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Attended the 66th UN DPI/NGO Conference! |
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I Apologize for not having been staying connected with TUNZA family for past couple months. I?m glad to come back with lenient schedule I was able to plan for summer (Junior Naturalist camp, Nature photography class, and Wildlife camp) as well as get started on finalizing the Nature book process. (I?ll post article about it once those events get close!) This week, I attended the 66th UN Department of Public Information/Non-Governmental Organizations Conference in Gyeongju from May 30th through June 1st. This conference focused on the 17 Sustainable development goals made to be implemented by 2030 Agenda, which was adopted by United Nations Member States in September 2015 to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure human rights and prosperous and fulfilling lives. The 66th DPI/NGO conference was hosted by NGO/DPI Executive Committee, the NGOs, the Korean Government and the National Organizing Committee of Korea. The conference was held in Gyeongju, which is the capital city of the Silla Dynasty that united Korean Peninsula for the first time in the History and is a UNESCO World Culture Heritage site. Divided into three-day event, the conference was held under the theme of Education for Global Citizenship: Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals Together. We had opening and closing ceremonies, 4 roundtables with special roundtable introducing Saemaul Undong experience from Korea. We also had interactive Townhall conference and numerous workshops prepared by participants. In the free time, we were able to look around various exhibitions that introduced different NGOs. Held for first time in Asia, this conference meant a lot to me. I was able to go back to my mother country, Korea, and meet my dad. I had such valuable conversations with UN officials, ministers of various countries, and NGO?s CEOs all around the World. I was also pleased to introduce TUNZA eco-generation to experts and explain what we do. The 66th UN DPI/NGO conference was based on the SDGs and Paris Agreement to create Gyeongju action plan to achieve these goals by 2030. Now that I introduced general information about this conference, I would like to talk about the discussions made during the conference and participated NGOs that all relates to Environmental protection/conservation and Climate change. Please check out future articles to be posted soon! |
   
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Yuna, first of all, welcome to Korea! Though you must have leaved a few days ago, I hope you have enjoyed your stay. It looks like you have experienced a lot during the conference I envy you for participating at a such amazing event :-) Thanks for sharing and have a great day!
Posted 09-06-2016 16:51
(I really want to see all our family together!!)
Posted 08-06-2016 12:52
@Eco Generation, I was very blessed for this opportunity!
next time I hope TUNZA Eco-generation can register as NGO so we can all go!
Posted 08-06-2016 12:51
WOW thanks for sharing about thie wonderful event held in Gyeongju! I didn't realize UN Youth conference in held in South Korea in May. It seems this conference gave you lots of knowledge as well as an opportunity to reunite your family! :) Congratultaions on your chance to become a delegate to this conference.
Posted 08-06-2016 11:37
@Heonjun,
I believe so too... but on the other side a lot of NGOs are passionately protecting our environment doing what they can do the best :)) I mean, it's always to see improvements, right^^ the whole purpose of our convention was to not only 'plan' sustainable goals that world leaders all around the world together, it would be meaningless if only planned... we met to plan specific plan to actually 'achieve' this goal and so hopefully these 'plans' will be applied to majority of governments including the Korean Government ( a lot of officials were there so I hope that the meeting was meaningful to them as well and that they were motivated enough to start the change!)
Posted 08-06-2016 11:20
@Adam, awww thank you! It was one of the most memorable time I had in my high school career <3 I'll definitely post specific events very soon!
Posted 08-06-2016 11:16
@Victor,
I definitely believe that it was a successful event. I was more than happy to represent! :D
Posted 08-06-2016 11:15
Great to hear you had such a wonderful time here in Korea. However it is a sad reality that the government's policies are not coherent to what they've planned and announced to the international society. There has been a recent study on the air quality in Korea by NASA and the results indicated, unlike the previous assertion by the government, that much of the pollution and dust are generated in Korea. Thanks for sharing and again glad you had a good time!
Posted 07-06-2016 17:36
Haha, I saw the photos of this event on your Facebook and it really seemed like you had a great time. Can't wait for the other events that you're planning to write about!
Posted 06-06-2016 20:41
The event sounds to have been a success. Thank you for representing us at the event.Proud of you. Thanks for sharing
Posted 06-06-2016 17:13
@Arushi, I'm always grateful for your time and kindness to check out every single article I post!
I was again truly amazed to see how many people work passionately for this goals to be achieved and worked on together!
Posted 06-06-2016 14:11
@Gallimard, I surely missed TUNZA family :))
Thanks for your time reading my article!
Posted 06-06-2016 14:09
@Syed, I surely had so much fun and realized that we have so much things to work on together as the global citizens! I was truly amazed by how much people work for improvements in other people's lives,and I hope to see improvement soon!
Posted 06-06-2016 14:09
Thanks for sharing your invaluable experience of 66th UN DPI/NGO Conference! Glad to see you supporting SDGs. Proud of you and looking forward to your next report.
Posted 06-06-2016 03:48
Welcome back Yuna. we missed you and we are glad you are back.
That was a great event you shared with us.
Posted 06-06-2016 03:43
Hello Yuna. I really like the fact that you are not only pursuing environmental preservation but also achievement of the sustainable development goals. The event sounds fantastic and I am sure that you had a great time there as well. Best of luck for your future works.
Posted 06-06-2016 02:28