Join @Kev_Palm as he shares his powerful message at the High-Level Political Forum. 🇺🇳
As one of #KingdomNL's Youth Representatives to the UN, Kevin speaks on behalf of #KNL’s youth. This week he highlighted the concerns about the slow progress on the SDGs. 🙌
🌐 Yesterday, we addressed the @WorldBank Executive Directors on meaningfully engaging young people in their policies. Thank you to @EugeneRhugg for the invite!
With 5️⃣2️⃣% of the world under 30, the WB knows that it cannot move forward without meaningfully engaging youth.
#KingdomNL’s @Kev_Palm and @jurriaanm in #YouthForum2024’s plenary session emphasized the critical role of youth engagement in climate action and the importance of countries keeping their climate promises. #SDG13 💪
Join @Kev_Palm as he shares his excitement for the ECOSOC Youth Forum, April 16-18 at the UN! As one of #KingdomNL's Youth Representatives to the @UN, Kevin brings a powerful voice to discussions on tackling poverty, hunger, climate action, and more. 🇺🇳💪
Today marks the start of the @UN ECOSOC #YouthForum2024! This annual event brings together young leaders from around the world to shape the future of sustainable development. 🌎
Follow for more on #KingdomNL's @Kev_Palm & @jurriaanm this week!
The Netherlands is a newly elected member of the Human Rights Council. We presented our youth recommendations for the Dutch priorities to the Human Rights Ambassador. Thank you, Wim for the great discussion!
Inspiring discussion with UN Youth Representatives @FennaTimsi and @Kev_Palm on human rights, sustainability and justice. Thank you very much for your recommendations on how to let the voices of young people resonate in the future of #HumanRights! @DutchMFA
In 2024, NO more UNPAID WORK for young people, please!!
- Want youth on your advisory council? PAY them!
- Want youth to speak at your institution/conference? PAY them!
- Want youth to co-author a piece/report? PAY them!
Compensate youth for their time and expertise. Do BETTER.
🗣️Last week I submitted letters with questions to the Prime Ministers of 🇦🇼,🇨🇼, and 🇸🇽 over their countries’ stances on the situation in Gaza. I want to see if their stances differ from the official stance of the Netherlands, and how that affects our position as the Kingdom of NL
🚀Shaping Feminist Foreign Policy Conference ‘23
It was great to finally meet 🇦🇼 Prime Minister @EvelynPMAruba during the conference. Aruba is a big player within #KingdomNL on the world stage, so I can already predict a nice partnership in the near future!
Nogal wat ophef over de stemming in de #VN, waar #Nederland zich begrijpelijkerwijs onthouden heeft van stemming.
Natuurlijk is Nederland voor een humanitaire pauze en een snelle levering van hulpgoederen, zoals onze VN-ambassadeur heeft toegelicht in de stemverklaring.
Echter, in de resolutie zat geen veroordeling van #Hamas, terwijl de gruwelijke terreuraanval pas 20 dagen geleden plaatsvond.
Ook zegt de resolutie niks over Israël’s recht op zelfverdediging en de tijdelijkheid van humanitaire pauzes, terwijl #Israël militaire middelen moet kunnen blijven inzetten om Hamas te verzwakken en gijzelaars te bevrijden.
De resolutie heeft geen dwingend karakter, het is puur een politiek en diplomatiek signaal.
Terecht dat Nederland het signaal afgeeft dat humanitaire corridors hoognodig zijn, maar dat de brute terreur van Hamas moet worden veroordeeld en Israël het recht heeft op zelfverdediging.
Daarom niet ‘voor’ of ‘tegen’ de resolutie, maar ‘onthouden’. Een juiste balans.
P.S: Nederland doet hiermee hetzelfde als o.a. Australië, Canada, Denemarken, Estland, Finland, Duitsland, Japan, Zweden en het VK. Geen verkeerd rijtje om tussen te staan…