Jayathma WickramanayakeVerified account

@jayathmadw

appointed by UN Secretary-General

New York, NY
un.org/youthenvoy/
Joined March 2010
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Mar 15

    Are you ready to be a part of the largest youth movement by gen z to fix the world?

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    Young people are saving the world! 🙋🏽‍♂️🙋🏻‍♀️🌎 Yes, we face a lot of big problems – but we have the power to fix them I joined this important movement for success💪. Are you on board?👇🏼
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  2. Retweeted
    Jun 13

    Great to co-host a side event with & ahead of the 35th session of the HRC I look forward to the report 📖 of the High Commissioner on the global situation analysis of the barriers young ppl are facing in exercising their Human Rights👫

    Youth rights: time for action is now kicking off at organised by , with support from Permanent Mission of Portugal and Permanent Mission of Moldova
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    Jun 13

    Met with the Director+staff of the National Human Rights Center of 🇺🇿 to discuss their proposal for a possible International Instrument on Youth Rights. Agreed young ppl should be engaged in all steps of the process Oh BTW how do you like my badass ALL women UN delegation?😉

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  4. Retweeted
    Jun 13

    An important part of my country missions is the meeting I have with the UN County Team lead by the Resident Cordinator is working on a joint task force on youth that I was happy to advice+support🤝 UN can always do better to empower young ppl everywhere everyday!

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  5. Jun 13

    For those who doubt Youth leadership 👉🏽 this is what its looks like! Fierce, bold and powerful.

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  6. Retweeted
    Jun 12

    Upholding the full human rights of all people with disabilities is a moral imperative and a practical necessity. We will never create peaceful and prosperous societies if we marginalize more than 1 billion people around the world.

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  7. Retweeted
    Jun 11

    Pls meet first CRPD youth delegate of Finland tries to make the point that young people with disabilities also need to be included in the decision making process

    In English: as representative of World Federation of the Deaf emphasized that many deaf persons need education on human rights and especially on UN CRPD in their mother tongue aka sign language for strengthening their partipication in the society.
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  8. Retweeted
    Jun 11

    Girls who code are my kind of superheroes💪🏽 Girls Technovation Challenge participants developed solutions for 👨🏽‍🍳Gender balanced household chores 🚑Emergency services 🗑Municipal garbage collection 📚School book sharing ⛹🏽‍♀️Sport coaching & They r only 10-18 yrs old!

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    Jun 11

    Hello from 🌞 Tashkent! Joining the Gov. Uzbekistan🇺🇿+ at the International Conference on Role of Youth in Preventing Violent Extremism 👉🏽Inclusion 👉🏽Meaningful Civic+Political Participation 👉🏽Quality Education+employment opportunities Are 🔑 for prevention

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  10. Jun 11

    Great to be here in Tashkent today! Thank you for the invitation & for the great support on the ground!

    At a time that mainstream media and our formal political institutions only see young people as either Victims or Perpetrators of violence, forums like this give opportunity2recognize positive contributions of youth towards building/sustaining peace - 2 in
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    Jun 7

    2018 🕊️ Call for applications! The Peacebuilding Fund is looking for innovative ideas to promote the empowerment of and for .

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  12. Jun 6

    11- Job of 😀

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    10 jobs that didn't exist 10 years ago
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  13. Retweeted
    Jun 6

    Youth like will drive development if they can access opportunities! Great to meet & listen to the on how we can partner with young people to keep driving gender equality, decent jobs, and peace & security agenda

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  14. Jun 6

    Spending time with a queen👸🏼& a princess👸🏻today+going to an actual palace ALMOST made me feel like a princess. THEN I remembered the pile of clothes waiting for me at home- to be laundered before Friday!!🤦🏽‍♀️ 😜 Jokes aside- they were both incredible humble women!

    On the sidelines of I had the honor of meeting HM Queen Mathilde of Belgium 🇧🇪 and HRH Crown Princess Mary of Denmark 🇩🇰👸🏼👸🏻 They are both doing great work on education 📚 + Mental Health & promised to carry the msg of youth empowerment wherever they go! 💪🏽
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    Jun 6

    has a little sibling 👶: Great to see unanimous adoption of another Resolution on sponsored by so many Member States! This really speaks to growing momentum for youth engagement in peacebuilding & ✌️ Thank you +

    Exciting! Security Council Resolution on Youth, Peace & Security passed👏🏾SG will report to the Council in 2020. This proves advancement of YPS agenda+brings us 1 step closer to the goal 👉🏾young ppl should be meaningfully engaged in building & sustaining peace🕊
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  16. Jun 5

    that theres only been 3 Women in the 73 yr history of the ? 🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️ 1st ever woman to hold this position was HE Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit of India 🇮🇳 & now we have HE Maria Garcés of Ecuador 🇪🇨 as the 4th and incoming UNPGA! We wish her all the best💐

    Congratulations to María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés of Ecuador, President of the next session of the General Assembly. She's the 4th woman to hold this post in 70+ years. May today’s election pave the way for accelerating progress towards gender equality in the UN and beyond.
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    Jun 5

    . is in Brussels for European Development Days to focus attention on & support against women & girls ♀️

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  18. Jun 5

    Couldn’t have said it better! Young gotta love

    “There is a place in the garage heap of history for gender discrimination and it goes right next to racism.“
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  19. Jun 5

    Excited for today!

    The European Development Days start tomorrow (). Join the Team at stand #72 for a series of interactive discussion at the , including the visit of Jayathma Wickramanayake. | |
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  20. Retweeted
    Jun 3

    Six social media influencers abandoned their normal lives for several days and joined Rohingya refugees on a mission with UNHCR to highlight one of the world's largest humanitarian crises

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  21. Jun 3

    We talk about young people in the frontlines. Razan was one of them. Today among many, she has paid the highest prize for nothing but doing her job. Humanitarian and Aid workers should never be a target.

    UN officials & agencies express outrage in the face of the killing of Razan An Najjar, 21, while carrying out her humanitarian duties with PMRS. Razan was hit by live ammunition fired by Israeli forces while trying to reach and help injured during the ‘Great March of Return’
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