Youth Fusion: Abolition 2000

Event Date: 11th December 2020
Location: Internet 17:30 GMT

UNFOLD ZERO and #Wethepeoples2020 are proud to support youth who are standing up for peace, nuclear disarmament, the climate and sustainable development around the world, and are taking action in innovative ways that are making policy makers and governments wake up and listen.

We invite you to join one of the launch events on December 10 and 11 for Youth Fusion, the new platform and nuclear abolition action plan being launched by the youth group of Abolition 2000, the global civil society network for the elimination of nuclear weapons.

Youth from around the world participate in Youth Voices for Peace, the Climate and Nuclear Disarmament, a video project of the Abolition 200 youth group.

Youth Fusion launch events

Youth Fusion will be launched in conjunction with UN Human Rights Day in two exciting sessions;

Session 1: Timed to suit Asia and the Pacific.
Thursday December 10. 8am Central Europe Time (10 am Moscow, 1pm Dhaka, 4pm Tokyo/Seoul, 7pm Suva)

Speakers:

Tony Robinson (UK). Member, Abolition 2000 Coordinating Committee
Nuriya Azamatova (Kazakhstan). Organizer & Ambassador, Youth Peace Week Kazakhstan.
Solomon Yeo (Solomon Islands). Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change, World’s Youth for Climate Justice
Divina Maloum (Cameroon). Founder of Children for Peace. Co-winner (with Greta Thunberg) of the 2019 International Children’s Peace Prize
Karlo Jayson M. Abila (Philippines). President & CEO of the Global Institute for Youth Development

Additional information is posted on the Session 1 event facebook page.
Click here to register.

Session 2: Timed to suit the Americas, Europe and Africa.
Friday December 11. 11:30 Eastern time USA/Canada. (5:30pm CET)

Speakers:

Jackie Cabasso (USA). Member, Abolition 2000 Coordinating Committee
Cristopher Cruz (USA). Founder, Nuclear-Free Schools
Vanessa Lanteigne (Canada). National Coordinator at Canadian Voice of Women for Peace. Finalist, UN #75Words4Disarmament Youth Challenge
Eric Mbotiji (Cameroon). Chair, United Nations Youth Association Network
Ariana Smith (USA). Executive Director, Lawyers’ Committee on Nuclear Policy
Niamh Healy (UK). President, Student and Youth Pugwash UK

Additional information is posted on the Session 2 event facebook page.
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Members of the Abolition 200 youth delegation to the 2019 Non-Proliferation Treaty preparatory meeting at the United Nations.

About Youth Fusion

Youth Fusion provides a wide a range of resources, initiatives and actions for youth from all corners of the globe and from all walks of life – whether they are students, academics, parliamentarians, young professionals, youth activists or or merely youth interested in nuclear disarmament.

Youth Fusion also brings together youth working on nuclear disarmament with those working on peace, climate, disarmament of other weapons, human rights, justice, sustainable development and building back better from the pandemic.

And Youth Fusion organises forums and events for inter-generational dialogue, so that youth and those more experienced can listen and learn from each other and build cooperation for more effective policy action.

Jacinda Ardern MP (far left), now the Prime Minister of New Zealand, speaking at a youth debate in the New Zealand parliament on nuclear disarmament organised by Ban All Nukes Generation NZ and the Abolition 2000 youth network in 2009. Yours sincerely
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