Ubuntu United Nations is returning for a second edition.
The world forum that gathered more than 600 young leaders, from 193 countries of the United Nations, is back.
This is a dialogue platform for young people, from all over the world, that seeks to bring global change agents to an intergenerational debate on the greatest current challenges. The program aims to reach youth leaders from all countries with a seat in the United Nations, to engage them in the defense of Human Rights and Social Justice.
The first edition counted more than 4000 applications, and world-renowned guests, such as Mr. António Guterres (General Secretary of the United Nations), Mr. Muahammad Yunus (Nobel Peace Prize Laureate), under the high patronage of Mr. Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa (President of the Portuguese Republic) and Mr. Ramos Horta (East Timor President and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate) as a chair of the event.
Given all the success of the first edition of Ubuntu United Nations (UUN), this second edition aims to go even further by bringing the theme “LIVING TOGETHER IN PEACE” to the table, while reaching young people from different countries, showing that they are agents of change with an enormous capacity of servant leadership.
The 2024 edition officially counts with the presence of President José Ramos-Horta as chair, Mama Shamsa (Awarded with the Zayed Award for Human Fraternity), Pastora Mira (Colombian Human Rights Activist), Mr. Muahammad Yunus (Nobel Peace Prize Laureate), Adama Dieng (former United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of genocide), Jorge Moreira da Silva (Executive Director of the United Nations Office for Project Services), Jonh Volmink (President of the Ubuntu Global Network), Licypriya Kangujam (One of the World’s Youngest Climate Activists) and David Livingstone Smith (Professor of Philosophy at the University of New England).
This project invites you to an inner journey that challenges the way you see yourself and relate to others, making you capable of, as Gandhi said, fighting for the change you want to see in the world.
Ubuntu United Nations is an initiative of IPAV - Instituto Padre António Vieira - through the Ubuntu Leaders Academy project, which aims to train young people for servant leadership through non-formal education.
This initiative is inspired by the Ubuntu philosophy which means "I am because you are" to develop the values of Ethics of Care, Building Bridges, and Servant Leadership. As Desmond Tutu says, "You can only be a person through other people".
The second edition of the UUN will be run in 2024, from April 27 to June 8 (Saturdays at 11:00 am GMT).
With that, the Ubuntu United Nations will start with the opening session, on the 27th of April,** followed by five seminars: