International Year of Youth.

  • UN Youth attends UNAA Federal Council
  • 10/08/2011
  • National President Ruvini Leitan headed off to Perth on Sunday August 7th for the United Nations Association of Australia's (UNAA) Federal Council meetings.

  • UNYA Gets Published!
  • 16/10/2010
  • The youth of Australia have had their views articulated in a recent string of commentary from UNYA Australia. During and immediately after the federal election, three opinion pieces were published on The Punch focusing on issues important to young people.

  • Global Citizenship Survey Results
  • 10/08/2010
  • During the course of the 2010 federal election campaign, the United Nations Youth Association sent out a Global Citizenship Survey seeking responses from Australia’s major political parties on the burning issues of Australian foreign policy and engagement with international law. We similarly sent out a Youth Issues Survey to a select group of candidates from the Australian Labor Party, the Liberal Party of Australia and the Australian Greens.

  • Count Me In
  • 09/08/2010
  • Did you know – Over 1 million eligible Australians aren’t enrolled to vote? And 1/3 of those are aged 18-24?

  • War: It’s a ‘youth issue’, too
  • 23/11/2010
  • From internecine strife to counterinsurgency operations, war is immediately present in the lives of far too many people.  In particular, children and young people are affected by armed conflict like no one else.  Youth are combatants in wars, as well as the victims of horrendous wartime atrocities.  However, young people’s voices are rarely heard when it comes to key decisions regarding war and peace.

  • International Year of Youth
  • 18/12/2010
  • In an effort to harness the energy, imagination and initiative of the world’s youth in overcoming the challenges facing humankind, from enhancing peace to boosting economic development, the United Nations proclaimed an International Year of Youth.  IYY will be held from the 12th of August 2010 to the 11th of August 2011. 

  • UN Youth Australia launched
  • 25/05/2011
  • Nicky Vreugdenhil, President of UN Youth Australia, today announced the launch of UN Youth Australia’s new brand.

  • Say "Yes" for Climate Action
  • 31/05/2011
  • As part of the National Day of Action for clean energy and a price on pollution, on June 5, ‘Say Yes Australia’ is organising a series of rallies around the country featuring high profile speakers and bands so that you can advocate for the future you want in a fun and family friendly way.