From May 30 to June 1, the 66th UN NGO Conference was held by the United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI) at Gyeongju Hwabaek International Convention Center.
[ UN flat raising ceremony at Gyeongju Hwabaek International Convention Center/ Photo: Gyeongju City Hall ]
The UN NGO Conference is a world-class civic society forum where the representatives of around 150 NGOs join to find solutions to common issues through cooperation between the UN and NGOs.
Under the theme of “Education for Global Citizenship: Achieving the SDGs Together”, the conference had round table sessions, workshop and booth exhibitions.
[ The opening of the 66th UN NGO Conference in Gyeongju ]
HUMAN IN LOVE had a chance to hold a booth exhibition at the conference, so we introduced our global citizenship programs—BaNaSe (I, who have upright character, become a world citizen), Happiness T-shirt Campaign, and Hope and Sharing Campaign. Meanwhile, we also participated in the workshop to exchange ideas with other organizations and discuss how to run campaigns to achieve SDGs and provide good global citizenship education.
[ Bonian Golmohammadi, the Secretary-General of the World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA) is listening to HUMAN IN LOVE’s global citizenship program. ]
The UN NGO Conference was successfully finished with the announcement of the Gyeongju Action Plan on June 1.
[ The Secretary-General of WFUNA and the staff of WFUNA Korean branch visited HUMAN IN LOVE’s booth. ]
The Gyeongju Action Plan, an important stepping stone to achieve SDGs, emphasizes the importance of efforts to promote quality education, lifelong learning, multicultural exchanges and global citizenship education. Also, this action plan will be laid and adopted in the New York UN headquarter meeting on 23.
