Join the Canadian Delegation to the 58th UN Commission on Population and Development (For Young Canadians)

Global Affairs Canada (GAC) is in search of a youth delegate to be a part of the Canadian delegation to the 58^th United Nations (UN) Commission on Population and Development annual session.

Application Deadline: February 2, 2025, by 23:59 (Pacific Standard Time)

Brief Description: 

The Commission on Population and Development (CPD) is a useful fee of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). It is accountable for monitoring the implementation of key commitments made by 179 international locations inside the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of Action with respect to poverty discount and inequality, inhabitants dynamics, diet and meals safety, and sustainable growth. Through its participation on this fee, Canada works to advance key growth priorities, together with gender equality, the empowerment of ladies and ladies, sexual and reproductive well being and rights (SRHR), and human rights.

The 58^th CPD session will probably be held from April 7-11, 2025, at the UN headquarters in New York City. The theme of this yr’s session is “Ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages.” 

Delegation: 

The Canadian delegation to CPD sometimes consists of delegates from GAC headquarters and Canada’s Permanent Mission to the UN. Since 2019, Canada has included a youth in its official delegation, with delegates collaborating just about in 2020, 2021, and 2022. Delegates in 2023 and 2024 participated in particular person.

Role of the Youth: 

The youth delegate will:

1. Help inform Canada’s engagement at CPD by offering their views on the consequence doc, Canada’s nationwide assertion and key points associated to the theme of CPD58
2. Have the position of observers at aspect occasions, participation in plenary, and different related conferences
3. Prepare a delegate report following the CPD with key takeaways, classes realized and suggestions to GAC for future consideration.

Selection Criteria:

Youth Delegate

• Eligibility
  • Between the ages of 18 and 25 (at the time of the occasion);
  • Must be primarily based in Canada and ready to journey to New York City;
  • Interest and understanding of sustainable growth, inhabitants, or gender equality with a home or worldwide help focus, in Canada or inside a global growth context.
• Merit Criteria:
  • Experience associated to sustainable growth, inhabitants, gender equality, worldwide growth, or advocacy. Experience may be gained by means of volunteering, employment, academia, or different means.
• Asset Criteria:
  • Knowledge and/or expertise* working on SRHR points;
  • Knowledge and/or expertise* with the UN system;
  • Ability to present enter and recommendation from each a home and world perspective;
  • Bilingual (English and French).

*Experience may be gained by means of volunteering, employment, academia, or different means.

Special Notes:

• Applicants who’ve been chosen in earlier years as a member of the Canadian delegation to the CPD won’t be thought-about for this course of.
• Delegates should be accessible on an advert hoc foundation (up to 2 hours per week) from mid-March to mid-April 2025 for written consultations and delegation conferences (6+ hours/day will probably be required throughout CPD formal week – April 7-11, 2025).
• Delegates ought to have the essential paperwork wanted to enter the United States legally – no help for the obtention of the visa will probably be supplied.
• Travel bills (together with transportation and lodging) will probably be lined by GAC and per diems for meals will probably be supplied.
• GAC reserves the proper to cancel the choice course of at any level throughout the course of.
• We welcome purposes from people of all backgrounds and talents, together with however not restricted to: Indigenous peoples, girls, individuals with disabilities, individuals from the 2SLGBTQI+ neighborhood, and members of seen minorities.

For any questions, please contact: devhealth-santedev@worldwide.gc.ca

How to Apply:

Interested youth candidates should full the application form earlier than February 2, 2025, 23:59 (Pacific Standard Time). If you’ve got any hassle finishing the application kind please attain out to information@canwach.ca.

Call for Applications

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