UNYSA Annual Conference

1100-1115 Opening of conference
Luke Harman - President, UNYSA Youth Council
Marek Zaremba-Pike - Chair, Birmingham UNYSA
Mark Rusling - UNA-UK Campaigns and Education Officer

1115-1200 People on the move and the work of the UN Refugees Agency - speech and an opportunity to ask questions
Peter Kessler - UNHCR Senior External Affairs Officer in the UK

1200-1300 Introducing careers at the UN and what it's like to work there - question and answer session Sam Daws - UNA-UK Executive Director and former First Officer, Executive Office of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan

1300-1345 Lunch - provided by UNA-UK

1345-1430 Obstacles facing the MDGs - speech and an opportunity to ask questions
Professor Sir Richard Jolly - former Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF and architect of the Human Development Report

1430-1545 How to get your opinions into print - an interactive guide to campaigning through the press
Linda Jones - Journalist, Independent, Telegraph, Guardian and former editor of the St Petersburg Times

1545-1610 Election of Youth Council 2008-9 and presentation by Youth Council 2007-8

1610-1630 Documentary about the Rochdale Peace Parade, in which UNYSA took part