Today, as the United Nations International Year of Youth closes, we, the interns of the United Nations (UN) launch the 14th edition of Internal Voices. Since August 2007, interns at the United Nations Regional Information Centre for Western Europe (UNRIC) have been producing Internal Voices, a magazine for UN interns written by UN interns. Initially only containing articles from interns in Brussels, this is now a worldwide project. The 14th edition contains articles from interns in all corners of the world from Washington to Nairobi and Bucharest.
The International Year of Youth comes to an end on 12 August and for many young people it has been a year of great change. In countries such as Tunisia, Egypt, Greece and Spain young people have been on the front line leading the calls for change. All over the world young people are working together for a fairer and healthier planet through various initiatives such as the “
Known to most of the world as Taylor McKessie in Disney’s High School Musical, American actress Monique Coleman has an impressive CV. After this year she can add first-ever UN
On the occasion of the International Year of Youth, UN Youth Champion, American actress and singer Monique Coleman, best known for her role in the “High School Musical” movies, visited Belgium from 3 to 7 June as part of her “Gimme MO” world tour to give a voice to young people.
To wrap up the International Year of Youth, a High-Level Meeting on Youth was held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 25 to 28 July.
