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UNESCO
UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Represented by Irina Bokova, Director-General, UNESCO
“The Millennium Development Goals and the Education for All movement embody a collective aspiration for a more equitable and just world. They inspire everything UNESCO does in education, the sciences, culture, communication and information. Young people are at the heart of this commitment. This is why the World Summit Youth Award is so important – to encourage everyone to innovate for dignity, justice and equality for all.”
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UNCTAD
United Nations Conference on Trade & Development
Represented by Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary-General, UNCTAD
“I wish to express my congratulations to the young people who are to be the recipients of this year´s awards and acknowledge with admiration the work that they are doing towards creating a quality information society!”
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Kandeh K. Yumkella
Director-General, UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organization
"In my work as DG for UNIDO, I firmly believe that, together we can make a difference, as long as we remember that it is always about people, and never about abstract concepts. The winners of the WSYA inspire us with their action and with the way they use the new ICTs to make a difference. The world needs their action! Especially in a time where extreme volatilities in the global fuel, food and financial markets, have sharpened the focus on the economic and social vulnerability of people in all nations, but of those in...
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Michael Spindelegger
Vice-Chancellor of the Republic of Austria, Federal Minister for European & International Affairs
"In 2000, 189 nations made a promise to free people from extreme poverty. More than 10 years later about a billion people still live in extreme poverty. They are not only deprived of the right to food, education and health, but are often also unable to participate in policy-making and vulnerable to natural disasters and violence. Where the MDGs are far from being achieved, young people are the most affected. Doors will be closed for a lifetime if there is no access to education, if young...
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Ivo Ivanovski
Minister of Information Society, Republic of Macedonia
"As the vision of the “society of the future”, or the so-called information society is based on knowledge and innovations, the visionaries who combine the information, the knowledge and their creativity for innovations is the youth. In this information era, the world gets smaller each day, but it embraces greater diversity - new needs and demands are arising and the satisfaction criteria are set by the information era creators. The future is yours, so please envision it and create it by your highest criteria. The World Summit Youth Award...
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Lynn St. Amour
President & CEO, Internet Society
“The Internet Society is proud to join with the World Summit Youth Award in celebrating the achievements of young people from around the world. WSYA is an exceptional showcase of talented young designers, technologists, and e-Content creators. We applaud all of this year’s participants who combined their creativity with the vast possibilities of the Internet to inspire global change.”
