UN Day 2002 Program

Thursday, October 24th

Chestnut Hill College

Philadelphia, PA

 

Premise: To engage students in dialogue and action to help support the UN Millennium Summit Development Goals.

Expected Outcome: To empower students to local action and leadership involvement in the UN Student Conference on Human Rights International Videoconference on Friday, December 6th.

General Format of the Day

9:30 AM

Morning Plenary

Keynote Address: Abiodun Williams, Office of UN Secretary-General

"The Implementation of the Millennium Summit Development Goals"

10:30 AM

Small Group Discussions

(1) Child Mortality(6) Gender Equality
(2)Convention on the Rights of the Child(7)Health Issues
(3)Discrimination (8)International Criminal Court
(4)Education(9)Poverty
(5) Exploitation of Children(10)Sustainable Development

12:00 PM (included)

Lunch

1:00 PM Afternoon Plenary

Development of a Philadelphia Area Youth Statement on Human Rights and Human Development to be included in the December 6th UN Student Conference on Human Rights deliberations

2:00 PM Adjournment

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Contact GEM to register:
Chestnut Hill College
9601 Germantown Ave.,
Phila., PA 19118,
Tel: 215-248-1150, Fax: 215-248-7056
Email: [email protected]

You can register by reserving a certain number of places for your students. Names and topics can be selected later after you receive the information packet.